Elemental Templar using the major melee elemental skills and Elemental Hit

Weapons used: 1H Sceptre and Kite Shield

Skills used: Elemental Hit, Infernal Blow, Glacial Hammer, Lightning Strike, Molten Shell and Anger/Wrath

Level 30 build: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUAAnEEswVbFE0kiyftOtg9D0bXTdhyqXy7fNmBb4TEiuSLjIx2m-yePKIArKqvbLT5xPbFiuFz7DjtIPAf

Level 60 build: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUAAnEEswVbEdsUTRmFGjgabCSLJKon7SlPMtE26TrYPQ9DY0VHRtdN2Fj1XcZirGaecU1yqXyDfLt82YFvgpuExIrki4yMdpBVms-b7J3EnjyhbaIAp4Ssqq9stPm1BLcxuJPAGsT2xYrN-tad4XPjauQi7DjtIPAf

Level 70 build: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUAAnEEswVbES0R2xRNGYUaOBpsHwIkiySqJ-0pTzLRNuk62D0PQ2NFR0bXTdhY9V3GYqxmnnFNcql2EXyDfLt82X6vgW-Cm4P3hMSHZYrki4yMdpBVms-b7JwtncSePJ6hoW2iAKeErKqvbK-btPm1BLcxuJPAGsT2xYrN-tad4XPjauQi7DjtIPAf890=


Problems I realize:
- Low Mana/Int, especially in the level 30 build
- No shield nodes taken (is it that necessary though?)

I don't think you really need 3 attack skills. 2 are enough, one aoe and one single target.
And of all the 3 listed, lightning strike with more projectiles and iron grip makes everything else look like baby toys.

Also, you made the same mistake as I did, wanting a lightning staff build, I went all the way to the witch area for a measling 12% lightning damage increase.

Let's consider this scenario:
1. mace does 100 damage
lightning strike converts 50% physical damage into elemental, precisely, 50 lightning damage
50 + 50*1.12 = 106 damage from lightning strike and the 12% elemental damage from witch node

2. at the templar starting area, there's a 10% melee damage node you skipped
mace now does 100 + 100*0.1 = 110 damage, and so does lightning strike.
we received a better boost, and only spent one point on one node, very close to us

I am thinking of making a new templar now, built around lightning strike, mace + shield.
This is what I came with, so far, still needs work.