The WoE Smite h2h will serve you better than any of the elemental magian trials due to the weapon skill's fantastic performance in both abyssea and voidwatch. A friend and I were actually going back and forth about the utility of the WoE weapons recently. I personally would have a rough time investing all of the NM camping hours/WoE time into a weapon I know I am just going to start trying to replace as soon as I finish it. In the end, I would rather have 25 Chloris buds and still be using Brawny than have a WoE h2h and know all that time could've been put toward the real emp. Ascetic's fury does decently enough in abyssea to help you farm your buds (if monk is the job you would kill it on), and the fangs are just cake after that.
Conversely, my friend was of the mindset that it would be better to have the WoE h2h first, since that at least makes you "viable" for content such as VW. I am sure you will find it to be no surprise that I have vere, and he has the WoE, so we are likely somewhat biased, lol. Really, whichever one of those two explanations sounds more appealing to you--go for it. Beats the snot out of all the people I see sitting on their thumb in PJ all day waiting for someone else to do something for them.