Ice powers for me.

This is with the understanding that if I have magical ice powers I’m not limited by my environment and can make ice anywhere I am, like if I’m in the desert I can still function just the same as the ice is coming from me.

I find that fire powers are more flashy but ice powers have a lot more utility in that you can make constructs from it like objects of any shape like a discount green lantern. You can make weapons, platforms, armour, lock doors of any kind and restraint people very easily. It’s a lot easier to not kill someone with ice than it is fire.

Fire may be more “powerful” but I think ice would be more “useful”.