Originally posted by jonnin:

Why the fire staff? Its nice when the adds come out, but unless I missed a vulnerability, ice does more damage per eitr and slows.

Originally posted by sirstevolot:

Yea, disagreeing with the fire people. Frost staff pumps and is her weakness

The Queen has no weakness or resistance for either element, only piercing damage and spirit damage.

Fire staff has more damage for eitr cost (especially with AoE on adds, but also vs. single targets), more damage for durability, and far better burst damage per cast (120+120 base damage with a single cast in about a second, ice staff requires continuous channeling that slows you down). I don't think the boss can be slowed down, but not sure about that, and ice projectiles can also have bad spread over safe distances, especially if elevation differences take place. It's far better to use a bow while eitr is recharging if you're worried about durability of fire staff.

Durability for both staves is 250
Ice deals 30 base damage with 5 eitr (6 points per eitr), consuming one point of durability for every two casts
Fire deals 120+120 base damage with 35 eitr (6,8 points per eitr), consuming one point of durability per cast

Casting fireball is a faster action than channeling ice shards for same amount of damage. You are of course punished more for missing with fireballs, so don't do what I did and aim them at the stairs lol.