In an Elemental magic system, which magic is considered the weakest in your opinion?
The idea of this came from when I was reading, and one characters backstory is that they were disowned by their fire mage family for being a wind affinity, as in their world, fire magic is considered one of the strongest elemental affinities.
And it made me think about how weak fire actually is, when you think about it in the sort of "elemental rock-paper-scissors" deal.
Fire magic tends to be destructive, but, it's also a very dependant element, it needs fuel sources to maintain, unlike other elements that tend have their "fuel" exist naturally.
Also, fire is far more conditional in matchups, a fire mage needs to be far stronger than the opposing element mage to actually work, when on par, it only really overwhelms organics, but against other "classical" elements, it falls drastically short.
Water? makes everything damp and less likely to catch, and puts out fires.
Air? Enough windspeed it blows it out, or some clever ones use air magic to pull air away from the fire, depriving it of oxygen.
Earth/Stone? You ever try to set fire to a rock without accelerant? Even then it heats it rather than burns, also dirt and sand are extremely effective at putting out fires.
That's not even getting into the more esoteric elements, like Lightning, Ice, Light, Dark, etc.
The only "element" fire has advantage against is "organic" elements like plant/wood magic, even then, you can still put out a fire with wood, you just have to stop fire "breathing" like creating a thick airtight box around the area and letting it suffocate.
So, do you agree? Or do you think there's an even weaker element?
EDIT: So, this is a generalization discussion, what you would personally believe to be the weakest element in a general element system, you can provide examples from stuff, but I'm more asking what YOU believe should be the weakest.