The main thing to understand about ice weapons in fiery areas is the precise timing of your elemental attacks. When facing lava zones you'll notice your ice effects diminish faster, so you need to maximize damage during specific windows especially right after monster attacks. For fire monsters, wait for their flame breath or eruption attacks to finish, then immediately counter with ice strikes since they're most vulnerable during their recovery frames lasting about 2-3 seconds.

When exploring areas like oilwell basin, position yourself on elevated terrain or cooled sections where possible since the burning oilsilt creates dangerous damage zones that'll drain your health every 0.5 seconds. The key to managing iceblight effects is watching your target's movement pattern - strike when they're performing longer animations, as this maximizes your chances of inflicting increased stamina drain which lasts exactly 45 seconds if uncontested. Good to know that while ice weapons suffer in hot zones, they still deal bonus damage to fire monsters even in lava areas just time your attacks between the environmental damage ticks.

Keep an eye on the monster's behavioral shifts, particularly when they start showing exhaustion animations which is your cue to unleash your strongest ice combos. The stamina drain from iceblight combined with their fatigue creates a 10-second window where they're extremely vulnerable just watch for the telltale steam effects that signal they're about to counter with an explosive move.