User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 394: Juvia vs. Keith, Review./@comment-25111584-20140725174801/@comment-25111584-20140725175922

Yes, yes he did. After he had learned and and mp become extremely adept at it. And Atlas Flame was dormant and not really fighting back ... I'm talking about when he made the choice of choosing an element to counter E.N.D., a demon who is mp on par with (or maybe slightly weaker than or even stronger than) Igneel. One who will definitely be annoyed if somebody tried to freeze him. Please also remember that Atlas Flame was able to melt the ice on the Sun Village (though it cost him his remaining consciousness). Just asking why he didn't make a more logical choice for the element. Wind, water, etc. His speech implies ice was chosen not because of a lack of other elements, but due to E.N.D. being a Fire Demon...