Good staff types for each element:
https://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?act=f...amp;pid=4094912Anything outside of these options gives up too much effective damage somehow, because it means you're getting a lot less EDB than you could get otherwise, or it means you're getting a lot less MDB than you could get otherwise, or you're getting a lot less proficiency in your element than you could get otherwise.
Example: If someone is a cold mage, they do not want a Freyr staff, because the Wind EDB is useless for them. The cold mage wants Destruction or Nifheim or Elementalist; all of those are useful. But Freyr is not useful for a cold mage.
"Matching" vs "non-matching" is just like that.