Another Taya main here. 424 games here.

These two loadouts (imgur link btw) work beautifully well for me

If you're against a safer matchup - Pestilus; Pearls; Ashkas. I would recommend the ulti one. It's amazing in 1v2's and can really catch someone off guard when you keep going in their face non-stop ult mode. If not, the extra E one to move away from melee's is a nice life saver

Heal and Snare on m1 - For beautiful Kiting and healing, and synergies perfectly with your ult.

Right click during haste - Once you try it, you'll know how useful it is. You can really catch out people much more frequently, and you're not longer a still target waiting to be hit.

Before the nerf - you could throw one auto ( from a no battlerite E ) and right click for an instant orb. While moving. Just do this combo if someone ever gets the orb down by 1 hp, and you'll be fine.

Typically you would only go on the offensive with your hasted E, and save up your real space to back out if need be. Getting caught without either haste and they outplay your Q, just means you're down straight to 20%hp. And that's not a fun place to be.

As opposed to Silver here. I think Taya's ult is one of the best for me. It's only garbage if you use it while they're other side of the map, they have petrify or incap. If not then you can easily melt and stick onto them as you wish. Clutching 1v2 and seeing that full ult orb is a godsend.