Now I just so happen to be making a taoist myself and I was contemplating the same thing, having taken priest on my inquisitor im yearning for something…more useful. Going for more PvE and ET groups. Not PVP
Going Cleric2>Krivis3>Miko>X>Tao
Kabba- Einsof and revenge,are nice but if im going to be a melstis bot kestia pots and unroasted blue gems seems like they would get me by. Also ein sof’s uptime is horrid. Barely keeping up with fencers, and other sp hogs.
Oracle - Counter spell, farming skills, prophecy, arcane energy. Really nice one circle kit but nothing really stands out apart from counter spell. arcane energy works against melstis and farming has moved towards fast dpk killing rather than 2-5 hour long resetting sessions. On the upside counter spell works wonders in fantasy library and other hard instances/WB.
PD- Blood letting, incinerate , healing factor pandemic. Rank 2 debuff cure and healing factor makes me a tank witch ensures survival to continue healing/ DPS. incinerate is off hand DPS witch can be fueled by torch and zalcai. Pandemic is weak without circle 2 and giving up other skills for damage that youll never use because your channeling is kinda a let down. also lvl 5 incinerate seems like it would fall off hard against high M def mobs, without black death steam.
Deivderbys- Statues. No one seems to put this here but I would think this would be really good. you get essentially 100% uptime with SP and CD statues, you just don’t get owls and ausirine, witch wasn’t your job anyway unless you went deiv3/krivis3. Seems really weak in anything outside of defense or long boss fights though.
Pardoner seems nice but magic defense scales off spr and gohei is pretty reliable for debuff removal, druid circle 1 seems pretty medium, I would rather take pd instead if I wanted more damage, cleric 3 is actually pretty interesting as you can guardian saint and melstis it up to make sure someone doesn’t bite the dust although its pretty impractical. Only other option is getting rid of miko for something else like druid 2. But I don’t think miko can be passed up so easily.