User blog comment:Krufix/A Scientific Discussion of Trollbuilds. Episode 1/@comment-207.216.169.173-20130308022215

Theres also Good Ol' Smash Bro's AP Taric Top. Its very viable now with the update to Taric.

W->Q/E->W->Q/E. Max W first, Q&E max half half.

The damage output that Taric's W can pull out is absurd, as well as giving armor to fight against those AD heavy tops, and heavy sustain due to Q. At level 6, the enemies will be fearing getting close to your due to your high burst output thats further increased by your ultimate.

Try base your build with high tanky but yet high AP items. Examples are Abyssal, Rylai's, Hourglass, Rod of Ages. And somewhere on the line, get a Lichbane because your going to be always in the front line anyways, and gives an additional burst option.

Normal Engagements:

E(stun)->R->W->Attack.

Close range Engagements(Enemy iniciates at close range):

R->E->W->Attack.

w/ Lichbane:

E->Attack->R->Attack->W->Attack->Q->Attack.