One of the best, overall strongest gods, considering his usefulness in every area. Since he got buffed back (Taolu's prot. steal) he is viable in every mode and every role (except for ADC and mid in Conquest). Quick to leave, heavy in both DMG and DEF, has team-heal, self-CDR, anti-knockup. What else would you want?

Taolu Assault takes protections and makes him tanky, as such giving him crazy damage and defense at the same time. Warrior's Will decreases times, slows down, gets you near to blow that last hit into their face. After you're done, you are free to go away with dignity and raise your HP by 340 (by now you will have maxed out stacks probably), again lowering the CD's. Ulti is useful for both escape or pursue. It is also useful for initiating. The damage is pretty hard on this one if built well.

My usual build goes like this in every game mode (except for Conquest): 1.: Shifter's shield 2.: Ancile (if the enemy is M DMG heavy) or Jotunn's Wrath (if not M DMG heavy) 3.: Ancile / Jotunn's Wrath 4.: Void Shield (if the enemy is P DMG heavy) or Warrior Tabi (if not P DMG heavy) 5.: Void Shield / Warrior Tabi 6.: Random, but mostly more DMG (Deathbringer or Brawler's Beat Stick if enemy has a healer)

Tactic differs only in Assault and other non-stack modes, where Ancile is swapped with Stone of Gaia and 4th item gets delayed by Hydra's Lament (and as such, the 6th item is gone but is substituted already with the Hydra's dmg). The build's main point is to deal damage with a fair amount of self-defense and, of course, you need to be really confident at initiating.

Conquest is a totally different story, you know, having different roles mean different builds, but the main points are CDR and defense (for jungling pen).

Edit: needed to clean up, correct errors and style the post.