(Classic) Thoughts on building Taric for solo lanes?

With League Classic coming in a week I've been trying to get ahead of the curb with optimizing him for top/jungle/midlane. The most obvious first pick would be Iceborn but I've heard a lot of opinions regarding where to go from there. I've seen people stacking mana/armor with Heart and Manamune, full tank, and even AP with Deathfire. I was around for season 3 but I was literally 12 years old at the time, so I don't have much of an idea of what the landscape will be like. Happy to hear any and all thoughts regarding this. Do you think Rod of Ages or Abyssal Scepter would work on him? I dunno