This build is currently in progress, and more info will be coming when I have the time, and the mood for working with it. Just wanted to put it out here for now.

Greeting Summoners, and welcome to my guide:"Singed - Running your way to victory!" This guide is aimed at teaching whoever read it how I play Singed.

As you may have noticed my name is Krznixtkransj. (Don't ask how I made it up). I currently play on EUW, "maining" top lane with champions such as Singed, Olaf, Cho'Gath, Malphite and Jarvan IV. I'm not the best, I know that, but I'm confident in my abilities to play Singed both on my current elo, and hopefully higher elo in the future.

As you may also have noticed, the guide is about Singed, The Mad Chemist. In my opinion Singed is the funniest champion in the game. He is one of the few champions in the game that is located within the "I really don't give a flying ****"-group. The other member in this group is Olaf.

My playstyle with Singed is a mixture of a defensive early game, and an insane lategame. With insane, I mean literally insane. Singed is pretty weak right at the beginning of the game, until he gets his Catalyst and some basic resistances. If he can get that fast, he will easily keep it going, and by the time you reach midgame, you will be a force to be reckoned with.

spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaceeeeee "I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for a ransom, I can tell you I don't have gold. But what I do have are a very particular set of abilities; abilities I have acquired over a very long career. Abilities that make me a nightmare for Champions like you. If you surrender now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will chase you... I will fling you... And I will kill you." - Singed after entering a Match

Singed descended from a long line of Zaun's revered chemists. Even in his youth, his talent for concocting potions far outstripped that of his peers, and he quickly distinguished himself from his less extraordinary chemist compatriots. It came as no surprise to anyone when he was selected for apprenticeship by the infamous Warwick, master apothecary on a lucrative retainer with the Noxian military during their campaign against Ionia. Within Warwick's laboratories, Singed toiled without end, rapidly absorbing every detail of his predecessor's deadly craft. Singed had little concern for the death and destruction that was the fruit of his labors. By the time the curse of lycanthropy descended to claim his master, Singed was poised and eager to make the transition from workhorse to innovator; he was ready to share his genius by bringing a new brand of suffering to the Ionian front. His zeal for progress was unquenchable, and when suitable test subjects proved to be in short supply, the eager chemist was often thought to turn his volatile mixtures on his own flesh. When the uneasy peace created by the League of Legends settled on the world, Singed journeyed to the one place where he was still able to showcase his beloved craft: the Institute of War. By this time he was barely even a man, his body both ruined and sustained by his ingenious craft. A thousand burns - accidents of shadow and flame - mar his ravaged form, and exposure to such harsh conditions has deadened his nerves, hardened his body, and strengthened his physique, transforming him into a veritable juggernaut. This, combined with a formidable arsenal of deadly concoctions, makes Singed a force to be reckoned with on the Fields of Justice. "My deadliest dose shall bear my patron's name!" - Singed, having just christened the Insanity Potion

Pros + Very tanky without ultimate. Extremely tanky with it. + Great farming through all stages of game. + Great utility for team. AOE slow, displacement cc. + Funniest Champion ingame. + Can splitpush as he like, with low risk of death. + Can in some cases go 1v5 long enough to stop enemy Baron attempts. + Close to ungankable after level 6.

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Cons - Can not harass much with Fling early game, because of Mana. - Weak early game, and can easily be poked out of lane. - Falls of lategame when the carries has armor-/magic-penetration. - Red buff, Frozen Mallet, Ashe, and general sustainable slows are your worst enemy. - If you're not careful you may save enemys with flings. - It's really tempting to go YOLO-mode and go 1v5 in stupid ways.

Greater Mark of Insight: I use these to get some Magic Penetration, that is needed throughout the game. It's not much, but it increases your damage sligthly, both on Champions and minions.

Greater Glyph of Shielding: I use these to get some more magic resist lategame. It's not much early, but it helps lategame against a fed AP carry or other magic damage.

Greater Seal of Resilience: These runes are for early game resilience against physical damage, and also helps a bit lategame. They're great for living through the poke you get from ranged characters, and abilities from physical abilities that often live in the top lane.

Greater Quint of Swiftness: Must-have on Singed! They're pretty much core on him. With these you are faster than pretty much anyone, as long as you have just tier 1 boots. They're the reason you can catch people without popping your ultimate all the time.

Utility: In the Utility tree I'm getting Expanded Mind for more Mana, Swiftness for more Movement Speed, and Good Hands for reduced death timer. Good Hands can be changed with Meditation to get a little more Mana Regen.


Defense: In the Defense tree I'm just getting the basic defensive masteries to stay tanky throughout the game. Make sure to get Veteran's Scars for more health, and Initiator for the increased movement speed. And of course Juggernaut for the extra hp and tenacity.


Offense: Singed doesn't really need anything from the offense tree, since he benefits so much better from being tanky, and getting movement speed and mana in the Utility tree. However, getting that one point in Summoner's Wrath is great for making that Ghost just a tiny bit faster, which may be enough to catch enemies, get away, and just run very fast.

• Empowered Bulwark: Increases Singed's health by .25 for each mana point he has.
  
  
  In other words: 25% of your max Mana is added to your health pool. This is why items that give much Mana is strong on Singed. Gives a great boost to your health pool early, and even more late.
  
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• Poison Trail (Q): Toggle: Singed lays a poisonous trail which lasts for 3.25 seconds and deals 22 / 34 / 46 / 58 / 70 (+30% of ability power) magic damage per second to enemies for 3 seconds.
  
  
  This is Singed's main farming and damage ability. It's great at clearing minion waves fast, early and late. Be careful early though, or you will run out of mana. Lategame though, you can have this up pretty much whenever you want it. Always have it on when someone are chasing you, when you're chasing someone, or whenever you go into a fight. The damage may not seem much at first, but if someone chases you around for 10 seconds through this, they're gonna feel it.
  
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• Mega Adhesive (W): Singed throws a vial of mega adhesive on the ground causing all enemies who touch it to be slowed by 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 / 75% for as long as they are in the adhesive and for 1 second once they are out of it.
  
  This is seriously one of the best slows in the game. The best if you count that it's uncleansable and not reduced by tenacity. If someone runs into this lategame they're staying there, unless they wanna burn their Flash to get out of it before Singed flings them into his team. Great to shut down mobility, chasing, and getting away. In the jungle there's usual no room for people to walk around it.
  
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• Fling (E): Singed flings an enemy over his shoulder (500 units), dealing 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 (+100% of ability power) magic damage.
  
  This is one of the best Abilities in the game. Fling is pretty simple. You target an enemy, run up to them, and fling them back. Just make sure you fling them into your team, and not away from it. Fling is great to use when you've gotten a Rod of Ages just to get that annoying lane opponent away from harassing you when you're poisoning him and his minion wave. A good Fling can turn a game around.
  
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• Insanity Potion (R): Singed drinks a potent brew of chemicals, granting him 10 / 15 / 20% crowd control reduction and 35 / 50 / 65 ability power, armor, magic resistance, movement speed, health regeneration per 5, and mana regeneration per 5 for 25 seconds.
  
  Now, this IS the best Ability in the game. This is probably the best steroid in the game! With this you will become more tanky, you will heal and get mana regen, more Tenacity and of course, the allmighty Movement Speed! It also has a relatively short cooldown, so if you feel you need it, don't hesitate on using it. This Ultimate makes Singed extremely powerful for 25 seconds. Use it when the enemy team try to gank you, when initiating ganks or fights, and when you just wanna be a troll and make the enemy team rage when you get away with 8 hitpoints, spamming laugh.

I pretty much always start with Fling in level 1. You're not gonna kill anyone early with your Poison Trail, or your Mega Adhesive, but a good fling into your turret will if not get a kill, burn a Flash, making it everso much easier for your jungler to gank.

After that it all goes in Poison Trail. It's your main damage and farming source, and it makes people think twice before chasing you. Max this first.

In level 4 I get a point in Mega Adhesive and max it second. It's one of the best slows in the game, and since the slow is 35% at level 1 and 75% at level 5, it's worth it over maxing Fling since they're both for utility, but Fling stays the same.

Level Insanity Potion whenever you can. That's pretty obvious. For every point you will be harder to gank, more difficult to kill, and you'll save time chasing others. It also increases your damage and hp/mana-regen.

Allright, welcome to the part where I actually tell you how to play this Champion. When it comes to playing Singed there's one rule: Nothing is too crazy!
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In the Beginning

So you just entered the game, huh? Chose Singed as a Champion and defeated the dreaded loading screen? Great job! Now, it's time to buy your starter items. Unless you really need armor, pick up some boots and 3 health pots. Then put a point in Fling Now get to your natural habitat, the top lane!

Now wait for the minions to arrive, shake hands with your lane opponent and here we go! Singed has a very weak early game, so stay safe, don't try to trade and just last hit like you would with any other champion. Keep doing this until you reach level 2 and put a point in Poison Trail. Now farming will be much simpler. Just run through the minion wave with the Poison Trail on and you'll get that farm going. Remember to stay out of fights for now, since you're still pretty weak. Just play safe, level Poison Trail when you can, Mega Adhesive in level 4 and Insanity Potion whenever you can. Keep staying safe, try to avoid harass, fling your opponent if you must and just farm, farm, farm!

When you've either accumulated a fine amount of gold, or you have to go back because you're getting low and all out of potions, recall and buy some stuff: Catalyst if you can afford it, or armor/MR if that is needed already. It would also be smart to get a ward and maybe another health pot if you're taking much harass.

Possible Problems In The Beginning!

Help, Help! I'm being poked to death!

This is a huge problem for Singed early, and there isn't too much you can do about it, except for staying out of range and let them push. Singed is however pretty bad at farming at the tower, so you should run infront of the wave and poison it instead of letting it come to your tower.

Now, another thing that I've seen so many people do is to benefit from your lousy early game and poke you down, until they can ignite you and just leave. In many cases that's a secure kill, but hey, we got our beloved Cleanse which turns Ignite right off! This prevents one death, and lets you go back to heal, buy resistances etc. It also aids in not letting your opponent get to far ahead of you.
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Help! Their jungler is ganking me!

Aah. The enemy gank. When playing Singed and being ganked you have to quickly ask yourself a few questions:
1. Am I level 6, and is my ultimate ready? If no, run back to tower, if yes, proceed.
2. Do I have more than 25% hitpoints? If no, run back to your tower, activate ult if you must. If yes, proceed.
3. Do I have more than 50% hitpoints? If no, be cautious, activate your ult if needed and if they have much cc get back to your tower. If yes, proceed.
4. Do I have more than 75% hitpoint? If no, it depends on the situation: If they have a lot of cc, stay mildly offensive and activate your ult if you must. If they don't have much cc, do whatever you want really. Activate ult if you have to. If you DO have more than 75% hitpoints....
5. Since you reached this number, you have more than 75% hitpoints. This means you're about to have some fun! I will explain what to do in a few simple steps:

1. Activate Insanity Potion.
2. Activate Poison Trail
3. Run up to the closest enemy, and fling them to your tower if you can.
4. Throw your Mega Adhesive wherever you see fit.
5. Run circles around your enemy as long as you can, or until they back off. Fling whenever it's off cooldown.
6. When your ultimate wears off, or you're getting too low for comfort, run back to your turret. Activate Ghost if needed.

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Singed's Paradise: Midgame!

Heh. Midgame. Aah, the beautiful midgame! This is where you will shine! If you just have a decent to good farm at this point, you will be very strong. By now you should have a pair of tier 2 boots, a Rod of Ages and a Frozen heart. If you do, you can do pretty much whatever you want. All attempts to kill you are just scratching the surface of being cute. You can slow everyone, you can run from everyone. Nothing except for time can kill you! If you stay too long in the enemy team, you will eventually die, unless they die first... So there's a fine line between leaving too soon, and overstaying. If you get out and away with less than 250 hitpoints, you've nailed that line.

In other tips: Just keep farming and splitpushing as much as you can. Run into the jungle, take the enemies attention etc etc.

Possible Problem in the Midgame!

Help me! I'm in the enemy jungle surrounded by enemies!

Now this is an easy one: Activate your ult, run, fling the first person you see, turn back, poison and slow the entire team, spam laugh, fling some more, have a lot of fun, then when it's getting a little too risky, get the **** outta there.

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The enemy team is taking dragon! What do?1

1. Insanity Potion
2. Poison Trail
3. Mega Adhesive
4. Run around like your life depended on it.
5. Fling Carries when able,
6. Spam laugh. Very important.
7. Run away when ult expires.

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Time to get crazy!

Now this is it. This is your last chance to do whatever you want. It's lategame. The carries have yet to buy their Void Staff and their Last Whisper. You're the tankiest, fastest, most annoying Champion out there! This is where you SHINE! When it comes to lategame with Singed, as long as you haven't been shut down hard, the enemy team is your own personal playground! When doing things lategame, ask yourself this question:

"If I did this with any other Champion in the game, would I survive?"
If yes: It ain't worth doing.
If Maybe: Do it without ult.
If no: Go for it!

Singed is so tanky lategame, that he can go 1v5 for several seconds, living through 5 ults from the enemy team, and still get away. If you're good and/or lucky. And even though you live or die, as long as the damage and cc goes to you, you can laugh in your chair while your team clears up the battlefield you left.

Possible Problems during lategame!

I'm the only one alive and the entire enemy team is killing Baron!

This is probably the funniest thing you can do with Singed. Stop a Baron attempt. Alone. Now, very smart players may actually leave you alone and let you carry on with your flinging and **** while they're taking Baron, but most teams tend to succumb to the temptation that comes with the chance of getting a free kill on Singed. You benefit from that. Chances are that their ultimates are on cooldown, and that they're low after a fight since your entire team is dead. As long as you got your Ultimate and Ghost, there is no stopping you. You just do what Singed do best: Disrupt, Disrupt, Poison, Disrupt.

Super Ultra Full-Build Lategame!

Now this is where Singed gets some trouble again. When the carries have their full build, your armor and MR will be SO much less worth. Which is bad. At this point in the game, you can't do as you used to. You actually have to carefully consider what would be sane, and what would be wise. Running in 1v5 at this point without your team backing you up would be stupid, for example. Otherwise, stay alive as much you can, fling carries out of position, tank as much damage as possible, and always have your poison trail on.

• : These boots are great for Singed, and is pretty much a must lategame. They give you great cc reduction, and Magic Resist.
  
• : Rod of Ages is one of Singeds Core Items. Rod of Ages benefits Singed in so many ways. First of all it gives more hitpoints, and mana. This mana gives you even more hitpoints. It also gives you some AP to make that Poison and Fling do some more damage. Also it gives you nice sustain in lane with its passive.
  
• : The second Core Item on Singed. I'm pretty sure Singed is the Champion that benefits the most from this item. It gives a lot of armor, mana, which becomes extra health, cooldown reduction and a nice Aura to slow enemy attack speed.
  
• : The third and last Core Item for Singed. This item brings you the most Magic Resist in the game, very nice Health Regen and a movement speed boost. Now, as we all know, Singed loves Movement Speed!
  
• : This item is great for Singed. Heal regen, armor, hitpoints, a passive and even an active effect! The active is great for catching up to people faster, and the slow will last for long with all the armor and MR you will have. Also if someone attacks you, joke may be on them when they're so slow you can just walk up to them, fling'em into your team and win the next teamfight.
  
• : Another great item for Singed. Magic Resist, hitpoints, mana = EVEN MORE hitpoints! And a nice passive to make sure you get to their carry unstunned to fling'em.

• : Good item for some hitpoints to survive longer in lane, and get you some extra gold, for example for when you're being zoned.
  
• Philosopher's Stone: Great item for those lanes where you just can't get to the minions without taking a lot of damage. Helps you sustain in lane, and gives you extra gold to balance out the minions you might be missing.
  
• : If you feel that you're tanky enough, you can get this item. It gives some hitpoints, but it also gives you a slow on your Fling and your Poison Trail. Also a little more damage. Makes it pretty impossible to catch you for anyone except for Master Yi when ulting.
  
• : This item is pretty good if you want to deal more damage, and get some Magic Resist as well. Also great for teamfights since you'll be right in the middle of everything.
  
• : I don't use this item often on Singed, but I've seen it used by pro players, for example by Shy in the World Finals. It can work in cases, and give you some nice sustain and damage. Should be sold lategame if bought.
  
• : This item is great if you need more hitpoints, either to become more tanky, or counter true damage. It will bring your final health pool close to 5000, which is pretty much when you also have 200+ armor and Magic Resist, without your ultimate.
  
• : This is a great item for early game if you're being punished by physical damage in lane, like from Jayce, or Darius. I prefer to change it for Mercury's Treads lategame though, unless their cc is nothing and they got a fed AD carry.
  
• : Fed Ad carry? Get this. With Ninja Tabi, Frozen Heart, Randuin's Omen and this... You will be over 300 armor, without your ultimate. Watch them slaugther themselves killing you.
  
• : Nice armor, nice hp and a nice passive that bring som nice magic damage in addition to your Poison Trail.
  
• : I don't normally use this item, since I feel it's not that needed when you're not dying anyway... However I sometime use it if I go my Ultimate "What'cha gonna do *****?!!?"-build. Which is basically "Unkillable 2.0".

This build is great if you feel that you have enough armor and mr, but want a bit more hitpoints. Or you just want to piss people off by being unkillable...

The first and third build are not to be followed completely though. They should be changed according to the enemy team. The first one is a pretty full tank build, that you should have against fed enemys or when you're not doing the best.

The third is a more offensive build, to be used if your team needs more damage, and you won't die without the extra tankyness.

There's a lot of potential top Champions, and here I will explain what to do and how difficult it is for each Champion. Some Champions are easy, some are hard, and some are downright impossible to really defeat, even though you can go even with all of them.
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