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Choose Champion Build:
Spells:
Ghost
Cleanse
Ability Order
Noxious Slipstream (PASSIVE)
Singed Passive Ability
Introduction
If you have any criticism for me, please don't just downvote, tell me in a comment what you don't like. I would love to hear why you are downvoting so I can fix the problem. I will also attempt to keep updating this guide as I get feedback, so check back regularly if you want to see new things. I will keep an update section after this to let you know what will be changing as I go.
A special note: I have been experimenting with different Singed builds and if you are interested my guide with double tank bottom can be found here.
AP Singed
The

The greater seal of defense helps against the AD carries that will focus you. Since the items we buy build magic resist, getting armor also spreads out our defense to help against anyone you come against.
The


Greater Quint of Swiftness is a must have. It just adds to our speed and lets

What are some alternatives?
Seal Alternatives


Glyph Alternatives

greater glyph of vigor While I haven't yet tried this, I think these might give a little bit more lane presence. If you are being harassed by a ranged character on the top lane and you need some way to regen while in the field, these would give you roughly 5/per 5 sec health regeneration and reduce how many times you need to head back to the nexus.
Quintessence Alternatives



NOTE: While we do have our runes built for both survivability and damage, it is important to remember that surviving the fight is ALWAYS more important than AP. If you can't stay alive, you can't win the match.
Tank Singed
Our



The Greater Seal of Defense and greater Greater Glyph of shielding are our basic durability boosters. They are cheap and keep early game harassment from taking too large a toll.
For quintessences,

Are there other options that could work well with Singed? Yes, and these are a few of the better alternatives:
Seal alternatives

greater seal of defense Good if you plan on building more Mres than armor and would like more starting armor to keep you viable.
Glyph alternatives


Quintessence alternatives
Greater Quintessence of Defense Much like the seals, if you can sacrifice some speed and would like to be more tanky, these will give you that boost to armor you need.



Summoner Spells can be very variable depending on the team you are playing against and what your role is in your team composition. These are the spells that I find are the most useful based on how
Singed is played.
Ghost is Singed's perfect spell. When it is used with
Insanity Potion and
Mega Adhesive, no one will be able to get away from you and it helps land that clutch
Fling to finish off the final retreating enemy. I don't think there is any reason not to get
Ghost when playing as
Singed. It compliments him too well.
Ignite is that extra damage to let an enemy stay in your poison for too long. Let the opponent get too close,
Fling them, land ignite, and let
Poison Trail finish them off behind the tower as you laugh at them. This spell is more useful on AP Singed to deal just a little more damage to get the kill when you need it.
Cleanse is an extremely useful spell. Using
Cleanse will let you get through hard CC to get to your opponent to initiate a fight or to catch the fleeing AP carry. This spell is more suited for tank singed but works well for both of these builds.
Flash can be useful but with all your speed and slowing ability, it's not as useful as on other champions. If you are going to use it, you will need to understand the advantages you lose by doing so.
Exhaust can be useful in team fights and when you need to catch up to an enemy but you already have your built-in slow. Still a viable option if you want to lock down one champion while your team takes them out behind you. As such, this is better for tanky Singed to help secure kills for your team. As Singed already has
Mega Adhesive for single targets in lane, it isn't necessary.
If there are some other spells you want to use, by all means feel free, but you need to remember the context of the team and remember that these spells allow for the most useful
Singed player.















If there are some other spells you want to use, by all means feel free, but you need to remember the context of the team and remember that these spells allow for the most useful










AP Singed
For AP







A good way to remember this is




Tank Singed
Our tank build is just the same but we want to get our utility skill,



The order should be:




NOTE: I have been asked by several people why theability sequence is different and I would like to elaborate. As AP




AP Singed is centered around building AP while also giving us a bit of survivability so we have time to put it out. Our first item to be built should be our
Boots of Swiftness. These will allow you to be faster than the enemy and keep them further away from you to give you that buffer zone to farm well early on. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST TO STAY VIABLE AGAINST FAST OPPONENTS. Some players use
Sapphire Crystal as a starter but I have found that you are too slow and take more hits than needed, which shuts down your farming.
Before we finish our boots, we should rush our catalyst the protector to keep us from running low on mana. Then we should get sorceror's shoes to give us some more magic penetration and a little more movement speed.
The RoA is something we need to completely build early in the game. Since it takes 10 mins for it to stack to its full effectiveness, the earlier we can finish it the better. It gives us a little bit of all the basic needs we have: AP, mana, health, and a boost whenever you level up.
Getting this early on in the build just keeps us from being shot down while trying to poison our enemies and gives us the health regen to keep out in the field instead of having to run back home.
Rylai's gives us everything we want at this point of the game: health, AP, and a decent slow to hold down enemies as we run clouds around them. You couldn't ask for a better fit to this build right now.
This item lets us break down the enemy and put out more damage. With the extra 70 AP and 57 magic resist, we make it easier to run through the enemy team and the aura on it lets your poison reach out and hit a little harder.
Rabadon's is our final item for a reason. If the game has made it this far, it's time to end it with a bang. The AP boost this gives is enormous, giving you 140 AP and then a 30% boost to your total AP. A great item for that final push to finish the enemy off.


Before we finish our boots, we should rush our catalyst the protector to keep us from running low on mana. Then we should get sorceror's shoes to give us some more magic penetration and a little more movement speed.





For Tank Singed, we are going to build for early game sustain and late game AP carry. To start off with we want
Boots, one
Health Potion, and one
Mana Potion. This gives us the speed to keep farming and keep the enemy back while allowing us to sustain health and mana, because Singed is very mana hungry early game. The rest of the build is focused on getting our survivability up while allowing for maximum chasing and team control. Realize that this reflects opponents choices and the team needs, so this build WILL NOT always be the best. Make sure to build to your needs in terms of armor and magic resist to counter the AD or AP carries. I will add the decision process to help you figure out what items to get, when after I finish perfecting the other sections of this guide.
Our first item to be built should be our
Boots of Swiftness. These will allow you to be faster than the enemy and keep them further away from you to give you that buffer zone to farm well early on. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST TO STAY VIABLE AGAINST FAST OPPONENTS.
When we first go back we should finish our boots first. While there are several good choices,
Mercury's Treads are the most universally useful. They offer some early magic resistance and also increase our tenacity. This is very helpful because you will be the focus of the enemy CC when trying to initiate or run through the enemy.
The RoA is something we need to completely build early in the game. Since it takes 10 mins for it to stack to its full effectiveness, the earlier we can finish it the better. It gives us a little bit of all the basic needs we have: AP, mana, health, and a boost whenever you level up.
is a necessity in almost every situation. Building a
Banshee's Veil allows for the early game mana and health boost we need as well as giving us one of the best tank skill in the game: we can block the initiating attack in most fights. This means stuns and slows usually get knocked out and allow us to keep tanking while the other team follows behind. This can be replaced with
Rod of Ages if you don't have any AP carries to deal with or any major stuns.
NOTE: Rush this when playing against your AP casters with a lot of CC. This will keep you from getting locked down
This gives us some health and health regen to keep in the field, but also gives us more movement speed, which makes us that much more dangerous in a team fight.
NOTE: If you are suffering a lot of early hits, you may want to take the
Regrowth Pendant that builds into
Force of Nature to help sustain better before you build
Rod of Ages or
Banshee's Veil.
Rylai's is a wonderful item for Singed. With
Poison Trail, it offers great crowd control and gives both health and AP to boost your damage output and survivability.
Rabadon's is our final item for a reason. If the game has made it this far, it's time to end it with a bang. The AP boost this gives is enormous, giving you 140 AP and then a 30% boost to your total AP. A great item for that final push to finish the enemy off.
NOTE: This can also be replaced with another tank item if there is a need for it.
Most of the build is situational. IF you are using this guide, you need to understand when to build more AP and when to build more Armor or Mres. I will make a section on this later and update the alternatives after I finish refining other parts of the guide.



Our first item to be built should be our

When we first go back we should finish our boots first. While there are several good choices,





NOTE: Rush this when playing against your AP casters with a lot of CC. This will keep you from getting locked down

NOTE: If you are suffering a lot of early hits, you may want to take the







NOTE: This can also be replaced with another tank item if there is a need for it.
Most of the build is situational. IF you are using this guide, you need to understand when to build more AP and when to build more Armor or Mres. I will make a section on this later and update the alternatives after I finish refining other parts of the guide.
This section is made to help you understand what to build, when. The item builds above are by no means perfect because every game you play will be different. In this section we will talk about how to build according to the enemy team's structure and your team's needs.
These items are not meant to be the only items you should use, but more a guide to what type of items will work best in different situations. This section is split into a few main categories of things you might come across and need some help in. Without further ado, here they are:
Mercury's Treads: These boots are great if the enemy team is AP heavy with a lot of CC. They give you magic resist with a Tenacity bonus to help reduce the enemy's ability to slow you down.
Banshee's Veil: This is probably the best CC item for
Singed, especially tanky
Singed. You can block one shot every 45 seconds. You can take CC for a teammate like
Ashe's
Enchanted Crystal Arrow or Caitlin's
Ace in the Hole without a scratch or you can keep that stun from ruining your
Fling opportunity. It also gives you some good Mres, health, and mana.
Moonflair Spellblade: I put this in here because it can work as a cheap tenacity boost. It sgves you some ability power as well but is probably not the best option.
Quicksilver Sash: Great item if you know how to use it. It gives you a good amount of Mres and can remove multiple debuffs every 90 seconds. Great against teams with a lot of CC.
Aegis of the Legion: This is a good item if AP casters are hurting your team in team fights. Gives you some health, Mres, and armor but also boosts your team near you with its aura. Recommend getting it if you are staying alive but your team needs some more survivability.
Chalice of Harmony: Great if you need a little Mres boost and find yourself low on mana early game. Should be considered more of a temporary item to help the transition from early game to late game.
Frozen Heart: great if you have some attack speed champions like
Vayne or
Master Yi. Not only does it give you armor but it also reduces their attack speed, giving you a little advantage in fights.
Ninja Tabi: These are great if you don't need the
Boots of Swiftness or mercury's tread and want to stop those AD carries. Gives a little armor and reduces incoming damage by 10%.
Randuin's Omen: While I don't get this item very often, it gives you a little bit of everything. On top of its initial stats, it has a great passive and active for stopping AD carries. The passive gives a chance to slow any attacker by 35% and the active slows attack speed and movement speed based on how much armor and magic resist you have. Great if you want to be able to lock down a team fight while your team massacres the enemy.
Zhonya's Hourglass: This is a wonderful item, especially for AP
Singed. If you find yourself getting focused early in a team fight, get this and it helps your damage output, armor and its active is amazing. The active grants you invulnerability for 2 seconds while you are immobile. This can work well if the enemy has a lot of burst damage and you get focused, forcing them to waste their abilities while your team attacks, then you get right back in and continue to fight.
These items are not meant to be the only items you should use, but more a guide to what type of items will work best in different situations. This section is split into a few main categories of things you might come across and need some help in. Without further ado, here they are:
Heavy CC (stuns, snares, slows, etc.)










AP Heavy Team


AD Heavy Team










Disruption
One of the best uses of










NOTE: Cannot be stopped while








NOTE: Drain can be interrupted by getting

Jarvin also can be tossed out of his

People you want to Fling
These are champions that you want in the middle of your team for a quick kill. They represent mainly carries and should be the focus of your engagement especially if you are going to initiate the fight. Some champions haven't been chosen due to their CC and AoE abilities, which makes them less ideal.
High Priority
These champions are the easiest to control and take down after the fling and should be the highest priority when you focus:











Low Priority
These champs are slightly harder to control and have abilities or characteristics that make them less desirable but should still be focused if there are no higher priority targets.















There are other targets that still are good to fling into your team but these are most of the high priority people to look for.
DO NOT FLING
These champions are a horrible choice for













After the laning phase, your job as both AP
Singed and Tank
Singed is very similar. For tanky singed we are focused on initiating the fight and flinging a weak character to our teammates. The champion you choose should be according to the section above. To do this, you need to decide who to pick and who not to focus on. It will probably be the AP carry or AD carry depending on the game. Then you need to get in the fight. Activate your
Poison Trail. Throwing out
Mega Adhesive is a great way to split the team apart as you
Fling your target into the fight. At this point in time the enemy will do one of two things: they will sacrifice their teammate and run or they will turn and try to save their teammate. Both work in your favor.
If they turn to fight, you should run straight through them and try to set a large cloud of poison all around the whole team. This maximizes how much damage you do as well as acting as a distraction as your team picks them apart. If a squishy character is running away, you might try to chase them and fling them back towards your team. Remember to always be aware of the team needs. If
Nunu & Willump is using his ult,
Fling him and stop it from bursting and killing your whole team. If
Master Yi is mindlessly bashing
Morgana in the back, throw him away and squirt some poison in his face. You should be the rock around which your team is moving.
As AP
Singed there should be a couple differences. You should let your main tank initiate to avoid being focused early and should also focus on landing your
Fling on the lowest health enemies. It should be dealing massive damage and you need to try and finish them off with it to avoid them getting away.
If the enemy abandons their teammate, the plan becomes very simple: kill their teammate and set up for the next attack.
One aspect of
Singed that allows for quick kills is his ability to roam. With his speed, you can be everywhere and support the whole team. After the initial laning phase, you should try to move between the lanes and give support where it is needed. You can save a teammate or gank an enemy. As
Singed you should be most aware of your game and keep your team communicating and alive.





If they turn to fight, you should run straight through them and try to set a large cloud of poison all around the whole team. This maximizes how much damage you do as well as acting as a distraction as your team picks them apart. If a squishy character is running away, you might try to chase them and fling them back towards your team. Remember to always be aware of the team needs. If




As AP


If the enemy abandons their teammate, the plan becomes very simple: kill their teammate and set up for the next attack.
One aspect of


Singed is a great character and is underutilized in League of Legends. Hopefully, I have given you some good ideas and information to get you through the basics of
Singed. Have fun and play hard!
Realize that this build is in progress and if there is anything I forgot, PLEASE TELL ME!!! I want to know how to make this the best possible.

Realize that this build is in progress and if there is anything I forgot, PLEASE TELL ME!!! I want to know how to make this the best possible.
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