If Singed runs away from you to make you chase him:

Strawberrycocoa··6 votes·1,238 views

Then you are facing a bad Singed and probably won't have a lot of trouble dealing with him.

When I play Singed, I only run away if I am low health and don't think I'll win a protracted duel/fight/ambush. If they chase me, great use it; but if they don't, still run. Running away is primarily to save my own life. It is NOT a valid combat tactic.

Singed has amazing movement speed and easily underestimated damage. He is best used the same way many of his archetype are: by getting in your face and sticking there. A good Singed will use his movement speed as an asset, not an escape or a bait. He will kite circles around you, close you in to poison clouds, choke off your escape options. If you try to escape, you will get glued and thrown back in to the poison to wither choke and die. But he will do this actively, he will stay on your grill. A good Singed will not run from you, a good Singed will make sure you can't escape him.

I just felt compelled to say this because I've seen a few posts suggesting Singed get a rework because "all he does is run away and bait you to chase him". I don't think he needs a rework because organized teams can peel him off without a lot of trouble, and I don't think enough people realize that a Singed who relies too much on enemies chasing him is a **bad **one. A good Singed will use his kit actively, not just run away and hope you follow.

Besides his early game presence is just the god damned worst, you guys. It's kind of like playing against an enemy Nasus, the window of opportunity to crush a fast win is pretty substantial.

13 Comments

MistroTTC5 votes

We spent 7 years spreading the myth that all singed can do is run away so nobody expects it when he kills them, stop warneing people that he can kill them.

RIP Resonance1 votes

DIsagree completely. I don't consider myself to be a bad Singed at all.

When I play singed, I go the Dyrus build. I rush item 3116 item 3009 item 3512 and walk up to my enemies and run circles around them. I think Singed is a great champion as he is. Singed loses a lot of matchups, and his teamfights aren't the best, but you're playing Singed, so you splitpush to annoy and send numerous memebers of their team after you. This usually ends up in free dragons, barons, and picks for your team.

Singed is one of my favorite champions in this game.

Strawberrycocoa4 votes

But... running circles around the enemy instead of baiting them to chase you is exactly what I say a good Singed does... ???

RIP Resonance1 votes

I usually bait out a chase to get my damage in and secure objectives across the map.... DOT DOT DOT DOT DOT DOT .......................

Fucking stop using this ... shit.

Strawberrycocoa2 votes

... ... ... ...no.

Bergk1 votes
Cowgirl Ed1 votes

first time playing singed? you never run away with full life unless you are in idiot

Mysticman891 votes

Singed is very frustrating and sortof his own thing compared to the majority of champions, so a lot of people have difficulties playing him properly as well as playing against him properly. (And I'm not super clear on either.)

I acknowledge that being his own thing is 'ok' and doesn't imply he needs a rework. That said, I don't know how viable singed actually is at higher elos where people do know how to deal with him, but I'm under the impression he's basically pushed towards being a splitpusher and nothing more, and theres a lot of other champions who can do that just as well while also have more potential presence in teamfights and similar.

Miror B1 votes

Bad singed players are like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjQMhsOQOB8

AtheosisX1 votes

Kind of depends on the matchup. Some matchups it's wise to play passive, others you can go aggro.

Nekusen1 votes

Unless he gets a ranged matchup, in that case, just stay at fountain, your team will thank you.

CR4ZYRONDH4VI1 votes

What is his movement speed?

MunchCrunchLunch1 votes

a good singed forces the whole enemy team to deal with him by proxy farming top lane and any lane he can at the same time so his team mates can get objectives

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