Singed Nerfs: dumb and dumber

It is no myth that Singed bans are happening in draft picks more frequently. I was SHOCKED when I first saw a Singed ban from the enemy team this season, as Singed is one of the most unpopular champion since before Urgot rework and therefore seeing Singed being banned is like seeing a rare solar-eclipse event.

So I jokingly thought Riot is going to nerf Singed after seeing his first ban. But after seeing more and more Singed bans, I worry that Riot really will pay attention to this and think of some way to nerf Singed as a response to something so much more frequent and irregular.

Indeed when I read PBE notes, Riot will nerf Singed's Q: 13 mana cost ---> 17 mana cost

It was slightly bothersome, as Singed suffers in mana spending even with mana-beneficial items like Corruption Potion and The Dark Seal especially during proxy farming and when his E fling is at high rank (when it would cost 140 mana per fling). I know it is only 4 mana, but this is spending per second, and it builds up. My toleration? It was alright, not a fair nerf but then it would be okay if I go back to season 6 mana build with the Rod of Ages . Indeed the mana nerf was a dumb nerf, but when I saw in the next PBE notes, I was triggered.

Q mana cost changes was reverted, but E % hp damage was reduced: 6/6.5/7/7.5/8% max hp ---> 3/4/5/6/7% max hp

Singed E % max hp was meant to punish tank top laners for building health items, like Phage , Catalyst , or (I don't dare say it's name) THIS: . But now that E % hp will be half the damage at rank 1, Singed's early game against health builders (all Singed-counter cancer champions , , , ) would suck even harder, furthermore forcing the Singed player to avoid laning and just go proxy farming behind enemy turret. 3% max hp is almost non-existent, especially after Riot nerfed Singed's E base damage by more than HALF back in season 5 in order to add the % hp damage feature.

I can imagine the reason why Riot would want to nerf Singed's E. Being maxed second, Singed's E can do a strong mini-burst damage every 10 second CD against someone who was not meant to build Magic Resist (ADCs 2018). However, it is dumb to nerf the % hp damage, as it was meant to counter champions who build health-based items. If this nerf will be the case, I'd just max my E first or not use it in solo fights at all unless I build AP items.

SEE THIS? SEE THIS ITEM? Singed was already globally nerfed when Riot added this new unforgivable item, making Singed's Q damage useless, and now Singed's E will do even less. If Riot is going to nerf Singed, at least nerf his E base damage by (at most) 15 for every rank instead of the % max health damage.

As a matter of opinion, I'd rather have the Q mana nerf than the E nerf because one nerf is dumb, and the other nerf is dumber.