Been trying to pick SInged back up today, and it's just too frustrating trying to make him work. His early game damage is waaaaay too weak to be effectively working in the current Nuke Everything meta, I can't give back as good as I'm getting the way I used to when I played him last year.
Altiverse1 votesWhy, he's pretty good. Though you need to build him more offensive than usual. Get Aery (Band, Celerity, Scorch) and Inspiration secondary (Minion Dematerializer and Warp Tonic). Get Ignite and either Flash, Ghost or TP. But Ignite's pretty overturned rn. Start Corruption Potion and get Dark Seal on first back (I usually wait for 650g and get Dark Seal + cloth armor / boots).
Don't invest into Mana early. It's a waste and Manaflow Band covers for it quite well. Getting early Mana is just a bad habit of Singed players from back when he had his old passive; Some games I'd not even get a single Mana item on full builds, others I'll get a Mana item only third of fourth item.
Always go Sorc shoes. Tanky boots are legitimately a trap right now. Boots of Swiftness are viable in case the enemy team has too many slows.
Tier A items: 
Tier B items: 
Traps: Anything else. Seriously don't.
Strawberrycocoa1 votesI'm glad Rylandries is still good on him, guessing that's the biggest chunk of his damage right now? I saw Shureliyas and Righteous Glory mentioned as first picks on Champion.gg but I wasn't sure that was accurate. They're still saying Celerity gives 4% MS.
So, which one is best for first item, aside from Corrupting and Dark Seal? What about early game, just sort of... push and back off and let them shove it back up? I've been getting caught a lot form pushing then staying too far extended to keep the minions shoved.
Altiverse1 votesRegarding build: If enemy laner is a threat I usually grab Chain Vest (against AD) or Negatron (against AP) right after I get my Dark Seal and Boots of Speed. These can be upgraded later into Deadman/Abyssal. Otherwise, I pass these. Then, first completed item I'd take Liandry's against a tank (the new passive benefits him quite well, especially in extended fights), or Rylai's against squishies (it's just that good as a rush item because of its cost efficency).
Regarding playstyle: I don't really play Singed Singed-style, and it works pretty well for me. What I mean is that I don't proxy, I don't unnecessarily push, and I use autoattacks in trades early quite a lot. (The key here is not to chase with autoattacks, but to weave autoattacks while backing off, even slightly) Singed's early trading potential is pretty underrated tbh. In previous seasons it wasn't at all this way, but right now with Aery, Scorch and buffed Ignite he's quite a threat. If the wave is in a good position for you, you can punish your lane opponent by putting poison on top of low health minions. The enemy laner will usually just take it, going for the minion and commiting to a trade, and you should be winning that trade if you weave in autoattacks while the poison is on them. That's why I don't like unnecessarily pushing with him, so I can constantly punish the enemy laner when they're trying to farm. Obviously many times you auto-push the wave with the poison while trading, so yeah in these cases I'll push the wave asap so it resets before the enemy can freeze it.
Strawberrycocoa1 votesThanks for the advice. I'll try to work some of this in.
Jamaree1 votesHe is pretty good right now, like a 53% win rate overall, with a 51% win rate at bronze that only goes up as you go up in ranks.
Reformedfindlay1 votesAsk hashinshin