@RiotRepertoir Request to Change Singed's Recommended Items

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Hello Rito,

I am a long time Singed main and crafted two guides on how to play him (#1 Singed guide on Mobafire and #3 on LolKing)

http://www.lolking.net/guides/255326 and http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/s5-welcome-to-singed-city-patch-5-16-425849

I have a simple quality-of-life request that I think makes sense. Please change his recommended items. Here are the changes I'd like to see:

Starting Items -> Stay the same Essential Items item 3111 item 3070 item 3027 -> item 3111 item 3116 item 3075 Offensive Items item 3116 item 3151 -> item 3027 item 3151 Defensive Items item 3075 item 3102 item 3083 item 3512 -> item 3110 item 3001 item 3742 item 3065

Here is my reasoning. You may not agree with my build tips from my guide, but these items undoubtedly better reflect synergy with his kit than the previous Recommended Items. Here's why:

  • Essential Items are items that tell a player "you should probably build these every game." No actual experienced/highly ranked Singed main ever buys item 3070 AND item 3027 together, it's just nonsensical and suboptimal. Many Singed mains like myself, including the Based InvertedComposer himself, realize that you don't actually need to build any mana on Singed and can be just as effective (if not more) without a single mana item. Don't believe me? Look at builds from top ranked Singed mains, read some guides (my guide?), do some math, or even try out InvertedComposer's Build Optimizer http://leagueoflegendsmath.com/
  • With that said, MOST if not ALL Singed mains and players will agree that item 3116 is an amazing item that you would want to build every game and has the most synergy with his kit.
  • Additionally, most Singed players and main still agree that item 3027 is a decent item nonetheless, and a good option for an offensive item (hence why I swapped item 3116 and item 3027 in the Recommended Items).
  • Singed being the tanky front-line champion that he is with some of the shortest ability ranges in the game, no gap closers, and DoT, would naturally want to buy item 3075 ESPECIALLY NOW that item 3075 passive damage scales on bonus armor (from ultimate). Most Singed players would agree this is a must-buy in most cases against any team with an ADC (hint: every team). This is why I moved it into Essential Items.
  • Defensive items are another big change. Obviously I took item 3075 out of there and replaced it with item 3110. Why item 3110 ? Because it's an armor item that gives utility (always good on a tank) but also gives Singed SOME HP return from the 400 mana. It would make sense to at least make item 3110 a visible option in the Recommended Items.
  • Let's be honest here, item 3083 has no business being a VISIBLE defensive item option for Singed. Its in-combat stats are mediocre at best giving only 100 HP more than item 3027.
  • Additionally, the out-of-combat stats for item 3083 has anti-synergy with Singed because Singed is one of the champions that is out-of-combat the least. He's a DoT champion which means lingering traces of poison that happen to do damage until 3 seconds later delays the item 3083 out-of-combat stats from procing (Warmog's Heart or whatever it's called). Additionally, if enemies are "chasing the Singed" (which is what you want) then they are running through poison so you'll never really go out-of-combat.
  • item 3001 as a defensive option because 50 MR is quite a bit and a lot of Singed players are opting for this more now since his MR/lvl was added.
  • item 3742 as a defensive option should be self-explanatory. Armor, HP, and movement speed. That's like 3/5 of the stats Singed would want in a single item.
  • item 3065 in place of item 3102 because its passive (increased healing) synergizes really well with Singed ultimate which can lead to an additional 200+ or so HP healed while in-combat.

Just a simple request that I think should improve the game. When new or inexperienced players hop on to play Singed then end up building item 3070 item 3010 (a 1920g investment) and realize they do no damage and die really quickly they stop wanting to play or learn more about the champion.

Rito, let's make this a better game together--one step at a time :).

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g07h4xf001 votes

Bumperino.

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rito pls

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