Behind the Laugh: Singed

Waaaaay back when 5.13’s patch notes went live, you might have noticed that we made a tiny tweak to League’s most toxic champion, Teemo Singed:

“Singed now laughs whenever he flings an enemy.”

This 100% necessary and important update was set into motion by QA analyst Joe “ManWolfAxeBoss” Lansford, who was struck in the middle of the night by a bolt of Singedspiration:

“Everyone knows that laughs per minute is the best indicator of Singed skill. New Singed players tend to have a difficult time grasping this, so we thought the change would be a great way to help them up their game (this is only mostly a joke). And while skill is important, Singed also just has one of the best laughs in the game, on top of Fling being kind of a goofy skill to begin with (skinny dude with a backpack chucking bears, children, demons, etc. all over the place). It felt like a match made in Runeterra. Beyond all that, I'm a Singed main myself. I thought, ‘What do Singed players want?’ ‘What do I want?’ ‘More laughing!’”

Singed mains agree: Laughter is the best medicine.