Talk:Singed/@comment-27425447-20160125023204/@comment-4068613-20160127192311

Rod of Ages is a safe item to build, even though it may not aways be an optimal one. It just gives you a big pile of helpful stats, and the Catalysy passive can help prop up your sustain earlier on in the laning phase if you find it hard to trade with your opponent.

Ideal mana management makes it so Rod of Ages (and mana items in general) aren't necessary on singed, and it's generally more cost efficient to just build straight health than it is to invest in mana that converts to health.

Rod of Ages is sort of an edge case due to it's really high overall cost efficiency, so if you have problems with mana over the course of a game as Singed, Rod of Ages is probably a good item for you.