Talk:Singed/@comment-1038955-20101202153713/@comment-173.85.13.208-20110105045548

The ONLY thing weak about Singed, if anything, is his ability to survive tons of burst damage when stunned. He already moves fast enough to avoid a massive burst of damage in most situations if you play him right (it's difficult but fun once you get the hang of it). It's when he can't move at all that he becomes completely and easily countered.

Simply put, when he's built properly (a mix of health, mana, defense, and AP) he's not tough enough to survive initiating encounters with the enemy team if they have stuns or very powerful slows. As such, something that buffs his ability to withstand stuns and super slows wouldn't hurt anything if done right. Quicksilver Sash can't do the job because it's a waste of an item slot (it doesn't do enough) and, even if it weren't, it's active won't prevent the second stun/slow the enemy team hits Signed with (same thing goes for the summoner spell Cleanse). Singed either needs an item that is an improved version of QSS (that gives health, mana, and more MR) or he needs some innate CC reduction.

For instance, his passive could be enhanced to reduce stun and slow durations by .3% for every 1% of his maximum mana that's missing and I'm pretty sure that would affect nothing in a bad way. It would help to keep him alive in those nasty mid game positions he can find himself in without making him overpowered late game (when it's practically impossible for him to spend his mana at all). If that's not good, Riot could make QSS build into a more expensive item that provides health (to help against burst damage) while retaining QSS's active, and I can't really see how that would hurt the game either. There's lots of options that I'd like to see Riot take (assuming they are even aware of this problem).

Though, even with all that said, if you're careful, and you properly realize you can't initiate against certain teams till very late game (when you have all your end game item buffs . . . which means more health items than usual), Singed can still do something to help team at that point. Just focus on farming minions till you have what you need. This problem only makes him a lot more difficult and not unplayable.