Talk:Singed/@comment-5490997-20130524091627/@comment-7619298-20130530113809

Tear solves all mana issues and costs less gold than Catalyst. If you buy a Ruby Crystal + Tear, you'll have the same stats as with Catalyst, for roughly the same gold (1200 gold vs 1175 gold). Tear builds into Archangel's Staff, which has more damage and the same hp (if you don't waste the shield) for less gold than Rod of Ages.

Catalyst saves you 35g every time you level up. That's a health pot per level, which is not a lot and you have to consider, that you don't always level up when you need healing.

A Singed with Tear + Amplifying Tome is way stronger than a Singed with just a Catalyst. If you want to win your lane, it's better if you can get more damage early into the game.