Talk:Singed/@comment-26433263-20151003173020/@comment-25611139-20151012211328

I wrote pretty huge comment about Singed's build about few months ago. Ye there is a problem with Singed's build maybe, because personally, as I said then I say it now too, I don't build mana. You have to realise that this game has many stats like ability power, mana, magic penetration, health. Each of these stats cost money, if you buy an item which gives dmg only, as an example like Void Stuff, it will give you more damage than even more expensive items because  those other items give you other components like health, maybe even spell vamp or smth. Void Stuff gives clear dmg. That's why I dont build any mana item, Rod of Ages seems cool item on him but it's pretty expensive and in the end it gives you only health, also building Tear doesn't make any sense at all in my opinion, having 1000 mana for what? You paid that mana, even when I was lower elo and was spamming mana without too much sense I would always have more than 50% mana which ofc I used for nothing, mana doesn't give you dmg, ability power and magic penetration give you damage, that's what Singed needs if he wants to be useful. And't dont mention his passive, having 250 extra HP because you stakced tear ain't anything special + ofc it takes some time to stack it up.

And let me also explain you one thing, if you play Singed without mana or with mana, in anyway your early laning will be hard because Signed is  really mana hungry that's why you need to learn to spare mana, and buy 1 or 2 dorans ring ASAP.

My build is really always different because it depends on my team (am I only tank and have 3 hard carries), on enemy team (magic/physical dmg) and their CC and what kind of CC, as an example if all enemies' CC is almost all slows, you can consider even buying Swiftness but that's rare.

This is my pretty much standard build when enemy has some hard CCs and mixed physical / magic dmg.

Mercs -> Ryalis -> Thronmail/Dead's man plate -> Abyssal -> Thronmail/Dead's man plate -> lyandris.

Often i build Banshee, but anyhow, with this build you are both tanky and deal dmg.