Talk:Singed/@comment-122.172.5.208-20110608182838/@comment-89.167.76.163-20110610171830

I'd say it's not a bad build but I don't really think you need Sunfire Cape or Thornmail there. Sunfire is a pretty much useless item overall in my opinion - it's damage is laughable (and it's not because of the nerf, it was pathetic before) it doesn't contribute to the team in any way and you don't need any additional farming tools, since you've got Poison Trail. Also, Thornmail is a very situational item, best used on Champions like Rammus against heavy right-clickers like Tryndamere. I'd say that either Randuin's Omen or Frozen heart would be a much better choice as your Armor item, or even both when facing heavy AD team (doesn't happen often but it happens). Both of those items provide a huge amount of Armor, cooldown reduction and health and they also have a very good passive debuffs which greatly contribute to the teamfights. They also privde other valuable stats like Mana, health regen or Randuin's active AoE debuff, which are vastly superior to some minor AoE damage.

Also, boots. This is a tricky one. You want to rush your Rod of Ages asap so you probably can't afford to get Banshee's Veil earlier if you want to get RoA at all, and let's face it - Moonflair Spellblade isn't very good for Singed, since it doesn't provide any survivability other than Tenacity stat and it's not exactly cheap. I'd say that agains CC-heavy team you should still build Mercury Threads and maybe even rush Banshee's Veil instead of RoA - CC reduction is more important in succesfull use of your Fling than movement speed. If the enemy team doesn't have any strong CC, which probably won't happen often, you should go for Ninja Tabi anyway for additional survivability against meele attacks it provides. The only time when I would go for Boots of Swiftness would be a game against scrubs, when you know you are going to win easily.

Keep in mind that it's all my opinion based on some games I played with Singed and many as a tank in general so some people might not agree with me (TSM guide certainly doesn't on Sunfire Cape case). Anyway, my build would be - Sapphire Crystal and two pots at the start, Catalyst, either Mercury Threads or Ninja Tabi, Rod of Ages and either Banshee's Veil and Force of Nature for AP team or Frozen Heart and Randuin's Omen for AD one. If the games doesn't end after that, get Sunfire Cape, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Abyssal Scepter or even Rabaddon's Deathcap for some additional damage.