Singed combos: cooldowns, costs and the order that matters
Ability-by-ability breakdown of Singed with real cooldowns and costs, the combo worth drilling, and why order changes the outcome.
Damage is a sequence, not a sum
Casting in the wrong order on Singed does not shave a little damage off — it frequently wastes an ability outright, because the setup lands after the payoff.
At 125 attack range Singed has to walk into damage to deal it, so every trade begins with a decision about whether you can afford the walk.
The kit, with the real numbers
Noxious Slipstream
Singed drafts off nearby champions, gaining a burst of Move Speed when passing them.
Poison Trail
Leaves a trail of poison behind Singed, dealing damage to enemies caught in the path.
Mega Adhesive
Throws a vial of mega adhesive on the ground, slowing and grounding enemies who walk on it.
Fling
Damages target enemy unit and flings them into the air behind Singed. If the target Singed flings lands in his Mega Adhesive, they are also rooted.
Insanity Potion
Singed drinks a potent brew of chemicals, granting him increased combat stats, and making his Poison Trail apply Grievous Wounds.
Skill order, and how to reason about it
Take Insanity Potion at levels 6, 11 and 16 — the ultimate is always worth the point it costs.
For the basic abilities, Mega Adhesive (W) gains the most from being ranked: its cooldown falls by 4 seconds between rank 1 and max, which is the largest improvement in the kit. That is the usual argument for maxing it first.
This is reasoning from the cooldown data, not a win-rate ranking — a matchup that punishes you can invert it.
- Q · Poison Trail — cooldown 0s
- W · Mega Adhesive — cooldown 17/16/15/14/13s, improving by 4s across its ranks
- E · Fling — cooldown 10/9.5/9/8.5/8s, improving by 2s across its ranks
Reading the cooldown column
Those cooldown figures are per rank, lowest first. The gap between the first and last number is the best argument for a skill order there is — an ability that drops sharply as you rank it earns those points; one that barely moves does not.
Singed is mana-gated, which is the real limit on how often you can contest a wave early.
Riot's own notes on playing Singed
These are the designers' words, not ours — the tips shipped in the client for Singed.
- Poison Trail is very effective at farming and harassing, allowing Singed to dominate the flow of whatever lane he's in.
- Use Insanity Potion to trick your opponents into chasing you through your Poison Trail.
- Flinging enemies into your tower can deal heavy amounts of damage to them.
Drill it in practice tool
Practice tool has no MMR attached and lets you reset cooldowns on demand. Ten minutes there beats ten games of learning a sequence while somebody fights back.
What the stat line does between level 1 and 18
| Stat | Level 1 | Level 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 650 | 2282 |
| Attack damage | 63 | 63 |
| Armour | 34 | 105.4 |
| Magic resist | 32 | 66.9 |
Movement speed 345 and attack range 125 do not grow with levels — they are the two numbers that stay true all game.
Full Singed page — abilities, stats and every skin →