Singed — LoL Classic counters & build

Who beats Singed in League of Legends: Classic, who Singed beats, and the Season 3 items, runes and masteries to run top. Patch 26.17.

Singed is weak against

Kennen top
He kites your whole kit and outranges the poison trail.
Teemo top
Ranged poke plus shrooms punish proxy pathing and out-damage your regen.
Pantheon top
He kills you in the early window before Rod of Ages comes online.

Garen top
He cannot catch you, and Fling reverses every engage he commits to.
Nasus top
Fling plus poison denies stacks and you proxy his wave before he comes online.
Tryndamere top
Fling plus Rylai's means he never sticks to you through the spin.

Start:

Crystalline FlaskHealth Potion ×3

Core:

Rod of AgesRylai's Crystal ScepterWarmog's Armor

RoA plus Rylai's is the classic proxy build: nobody escapes the trail, and you never die.

9× Mark of Lethality9× Seal of Armor9× Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist3× Quintessence of Attack Damage

Armor penetration outperforms flat AD once the enemy top buys Cloth Armor, which is nearly always. Armor seals win the melee lane trade.

21/9/0 Offense. Sunder plus armor penetration marks is what lets a bruiser hurt a tank before Last Whisper.