Singed vs Kled — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Singed against Kled · 57.95% win rate over 616 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Singed is favoured — Singed owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Kled's 2. Singed wins 57.95% of games vs Kled in top lane (616 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1SingedPoison Trail alone does chip damage, but Kled's Beartrap root at level 1 sets up his entire combo — stay mobile and sideways, never a stationary target.
Level 2KledBeartrap on a Rope into Violent Tendencies is Kled's full burst combo; he can proc Skaarl's dismount threshold at level 2 before your kit is online enough to punish it.
Level 3KledAt level 3 Kled has Jousting too — his mounted burst still outpaces your W+E kit and Skaarl absorbs your Fling, so the duel is still net-negative.
Levels 4-5Even / skillNeither side has their power-spike items and Kled can't freely all-in without Screech landing — proxy the wave and let the lane stalemate farm.
Level 6SingedInsanity Potion's movement speed and armor make you tanky enough to run through Jousting and Fling a dismounted Kled into Mega Adhesive for the kill.
First itemEven / skillRylai's slow is strong but Kled's Stridebreaker spike answers it; the 1v1 is genuinely even here — take free waves and proxy rather than force fights.
Two+ itemsSingedTwo-item Singed (Rylai's + Liandry's) running a split-push while Kled's Chaaaaarge!!! is wasted on your team is the win condition — never 1v1 him where Stridebreaker closes.

Early game (levels 1–5)

At level 1 you have one job: run Poison Trail through the minion wave and stay perpendicular to Kled so his Beartrap on a Rope fires into empty space. He wants to root you in place and stack Skaarl's courage with Violent Tendencies autos; if you stand still for even a second he finds that root and the trades tilt in his favor immediately. Walk past him, never toward him, and collect free poison damage without exposing yourself to the Q grab. Level 2 is his first real kill window — Beartrap into Violent Tendencies into Jousting is a full burst combo that can proc Skaarl's dismount against a squishy Singed, so back off the moment he hits 2 and refuse the duel. Level 3 doesn't change your life much against a mounted Kled; Mega Adhesive only matters once he's already dismounted, and he won't be if you haven't committed to a hard trade.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Singed vs Kled report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

Become a Founding Member — $1.99/month →

🔒 Secure checkout · 💰 7-day money-back guarantee · ✋ Cancel anytime
Early Access price — $3.99/month for new members after launch.

Related guides

Playing the other side? Kled vs Singed guide →
All Singed top lane matchups →