User blog comment:Just loves to play/Bloodthirster/@comment-5254342-20130617074911/@comment-10428734-20130621113859

bt > hydra

hydra's active is really good but the passive is overestimated: it pushes your lane very hard and it doesn't help you killing your enemy. Even in teamfights, your enemies must be really close for the item to be effective.

the only 2 reasons to buy an hydra are:

-you have a meh wave clear but you want to (split)push more. but wave clear is not

-your mid is Diana or Orianna who can maintain the enemy team grouped, works best if you have another AoE CC like Amu or Sona; i got a penta once with hydra thanks to an amazing shockwave in our jungle (I was testing hydra on riven) but I think a BT would've done the job too)