Talk:Titanic Hydra/@comment-26222017-20151012012522/@comment-26203093-20151012111524

Only if you're able to utilize the AA reset. If you just activate it without having already landed an auto, it's a significant drop in damage. If you do, the damage is actually on par ravenous, despite the AD loss, though you have to stay a few extra miliseconds to complete the auto, which can mean life or death for assassins. People also have a misunderstanding of when to get this item; it's true that you get more damage out of it when your health is higher - obviusly - but health is more valuable early than later. 400 additional health when you and your opponent would have 1000 each is worth worth more than when you both would have 2000.

You're still an assassin, though; you're trying to get as many kills in the early to midgame as possible.