Talk:Tryndamere/@comment-24456005-20150729101505/@comment-26001789-20150803072822

BOTRK gives better duel and chase, making a good 1st item rush against tanks and fighters. Characters that want to fight and Trynd can bait into an unwinnable situation.

Hydra is just for pushing the lane. It's better when you have to actually split and just farm. When you can't kill your opponent and the only way you can do anything is by forcing the others to come fight you. You will bring someone down with you and you will hit turrets. But that's about it.

The other alternatives, PD and Shiv, are just bad when you don't have an IE to increase the potency of them and IE is just too bloody expensive to rush.