User blog comment:Supp0rt4n00bz/Welcome to the League of Hydra!/@comment-1330314-20131219173311/@comment-1330314-20131220013427

That is untrue. If you do happen to be in a slugfest (which will happen if you're a bruiser, unless you die beforehand), then BT wins. If you're trying to burst down an enemy (in which case you're an AD assassin), BT will contribute more to your burst damage output via scalings than Hydra. On, the extra 25 AD from BT alone will contribute an extra 155 damage to his full combo (400% bonus AD total on his scalings plus 25*2*1.1 from the autoattack reset on his Q and the synergy with his passive, and without counting any other autoattacks). On, this gives an extra 139 damage (230% AD scalings on his basic abilities, times 1.5 due to his ult, plus 100% AD on his ult's base damage, times 1.25 due to his AD increase, without taking into account any autoattacks he might make). On, his full burst gains 99.25 damage (397% bonus AD scaling), assuming he doesn't autoattack at all either. gains 125 damage (500% bonus AD scaling), not factoring in his crit or any autoattacks, and gains 115 damage (160% AD scaling plus 25 bonus damage per attack on his, without counting any other basic attacks he might land). Any autoattacks would further increase the difference in damage by 25 per attack (31.25 on Zed and 47 if he autoattacks on a target he's ulting), meaning it doesn't take that many autoattacks to overtake Ravenous Hydra even if you do take into account the champion's base AD and any further items they might buy.

Speaking of hypotheticals, you're making a lot of assumptions too. You're assuming the wielder gets to land a point-blank Hydra active on their target, which doesn't happen in teamfights if you can't stay in melee range, and has the time to land said active, which can be dodged or heavily mitigated by moving just a few paces away. You're also assuming the wielder gets to buy large amounts of attack damage, which won't happen if they're a bruiser, as they have to build tanky. Even assassins need to buy defensive items, and they benefit more from straight AD anyway (without taking into account heavily autoattack-based assassins like, or , who would also benefit more from a BT in combat due to the extra damage per attack and lifesteal).