User blog comment:Supp0rt4n00bz/Welcome to the League of Hydra!/@comment-24073465-20131219202618

I feel that along the secondary passives it gives other than just the AD and AOE attack are what make it seem necessary on most of the AD guys...most bruisers like, , , etc love the secondary characteristics of AOE LIFESTEAL...ie, hit a minion wave and get a lot of life back (ESPECIALLY with Olaf W)...also, the HP5 isn't bad, so sometimes, you can retreat to your tower and just wait a bit to heal back...

A second advantage of Hydra over BT would be that since it is in parts, you can get it easier...suppose you have a vamp scepter and 1000 G...if you go for BT, you have to wait for 550 more G for your BF sword, but with hydra, you can go get yourself either a pickaxe or a sword+2 beads, which might help you turn the tides a bit in your lane...In fact, I would say that this may be the reason most AD assassins and casters get this item...they get the parts for it, and then go "well, I've already got 2 slots filled with these...why not combine and open a slot for my weapon?" since the payoff from combining can be seen ASAP...compared to BT where you have to farm to maximize it's power, and getting caught in a bad situation automatically negates half of that bonus power... Also, don't just think of it as a 5 AD difference between Hydra and unstacked BT...think of it as a 25 AD difference between Hydra and it's components, compared to a 15 AD difference between BT and it's components...an AD who builds Hydra would see himself suddenly doing a lot more damage than before compared to one who bought BT (unless he stacked it first)....