Talk:Aatrox/@comment-Naphtal-20130922111935/@comment-Naphtal-20130923160927

after testing in multiple games w/ the BotRK it seems to always feel lacking in most aspects of the game. its got a little bit of everything but not enough of anything for a pretty high price. i've found that rushing hydra or bt has yielded better results. the raw increase in AD and the overall better lifesteal of the two items easily overshadow BotRK. you may argue that its 5% dmg to enemy current hp is supposed to be a factor. but the sheer fact that BT will grant an additional 200dmg(auto attack + 100% bonus ad) on his W proc as opposed to a mere 50dmg(still cant believe that its base dmg is just 25 for 3.2k) + 5% current hp will enable you to perform a largeer amount of burst to an enemy before he is given a chance to get away. during the early-mid phase of the game most enemies would still be lacking resistances and large amounts of HP and thus BT and Hydra would yield a greater impact.

tldr; get BT or Hydra as first item.