Talk:Gangplank/@comment-4636093-20130716052811/@comment-5266525-20130717023351

Obviously between 385 and 285 range of his target Hydra wins, but within 285 range:

GP base AD at level 18 = 108

proc damage = 135

close range damage with no bonus AD = 65 max range damage with no bonus AD = 27

Threshold for close range vs.  = (135/0.6) - 108 = 117 Threshold for max range vs.  = (135/0.2) - 108 = 567

Including his passive AD bonus from Raise Morale decreases these numbers to 92 and 542. Raise Morale's active reduces it to 77 and 527.

Obviously, Hydra is never going to match IBG with max range Cleave hits with anything other than five Bloodthirster Trollplank, but you could feasibly outdamage it with a a couple of AD items at close range if you so desired.