As Sword of the Occult is right now, you see it basically never, even if the enemy team has a Sona and a Vladimir or Mundo or other champs with healing, just because it has so much less damage than any other adc item lategame. I think it needs either a buff or an upgrade to it for later in the game. Thoughts? 
EDIT: Executioner's Calling... facepalm
Shrikesnest5 votesI believe you are talking about Executioner's Calling. Sword of the Occult is the AD stacking item, and it's so risky that basically nobody takes it in a serious game. Except maybe on Akali, and even then, you've got to be really confident.
Executioner's Calling is in a weird place. It's probably needed, in order to counter healing builds, but if it has good stats on it then it becomes a default part of every ADC's build (there's basically zero variance in ADC builds) and then healing becomes useless across the board. Also, the better the stats, the more expensive the item has to be, and then it becomes impossible to build when you're getting rolled, which is a bad place for a counter-build item to be. If Mundo is shoving you around, you're not going to have 3600 gold to spend on one item.
All that said, the stats on it are truly abysmal, even for its low cost, so yes, it could probably stand to be better.
Pika3102 votesExcept Blade of the Ruined King is another counter-play item. Sure, some ADCs will build it regardless, but others like Caitlyn will only pick it up against super-tanky high-hp teams. Yet they don't find the 3200 cost at all restrictive. If you know an item will be necessary in a specific match-up, it's easily buildable early enough so that you'll have it about time you need it.
Shrikesnest1 votesBORK counters extremely high-health tanks when they've already built very tanky. It's most efficient in the late game (except on Vayne, obviously, due to the synergy with Silver Bolts.) You generally aren't sitting there in the laning phase going, "Man, I'm getting stomped by this tank and his 5k health. I need a BORK." You will frequently be saying, "This sustain comp is driving me right the hell out of lane. I need something to fix that." It's the same thing between, say, Randuins and Thornmail. One of them is a cheaper, less slot-efficient item that counters a similar play pattern, but it's accessible if you're losing your lane.
Emmy Cha0s1 votesObviously a counter-play item will rarely ever be your first completed item, especially on ADC. That's not to say you won't build it 2nd or 3rd, which is still early and about the time the issue becomes prevalent.
You generally aren't sitting there in the laning phase going, "Man, I'm getting stomped by this tank and his 5k health. I need a BORK."
This is obvious, I doubt anybody was actually thinking otherwise. Especially when you're down in bottom lane and Mundo is up in top getting fed. It's gonna take some time for the 2 of you to actually meet.
