So I've taken a liking to 
when playing 
top lane. Downside is that if I suck at farming (Last hitting is still something I need to master sadly, sometimes I hit too early or have the minions kill them before me) and against some match ups I won't be able to farm (Though some people don't mind passive farming. Would probably be different if I was 
).
How do you all feel about starting with rather than 
or 
for top lane Sion?
ViashinoWizard1 votesMost of the time I don't remember Cull even exists.
Dominick Destine1 votesI don't play ADC, but if I am playing a defensive support like Soraka or Janna... I recommend my ADC get Cull over Dorans.
It's decent but similar to Executioner's Calling, people often choose not to deviate from their builds even when it is beneficial to them.
ValyrianBlade1 votesI bought it the first few games and it was okay/cool. Overall though I think Doran's blade is just better. The lifesteal scales way better. The health is more valuable early (to survive a gank or win a skirmish). Often the goal of your first lane is to back with enough gold for a larger purchase - Doran's items typically give you that through extra sustain. Cull should never hit it's 100 minion peak before your first back so it seems pointless to me.
If cull gave gold early (say half at 50 and half at 100) then it'd be interesting if the extra gold at 50 creeps could let you base for your big purchase more easily.
LaoBushido1 votes out heals untill you get 101 ad, but is probably the beast for a top tank. meddler said he plans on buffing cull soon tho
Ralanr1 votesA buff? Interesting. I look forward to it. Really helps getting my items.
LaoBushido1 votesbtw that is a Soon(tm)
Bonipherus1 votesIt's also on hit heals so it works on other abilities as well which is definitely something to consider about overall healing.
Illâoi Evê Siôn1 votesI like to pick it on 'farm' top lanes on my second back. When I know the lane will just stall out until something interesting happens mid or bot.
Milodic Mellodi1 votesI think is a waste of gold. You're paying 450 gold to get 400 gold from farming (while constantly having to pay attention more to minions than Champs or the minimap) with little-to-no stat benefit in return. It doesn't even build into anything.
Even gives you more, especially with . Those with high Attack Speed generally want Life Steal more than Life on Hit...I'd rather have Doran Blade's increase-by-items-and-level regen than a "true" regen based on hit (hint, they're both based on hits because Life Steal is based on the damage you do). And to find that it becomes useless after the passive is gone, when Doran's Blade actually still has use after you build other items...yeah, I'd always go with my trusty than Cull. Unless you're using abilities/items that increase its on-hit portion...other than that always go Blade.
That's not to say I'll always use the Blade. I've started to use items like 
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for mana and 
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for Health, because I'd personally rather be able to stay out longer in the beginning while also building into other items. The Doran's items are great starting weapons when you want/need them, but they don't build into anything and they're useless if you can't make good use of them.
Ralanr1 votes400 plus minion farm.
Milodic Mellodi1 votesBy the time you fulfill that condition, either 1) your opponent(s) are feeding or incapable of doing much to you, in which case you've pretty much won your lane and Cull becomes an Overkill item, or 2) you'll have already started Roaming, which by the time the 300-gold condition is met you've already gotten assists or kills on enemy Champions.
If you really want the gold that bad, get 
, 
, or 
. The amount of Life you get from won't help much when you've already started building other items because of the gold you got from fulfilling any of the 3 items' conditions. They even cost 100 gold less, meaning you can actually buy Potions (or a Refillable Potion) or Wards. The bonus of being able to build into 
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, 
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, and 
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far outweighs the benefits of such an item like Cull.
I just don't see the benefit of getting an item whose only use is incompletely refunding what you spent on it. Even if you're getting "400 plus minion farm", you'd still have more gold if you just spent nothing. Or you could get a couple Health Pots and save the rest for something more worthwhile like 
.