Cull — the Starter That Pays for Itself

450gold

Provides damage and Life Steal on hit - Killing minions grant bonus Gold

Cull is a 450-gold starting item: 7 Attack Damage, 3 Health on every hit, and Reap — each minion you kill pays 1 extra gold up to 100, and reaching that limit pays another 350. That is 450 back on a 450-gold start once 100 minions are down. Bot laners bought 83.1% of the copies we counted.

What it grants

7 Attack Damage

Passive

Reap: Restore 3 Health On-Hit.Killing minions grants 1 gold, up to 100. Reaching the limit grants another 350 gold.

Cull at a glance

Cull is a starter item on Summoner's Rift that costs 450 gold: bought outright, with no components. It grants 7 Attack Damage and the Reap passive. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 54.4% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Nothing — this item is bought whole.

Combine cost

450

The full 450 is paid at once.

Builds into

Nothing — this is a finished item.

How it performed

Pick rate: 1.6%
Win rate: 43.0%
Completion: Not counted
Inventory slot: 3
Games: 10,777
Δ this patch: Not counted

patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted

Who buys it

Top11.5%
Jungle0.4%
Mid4.9%
Bot83.1%

Reach for it when

Extended trades
Early lane

Gold efficiency

54.4%245 gold of stats for 450

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

44th of 46 items Riot tags Damage, by this measure. Nearest: Blade of The Ruined King 63.3%, Vampiric Scepter 58.3%, Flesheater 53.3%, Gambler's Blade 27.2%.

7 Attack Damage · 35g each, from Long Sword: 245g

Cull balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Cull.

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Damage” by Riot.

Quick answers about Cull

How much does Cull cost?: 450 gold in total — bought outright, with no components.
What is Cull built from?: Nothing: Cull is bought outright.
What does Cull build into?: Nothing — Cull is a finished item.
What stats does Cull give?: 7 Attack Damage.
What does Cull's Reap passive do?: Restore 3 Health On-Hit.Killing minions grants 1 gold, up to 100. Reaching the limit grants another 350 gold.
Where can you buy Cull?: In Summoner's Rift — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Cull sell for?: 180 gold, against 450 to buy.
Is Cull gold efficient?: Its stats are worth 245 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 450 — 54.4%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.