Diablo 4: How to Beat The Butcher. Diablo 4 by Blizzard has an exciting role-playing game (RPG) part set in a tough world. In the game, there are a lot of mobs and enemies that are very strong and pose a serious threat to the main character.
Some demons have a set place and time to show up, but others, like the Butcher, like to show up anywhere in the Dungeon to scare the players. In Diablo 4, you can’t do much when you’re caught off guard by a powerful monster. The Butcher is a cruel enemy, and his random spawns have caused a lot of trouble during the Early Access Beta.
How to Beat The Butcher in Diablo 4
- The Butcher in Diablo 4 has high damage and health.
- Avoid The Butcher’s meathook and dodge charges.
- Keep a distance and use cooldowns to attack.
- Trick: Run out of the room where The Butcher spawns to potentially get it stuck at the door and unable to attack.
- Watch Raxxanterax’s video to see a party defeating The Butcher in Hardcore mode without losing a soul.
Where to Find the Butcher in Diablo 4
In Diablo 4, the Butcher can show up in any Dungeon at any time. There is no way to make sure it will spawn, so you just have to run Dungeons until you find it, or more accurately, until the Butcher finds you. The Butcher could show up in any Dungeon room, and it could do so at any level.
This means that you could fight the Butcher as early as level 10 or as late as level 100. If you’re unlucky, you might not fight him at all, but we hope that doesn’t happen. If the Butcher beats you, it won’t wait around for you to try again. Instead, the Butcher will disappear, leaving you to cross your fingers and hope you find it again soon.
How to defeat the Butcher in Diablo 4
- Cleaver/Sickle Swing: The Butcher’s main melee attack, consisting of a swing with either of its Cleaver or Sickle melee weapons.
- Hook: The Butcher fires a Hook out towards your character and pulls you close, inflicting the Stun status effect and leaving you susceptible to follow-up attacks.
- Headbutt: The Butcher will headbutt you, dealing damage and inflicting the Stun status effect.
- Roar: The Butcher will roar and emit a burst of blood-red energy, inflicting you with the Slow effect.
- Charge: The Butcher rams you from a distance, dealing damage and inflicting the Stun effect.
FAQs
Those who manage to defeat The Butcher will be rewarded with some exceedingly rare loot. One of the loot items will be The Butcher’s Cleaver, which is a one-handed axe with Unique rarity.
A common way to defeat The Butcher is to lead him to the set of stairs to level 3 of the Cathedral, get him trapped in between the stairway, and shoot at him with a ranged weapon, like a Bow, from the other side of the stairway.
The Butchers do not respawn upon death, meaning it is only possible to encounter two per playthrough. There are 2 of these tough enemies that will not respawn upon death. They are in the Depths and one guards an Ember.