Butcher in Diablo 4: how to find and defeat

Butcher in Diablo 4 - one of the most difficult bosses that can be found in any dungeon at a random moment in time. The butcher cannot be summoned on his own, and his appearance is a kind of challenge, because not everyone is able to cope with this crazy boss. To kill the Butcher in Diablo IV, you need to choose the right battle tactics and know all the attacks of the boss.

In this guide, we will tell you how to find the Butcher and what reward you can get for defeating him. Read on for the top tips to help you kill this boss in a random encounter in Diablo 4.

In a separate guide, they told in detail, how to farm fast experience, gold and legendary items in Diablo IV.

Where to find the Butcher in Diablo 4

The Butcher is different from other bosses in Diablo 4:

• There are no permanent spawn points.
• Appears randomly during the age of any dungeons.
• Can be found in any room, except for rooms with other bosses.
• Apart from dungeons can spawn during a demonic event hellish onslaught or stripping cellars.
• Can be encountered at any character level after completing the prologue and entering Kyovashad.
• Approximately appears in 1 out of 50 completed dungeons.
• Disappears after killing all the heroes involved in the battle, or if the fight is too long.

Thus, the Butcher is deservedly a legendary boss, because he is hard to find, easy to lose, and once defeated, impossible to forget.

Butcher attacks

The Butcher has a set of nasty skills that deal a lot of physical damage. The boss mainly fights in close combat, but he also has abilities that can hit the character from a distance. To avoid lethal damage and not get stunned, you need to understand what each of the boss's attacks is like.

bloody cry

• Attack type: by the area around the boss.
• Damage: not.
• Danger: small.

The butcher can squawk, after which a crimson wave radiates from the boss. The scream covers a large area, and those heroes that fall under its effect are temporarily slowed down. The butcher lets out a bloody cry during the flight nearby characters.

Attack with sickle and cleaver

• Attack type: close in front of the boss.
• Damage: middle.
• Danger: small.

Cleaver or sickle strikes are the main attack of the Butcher. Several uses of this ability on characters are not terrible, but big hitting streak will result in tangible damage that a hero with weak armor can hardly endure.

Powerful dash

• Attack type: in a straight line in front of the boss.
• Damage: middle.
• Danger: medium.

The butcher performs a dash when the character moves away from the boss for a long distance. This ability has straight trajectory and tremendous speed, making it hard to dodge. After the dash, a stomach kick will follow, which will cause significant damage and cause a stun on the hero.

Headbutt

• Attack type: close in front of the boss.
• Damage: middle.
• Danger: medium.

In melee combat, the Butcher can throw your head back, then butt the nearest hero. A headbutt will deal serious damage and stun the character. The boss alternates the use of this skill with attacks with a sickle and a cleaver.

hook pull

• Attack type: in a straight line in front of the boss.
• Damage: middle.
• Danger: big.

Characters that keep at a sufficient distance, the Butcher can draw to you with a huge hook. The attack is extremely fast and almost impossible to dodge. Hitting the hero guarantees a stun, after which the character is pulled to the boss and takes additional damage from a series of melee attacks.

How to kill the Butcher in Diablo 4

To avoid the death of the hero and defeat the Butcher, you need to know the basic tactics for the fight with the boss. If all attempts to defeat the Butcher fail, then you must try to find the boss in the dungeons, after lowering world level of difficulty.

Below are the main tips that will help you defeat the Butcher.

Equip armor with maximum armor

The butcher attacks with physical damage type, from which the character's armor saves. Not all heroes have access to good equipment with high armor, but if there is a feeling that the Butcher will appear soon, then you should equip a set of items with good armor, if one is available.

Go to the next room

As soon as you encounter the Butcher during the age of the next dungeon, then try leave the current room through the nearest doorway. There is a bug in the game that does not allow the boss to through some narrow ages. This trick is rarely done, but it makes it easy to kill the Butcher.

Climb the nearest ladder [no longer working]

The butcher does not know how to climb on the side vertical stairs. Therefore, a character who has long-range attacks can easily climb onto the nearest ledge along such a ladder in order to freely shoot the boss from above.

Use boss phases to heal

As in the battle with world bosses, the Butcher has phases, which are indicated by triangles on the health bar. When a new stage of the battle is reached, the triangle flips over, and falls out of the boss several healing potions, which can be used at a critical moment.

Use control on the boss

Another similarity to world bosses is that using abilities with control on the Butcher fills up the daze bar. When this indicator is filled to 100%, the boss will receive stun for 12 seconds. During this time, you can do a lot of damage.

Use high damage abilities on single targets

The easiest way to deal with the butcher is a hero that has a good set of abilities with huge damage on single targets. Best suited for this role barbarian (inferior to the rest in damage to solo targets).

Avoid protracted frontal attacks

The Butcher poses the greatest danger at close range, so you should constantly be on the move and not stand near the boss for a long time. To avoid a series of blows and subsequent damage, use abilities that help you quickly change position.

In addition watch the attack animation Butcher: before a headbutt, the boss throws his head back, and for a blow with a cleaver or sickle, he takes his hand behind his back.

Be careful while retreating

The Butcher's three skills are aimed at punishing fleeing characters. It is impossible to dodge a bloody scream, but in order not to get hit by a jerk or a hook, you should not run in a straight line, but using zigzags. You can also drive the boss in a circle, which is especially helpful if there are other allies in the group.

Play with other players

It is difficult to defeat the Butcher alone, so you can arrange a series of dungeon clearings together with a group of other players. During the fight with the boss, one character leads the boss behind him, while others deal the main damage to the Butcher. If any of the heroes dies, another living ally will take over his role.

Video guides

The tactics of behavior during the battle with the Butcher depends on the number of active players that are fighting the boss. The following are videos in which the Butcher is killed alone and in a group with allies:

• Video with the victory over the Butcher in alone.
  Diablo 4 - Butcher Boss Fight (Solo)
• Video with the murder of the Butcher in the team from two human.
  Diablo 4 - Encounter with the BUTCHER on difficulty level 3
• Video of the Butcher's battle against a group of four players.
  We Killed The Butcher on Hardcore! Diablo 4 Beta

Rewards for killing the Butcher

Loot from a dead Butcher drops randomly. There is a chance to receive the following set of rewards:

• 1-2 subject legendary qualities (orange rarity).
• 0-2 subject rare qualities (yellow rarity).
• 0-2 subject magical qualities (blue rarity).
• 1-4 heaps Gold.

In addition to the usual random items, the Butcher can leave a unique item after his death - butcher's cleaver. This is a special ax for class characters. barbarian.

The weapon deals high damage, has a 100% chance to intimidate hit enemies, and has a 70% chance to slow enemies for 4 seconds.

We hope this guide helped you learn how to kill the Butcher in Diablo 4. You can leave your opinion or questions about the fight with this boss in comments. In a special section on our website there are other useful Diablo IV guides.