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The Butcher
Butcher
Basic Info
Title Flesh Carver
Role Melee Assassin Melee Assassin
Difficulty Medium
Franchise Diablo (franchise) Diablo
Price Gem625 / Money7,000
Release Date June 30, 2015
Base Stats
Attack Type Melee
Health 2154
Health Regen 4.4882
Resource 500 Mana
Unit Radius 0.9375
Attack Speed 1.11
Attack Range 1.5
Attack Damage 130
Data Page

The Butcher, the Flesh Carver, is a Melee Assassin Hero from the Diablo universe.[1] The Butcher is a sadistic creature that delights in the torture and pain of others.[2] His insatiable hunger drives him to carve up his enemies and consume their fresh meat. Even those fighting alongside him shrink away in fear when he draws near. He is violence incarnate; he is brutality given shape.[3]

The Butcher is an Assassin who starts slow, but deals extreme damage after collecting enough Meat.

Background[ | ]

Diablo (franchise) This section concerns content exclusive to Diablo universe.

There are many butcher demons within the Burning Hells, though they used to be solely under Diablo's command. The butchers are stitched together from the parts of other demons to combine their strengths, then given life through wicked magic.[4]

Under the guise of searching for the king's missing son, Archbishop Lazarus led many of Tristram's citizens into the old cathedral. The archbishop lured them into a trap, and most of them were killed by the Butcher. The survivors were left with wounds that festered with disease, and even the town's healer found them almost impossible to treat.[5] The Butcher was eventually slain by Prince Aidan and his allies.

Twenty-two years later, the resurrected Butcher demon[6] was summoned to the dungeons beneath King Leoric's manor by Maghda and her Coven.[7]

Gameplay[ | ]

The Butcher is a Melee Assassin who utilizes his trait to grow drastically in power as a match progresses. The early part of the match should consist of The Butcher trying to complete the quest portion of Fresh Meat as soon as possible. This increase in Attack Damage and Attack Speed provide a huge power spike to The Butcher. His Basic Attacks hit incredibly hard, providing him with very high sustained damage.

Strength[ | ]

  • Strong Late Game
  • Extremely high Basic Attack Damage
  • Can recover massive amounts of health with Butcher's Brand
  • Strong duelist
  • Ruthless Onslaught allows for easy engages and ganks

Weaknesses[ | ]

  • Extremely vulnerable to burst damage and crowd control, including Blinds
  • Multiple ways for enemy Heroes to negate both of his Heroic abilities
  • If he is unable to use Basic Attacks on on the target marked with Butcher's Brand, he will fall very quickly in team fights
  • Losing Fresh Meat on death can make it difficult to recover
  • Weak Early Game

Abilities[ | ]

See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.
Fresh Meat Icon
Fresh Meat

Upon dying, nearby enemy Minions drop 1 Fresh Meat and enemy Heroes drop 20 Fresh Meat. Fresh Meat can be picked up to gain 0.5 Attack Damage per Meat. The Butcher loses 15 Fresh Meat upon dying.

❢ Quest: Collect 200 Fresh Meat.

❢ Reward: Gain an additional 125 Attack Damage and 25% increased Attack Speed. Heroes continue to drop 10 Fresh Meat, Minions no longer drop Fresh Meat, and Fresh Meat is no longer lost on death.


Type: Bonus damage, Status effect
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Speed
Radius:
- Drop: 13.125 (Minions) / upon takedown (Heroes)
- Collect: 0.125
Pickup duration: 15 seconds

  • Attack Speed stacks additively with other effects affecting the Butcher's Attack Speed.
  • Bonus Attack Damage from Fresh Meat is added to The Butcher's base Attack Damage before multiplying by the sum of any damage modifiers, such as Brutal Strike and Nexus Blades.
Hamstring Icon
Q
Hamstring
40 Mana Cooldown: 4 seconds

Deal 110 damage and Slow enemies by 50% fading over 2 seconds. The Butcher's next Basic Attack will strike immediately.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point target
Properties: AA reset, Area of Effect
Cast time: 0.1875 + 0 seconds
Area of Effect: Rectangle
Width: 2.5
Height: 7.0
Butcher's Brand Icon
W
Butcher's Brand
60 Mana Cooldown: 14 seconds

Deal 37 damage to an enemy and Brand them for 4 seconds. The Butcher's Basic Attacks against the Branded target heal him for 75% of the damage done.

Basic Attacks against Branded Heroes heal for double and extend the duration of the Brand by 0.5 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage / Healing
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Non-Structure enemies / Self
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: 0.125 + 0 seconds
Range: 1.5

  • Resets The Butcher's Basic Attack timer.
Ruthless Onslaught Icon
E
Ruthless Onslaught
50 Mana Cooldown: 15 seconds

Charge at an enemy, becoming Unstoppable and gaining Movement Speed. If The Butcher reaches the target, they are Stunned for 1 second and take 119 damage.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Status effect
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Non-Structure enemies / Self
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: 0.5 + CH + 0 seconds
Range: 12

  • The Butcher is not Unstoppable until the cast time is complete, meaning that, like other Abilities, it can interrupted by enemy crowd control during its windup, refunding its cooldown and Mana cost.
  • Ruthless Onslaught can be reactivated after 0.75 seconds to interrupt the charge, placing it on full cooldown. Otherwise The Butcher is uncontrollable during the charge.
  • Charge is automatically canceled if it has been active for 4 seconds without hitting the target or if the target becomes untargetable or, for its windup, if the target moves farther than 5 units from its maximum cast range.
Furnace Blast Icon
R
Furnace Blast
75 Mana Cooldown: 60 seconds

After a 3 second delay, fire explodes around The Butcher dealing 500 damage to enemies.

Can be cast while using Ruthless Onslaught.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: No target
Properties: Area of Effect
Cast time: Instant
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 4.0
Lamb to the Slaughter Icon
R
Lamb to the Slaughter
75 Mana Cooldown: 90 seconds

Throw a hitching post that attaches to the nearest enemy Hero after a 1 second delay. This deals 171 damage and causes the enemy to be chained to the post and Silenced for 3 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Knockback, Silence
Cast time: Instant
Range: 14
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 4.0 (target search)

  • 'Nearest enemy' refers to the one closest to the center of the search area.
  • Chained enemies will be pulled to the center if they try to escape the area.

Talents[ | ]

1
Invigoration Icon
Invigoration

If Hamstring hits a Hero, half of the Mana cost is refunded and the cooldown is reduced by 1 second.


Type: Mana restoration, Cooldown reduction
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Block Icon
Block

Every 5 seconds, gain 75 Physical Armor against the next enemy Hero Basic Attack, reducing the damage taken by 75%.

Stores up to 2 charges.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Properties: Block, Physical Armor

  • Does not stack with itself or other positive Physical Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
Chop Meat Icon
Chop Meat

Increases Hamstring damage by 100% to Minions, Mercenaries, and Monsters.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Hamstring's damage.
4
Flail Axe Icon
Flail Axe

Increases the length of Hamstring by 40%.


Bonus height: 2.8
Unrelenting Pursuit Icon
Unrelenting Pursuit

Reduces the cooldown of Ruthless Onslaught by 33% upon impact.


Cooldown reduction: 5 seconds
Cheap Shot Icon
Cheap Shot

Hamstring does 100% more damage to targets affected by Slow, Root, or Stun.


Type: Damage modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Does not benefit from Hamstring's Slow, as the damage is dealt before the Slow is applied.
  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Hamstring's damage output.
7
Insatiable Blade Icon
Insatiable Blade

While facing the branded enemy, The Butcher's Movement Speed is increased by 25%.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Properties: Movement Speed
Radius: 12
Arc: 10 degrees
Victuals Icon
Victuals

Every time a nearby enemy Minion dies, The Butcher heals 5% of his maximum Health.


Type: Healing
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Radius: 13.125
Meat Shield Icon
Meat Shield

When Ruthless Onslaught impacts an enemy Hero, The Butcher gains 50 Spell Armor for 2.5 seconds, reducing Spell Damage taken by 50%.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Properties: Spell Armor

  • Does not stack with itself or other positive Spell Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
10
Furnace Blast Icon
Furnace Blast

Cooldown: 60 seconds
After a 3 second delay, fire explodes around The Butcher dealing 500 damage to enemies.

Can be cast while using Ruthless Onslaught.

Lamb to the Slaughter Icon
Lamb to the Slaughter

Cooldown: 90 seconds
Throw a hitching post that attaches to the nearest enemy Hero after a 1 second delay. This deals 171 damage and causes the enemy to be chained to the post and Silenced for 3 seconds.

13
Cleaver Icon
Cleaver

Basic Attacks deal 35% of The Butcher's Basic Attack Damage in an area around the target.


Type: Physical Damage
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Attack Modifier, Splash
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 2.0

  • Cleaver benefits from the bonus damage from Fresh Meat.
  • Splash damage does not grant lifesteal when damaging enemies affected by Butcher's Brand.
  • Damage reduction stacks additively with offensive damage modifiers affecting The Butcher's Basic Attack damage.
Savage Charge Icon
Savage Charge

Ruthless Onslaught deals bonus damage to Heroes equal to 10% of their maximum Health.


Type: Percent damage
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Percent Damage
Brutal Strike Icon
Brutal Strike

After using Hamstring, The Butcher's next 3 Basic Attacks within 5 seconds deal an additional 15% damage.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Modifier

  • Does not stack with itself.
  • Charges from previous casts are not stored.
  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other damage modifiers affecting The Butcher's Basic Attack damage.
16
Crippling Slam Icon
Crippling Slam

Hamstring's Slow no longer fades out, and the duration is increased by 30%.

Enraged Icon
Enraged

While below 50% of his maximum Health, taking damage causes The Butcher to become Enraged for 10 seconds, gaining 40% Attack Speed and 25 Armor, reducing damage taken by 25%.

This effect has a 25 second cooldown.


Type: Defensive damage modifier, Status effect
Affects: Self
Properties: Armor, Attack Speed

  • Attack Speed stacks additively with other effects affecting The Butcher's Attack Speed.
  • Does not stack with other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
Blood Frenzy Icon
Blood Frenzy

Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes grant 5% increased Attack and Movement Speed for 3 seconds, up to 25%.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self

  • Attack Speed bonus stacks additively with itself and other effects affecting The Butcher's Attack Speed.
  • Movement Speed bonus stacks additively with itself, but not with other sources of Movement Speed.
20
Fires of Hell Icon
Fires of Hell

Furnace Blast explodes a second time 3 seconds after the initial explosion.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies

  • Secondary explosion has the same properties as the first.
Slaughterhouse Icon
Slaughterhouse

Lamb to the Slaughter now chains all enemy Heroes in range.


Properties: Area of Effect
Nexus Blades Icon
Nexus Blades

Basic Attacks deal 20% more damage and Slow enemy Movement Speed by 20% for 1 second.


Type: Offensive damage modifier, Crowd control
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Modifier, Slow

  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other damage modifiers affecting The Butcher's Basic Attack damage. The sum of these bonuses is multiplied by The Butcher's Attack Damage (which includes his bonus Attack Damage from Fresh Meat).
Bolt of the Storm Icon
Bolt of the Storm

Cooldown: 70 seconds

Activate to teleport to a nearby location.


Type: Movement: Teleport
Affects: Self
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Clamping
Cast time: Instant
Range: 7.2

Builds and guides[ | ]

Icy Veins The Butcher Guide

The Butcher Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

The Butcher Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins[ | ]

The Butcher Skins
 
Rare Flesh Carver
Backstory: n unrelenting hacking echoed off the walls of the Cathedral and as Prince Aidan made his way through the depths, the sound only grew louder. There were no screams; just that dreadful sound... over and over.
The Butcher Flesh Carver
Gem750 / Money10,000
Flesh Carver
The Butcher Contaminated
Free
Contaminated
The Butcher Reptilian
Free
Reptilian
The Butcher Petrified
Gem120 / Shard75
Petrified
Rare Executioner
Backstory: An executioner's hood hides their identity and discourages offended parties from seeking revenge. Of course, that won't be a problem for the Butcher.
The Butcher Executioner
Gem120 / Shard75
The Butcher Executioner Toxic
Gem120 / Shard75
Toxic
The Butcher Executioner Dark
Gem120 / Shard75
Dark
Epic Iron
Backstory: There are many Butchers within the Burning Hells, but only those who serve Duriel, the Lord of Pain, bolt plates of burning iron to their flesh.
The Butcher Iron
Gem250 / Shard300
The Butcher Iron Fel
Gem250 / Shard300
Fel
The Butcher Iron Savage
Gem250 / Shard300
Savage
Legendary The Butcherlisk
Backstory: Abathur's newest creation was inspired by the tenacity of the hellish abominations he encountered in the Nexus. Its instructions were simple: Acquire fresh essence. Evolve.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into StarCraft skins.
The Butcher The Butcherlisk
Gem600 / Shard1,200
The Butcher The Butcherlisk Enraged
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Enraged
The Butcher The Butcherlisk Festering
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Festering
The Butcher The Butcherlisk Grendel
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Grendel
The Butcher Event Skins
 
Legendary Cyber Oni Caldeum Complex
Backstory: The Jigoku Corporation's V1.09b Butcher Cyber Oni are the pinnacle of cost-cutting: they eliminate high-profile targets and simultaneously generate feedstock for the Innovation Lab.
Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Caldeum Complex skins.
The Butcher Cyber Oni
Gem600 / Shard1,200
The Butcher Cyber Oni Ivory
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Ivory
The Butcher Cyber Oni Jigoku
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Jigoku

Portraits[ | ]

The Butcher Portraits
 
Carbot Butcher Portrait
Carbot Butcher
Gem120 / Shard75
Cute Lil' Butcher Portrait
Toys II Cute Lil' Butcher
{
Diablo III Butcher Portrait
Diablo III Butcher
Gem75 / Shard40
Jigoku Cybernetics Butcher Portrait
Caldeum Complex Jigoku Cybernetics Butcher
Scary Lil' Butcher Portrait
Toys II Scary Lil' Butcher
Gem75 / Shard40
Sticker Lil' Butcher Portrait
Toys II Sticker Lil' Butcher
Gem75 / Shard40
Stylized Iron Butcher Portrait
Stylized Iron Butcher
Gem75 / Shard40

The Butcher Hero Portrait
The Butcher Hero
The Butcher Mastery Portrait
The Butcher Mastery
Toon Cyber Oni Butcher Portrait
Caldeum Complex Toon Cyber Oni Butcher
Gem75 / Shard40

Sprays[ | ]

The Butcher Sprays
 
Butcher Pixel Spray
Butcher Pixel
Gem75 / Shard40
Carbot Butcher Spray
Carbot Butcher
Gem120 / Shard75
Cartoon Butcher Spray
Cartoon Butcher
Gem120 / Shard75
Cyber Oni Butcher Spray
Caldeum Complex Cyber Oni Butcher
Gem75 / Shard40
Emoji Butcher Spray
Emoji Butcher
Gem120 / Shard75
Gingerbread Butcher Spray
Winter Veil Gingerbread Butcher
Gem120 / Shard75
Hologram Cyber Oni Butcher Spray
Caldeum Complex Hologram Cyber Oni Butcher
Gem180 / Shard112

Rampaging Lil' Butcher Sticker Spray
Toys II Rampaging Lil' Butcher Sticker

Emojis[ | ]

Butcher Pack 1 Emoji Butcher Pack 1 Butcher Happy Butcher Pack 2 Emoji Butcher Pack 2 Butcher Angry
Emoji Name Shortcut Emoji Name Shortcut
Emoji Butcher Pack 1 Butcher Happy Butcher Happy :butcherhappy:
:butchappy:
Emoji Butcher Pack 2 Butcher Angry Butcher Angry :butcherangry:
:butcangry:
Emoji Butcher Pack 1 Butcher ROFL Butcher ROFL :butcherlol:
:butcherrofl:
:butclol:
:butcrofl:
Emoji Butcher Pack 2 Butcher Cool Butcher Cool :butchercool:
:butccool:
Emoji Butcher Pack 1 Butcher Sad Butcher Sad :butchersad:
:butcsad:
Emoji Butcher Pack 2 Butcher Oops Butcher Embarrassed :butcheroops:
:butcherembarrassed:
:butcoops:
:butcembarrassed:
Emoji Butcher Pack 1 Butcher Silly Butcher Silly :butchersilly:
:butcsilly:
Emoji Butcher Pack 2 Butcher Love Butcher in Love :butcherlove:
:butcherinlove:
:butclove:
:butcinlove:
Emoji Butcher Pack 1 Butcher Meh Butcher Speechless :butchermeh:
:butcherspeechless:
:butcmeh:
:butcspeechless:
Emoji Butcher Pack 2 Butcher Surprised Butcher Surprised :butcherwow:
:butchersurprised:
:butcwow:
:butcsurprised:

Quotes[ | ]

Main article: The Butcher/Quotes


Trivia[ | ]

  • The Butcher first appeared in Diablo (December 1996). His Heroes of the Storm design reflects his appearance in Diablo III (May 2012).
  • The Butcher was under consideration for inclusion as early as 2011.[8]
  • The Butcher was released on June 30th, 2015.[9]
  • The models shown at BlizzCons 2013 and 2014 depicted the Butcher's cleaver, sickle, hands, and apron as being covered with blood. In the live game, they are all clean.
  • The Butcher only speaks a handful of words, like "fresh", "meat", "kill", and "slaughter".
  • Even without his buffs, the Butcher has the highest auto-attack DPS of any hero in the game.
  • The Butcher is voiced by Steven Blum. [10]
  • When using the Butcherlisk skin, enemy Heroes and Minions will drop Biomass instead of Fresh Meat. (This is only a visual change and still functions the same as Fresh Meat)

Gallery[ | ]

General[ | ]

Abilities[ | ]

Gameplay[ | ]

Videos[ | ]

References[ | ]

External links[ | ]


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