A lucky Diablo 4 player was able to avoid the frustration of battling one of the most persistent and brutal bosses in Blizzard’s action RPG after The Butcher boss spawned in a location perfect for cheesing. Normally one of the game’s more intimidating bosses, The Butcher would have been quick work for players taking advantage of a soon-to-be-fixed exploit that lets Diablo 4 Druids do billions of points of damage in a single hit.
Making its first appearance in the original Diablo in 1997, The Butcher has become one of the franchise’s most iconic enemies and a mainstay of the series. Though slightly smaller than his Diablo 3 counterpart, The Butcher’s unsettling appearance and its ability to randomly spawn into dungeons and cellars to ruin an otherwise flawless run has made him the bane of many Diablo 4 players’ existence. Standing in stark contrast to The Butcher's hulking frame, some Diablo 4 players have been amused by the hilariously undersized Butcher’s Cleaver trophy for mounts that it occasionally drops upon death.
In a new post on the Diablo 4 subreddit, a Reddit user shared a video of themselves cheesing The Butcher after the superboss spawned in a hilariously inopportune location. The video shows the player battling The Butcher while staying safely out of reach of its attacks thanks to the bloodthirsty brute spawning behind a locked door. Rather than being forced to run around the arena to avoid its punishing attacks, the unexpected bug let the lucky Reddit user cheese The Butcher in Diablo 4 by whittling away its health without fear of reprisal.
Some Reddit users responding to the video shared stories of their own encounters with The Butcher, with several replies stating that they’d lucked out by having the boss spawn right as they activated one of Diablo 4’s Conduit Shrines. Others took the opportunity to decry the often-underwhelming loot dropped by The Butcher, with several replies bemoaning the fact that defeating one of the game’s most powerful bosses doesn’t guarantee a worthwhile reward. Showing that this method of cheesing The Butcher is nothing new for the series, one Reddit user simply replied, “This is how I killed him the first time…Back in D1.”
While taking advantage of broken level geometry to bring down The Butcher may not be most players’ first plan of attack, it’s hard to pass up an opportunity to defeat one of Diablo 4’s toughest bosses with minimal effort. And given the fact that attempting to outmaneuver The Butcher can be a surefire way to meet an untimely end, taking potshots from behind a locked door was definitely the safest option available.
Diablo 4 is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
