Butcher's Cleaver

[Vultur]

Is there any character that the Butcher's Cleaver is useful for?

[Sekel]

Is there any character that the Butcher's Cleaver is useful for?

1) Young axemaster.
2) Any character in need 912 gold (basically almost every young hero).

[Ebon]

Is there any character that the Butcher's Cleaver is useful for?

In Hellfire, Barbarians are the characters to receive most benefit off axe-type weapons.

In regular Diablo, it only appears in Single Player. It may work fine for the Warrior, but I'd say its durability sucks. Its damage may be impressive, but for that early stage, and also the halved SP monster hit-points, it's not that much needed. Durability will be also running out often, and you won't afford to use Item Repair on it -- unlike on all other worthy weapons, save maybe for falchions... Eventually (and quite quickly really), you'll come across Broad Axes, which deal the same average damage and be otherwise better.

But in the case you run into the odd hefty archer you need to stunlock and dispatch quickly the Cleaver may be good for a few precise stabs. But get a good Broad Axe or even a Large one asap, so as to have a durable weapon under control. The only benefit from the Cleaver is +10 to strength, which may be negligible.

In multiplayer mods which allow drops of the Cleaver, I still don't think it's this great of a weapon. It's likely that by the time you get it, you'll be experienced enough not to need it.

[Nystul]

1) Young axemaster.
2) Any character in need 912 gold (basically almost every young hero).

3) The Butcher.