Butcher (Item Set)

**Butcher** is an early-to-mid game item set. It consists of items that can be associated with "pass time" of low-class workers.

## Items

Butcher items are available in Common and Rare quality. The set includes following items:

## Set Bonus

This set provides a bonus to the coin reward earned when finishing a mission or specific Supply Runs, equal to 10% of the usual reward. The resulting bonus is rounded up. The extra coin reward is provided only if the set's wearer was sent out at least once before the barricade's destruction. (It does not matter if the units with the set live or die before the barricade's destruction.)

The effect is not stackable with multiple instance of the same unit, but it will stack with multiple Butcher bonuses from each unique unit. For example, if a deck has four units with the set but only two of them were sent out on the battlefield by the time the barricade is destroyed, the bonus will only be equal to 20%. Due to deck limitations, the maximum coin bonus achievable is equal to 60%.

Agents do not receive a 20% bonus for being two units in one. They are treated as one unit and have the same 10% bonus as every other unit does.

### Analysis

This set is made for an obvious purpose of making it slightly easier to grind coins. It should only be used during challenge levels, which offer a slightly better reward compared to most other regular missions. Butcher should be safe to use on at least three members of a team, but only if its enabled with rare-tier cups, watches, and books, while using properly leveled epic/legendary-tier knives. This will ensure that units won't be too weak. In the early game however, it should be okay to use whatever tiers available, as enemies in these levels aren't too dangerous. It's also possible to use Butcher during first time mission completions, but that's a risky tactic that loses viability way too quickly.

Location 6 challenges provide 36 coins on repeat playthroughs. Playing it safe with a few units with the set could reliably net players between 44 and 51 gold. However, going all in with 6 Butcher set units can provide the maximum reward of 58, a considerable boost for only 2 fuel. A deck of four ranged units, Grenadier, and any fighter is the likeliest to achieve success.

Supply Runs that offer coins as a reward are affected by the Butcher set. Supply Runs at Location 2, 4, 6, and 8 offer coins upon completion, each subsequent stage increasing both the reward and overall difficulty. Using several units with the set can prove profitable once a well-leveled team can be established. This is furthered with the uses of Red Keys or the double reward weekend bonuses, doubling the potential earnings in both cases.

It's important to mention that this set becomes completely obsolete once Austin is purchased, since he allows to grind for coins much more effectively, usually providing hundreds of coins in a single playthrough in the right missions/challenges. Austin's coin generation ability has no interactions with Butcher's bonus, so the set can be safely ditched once he's in the player's deck.

## Location

The table below displays which Supply Runs have the Butcher set in their reward pool.