The Skeletal Executioner looks like a stereotypical executioner. They wear tattered hoods and huge shoulder pads, and drag a huge Two-Handed Axe that causes sparks to fly behind them as it is dragged on the ground. They are by far the most damaging melee skeleton in the game and can easily make short work of poorly protected party members. Like all skeletons, they are usually found in large numbers so splash skills are particularly effective against them.
A group of Skeletal Executioners dragging their huge axes.
Variants
Normal
- Skeletal Executioner
- Spine Hewer
- Returned Executioner
- Swift Skull Cleaver
- Skull Cleaver
Champion
- Spine Hewer
- Skull Cleaver
Rare
- Spine Hewer
- Skull Cleaver
Unique
| Image | Name | Affixes | Variant | Location | Notes |
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Axegrave the Executioner Heads Will Roll |
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Swift Skull Cleaver |
Required by A Unique Collection achievement series. Random spawn in area.
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| Diablo III Bestiary | ||
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| Bosses | Skeleton King • The Butcher • Maghda • Zoltun Kulle • Belial • Ghom • Siegebreaker Assault Beast • Maiden of Lust • Azmodan • Rakanoth • Izual • Diablo | |
| Human | Dark Cultist • Dark Summoner • Dark Vessel | |
| Demon | Activated Vessel • Armored Destroyer • Dark Berserker • Hellion • Imp • The Fallen Ones • Treasure Goblin • Winged Molok • Vile Hellbat | |
| Undead | Crawling Torso • Dune Dervish • Ghoul • Grotesque • Risen • Skeletal Executioner • Skeletal Shieldman • Skeleton • Skeletal Archer • Tomb Guardian • Unburied • Walking Corpse • Wraith • Wretched Dead • Wretched Mother | |
| Beast | Beast • Carrion Bat • Carrion Nest • Dune Thresher • Lamprey • Scavenger • Goatman • Goatman Shaman • Desert Wasp • Quill Fiend • Wood Wraith | |
| Uncategorizable | Guardian Tower | |