Defiler
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The defiler is a zerg breed that uses toxic substances to support other zerg forces.
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[edit] Overview
The defiler is a relatively rare zerg breed, resembling a silverfish in appearance and acting akin to a 'cancer factory' in function.[1] Its core genus, if it has one, is unknown, as the defiler contains the DNA of all other zerg breeds[2] and, unlike the larva, uses them to synthesize virus-like biochemicals.[1] These biochemicals are extremely hazardous, resistant to the most effective anti-toxins, and, paradoxically, dangerous even to the zerg.[1] Defilers have been known to cannibalize other zerg to fuel the metasynaptic processes that generate the biochemicals,[2] often accompanied by zergling escorts for this very reason.[1]
The defiler's body is host to countless small organisms that live on the carapace, constantly feeding on each other.[2] The defiler can spontaneously launch a number of these creatures to swarm a location that make it difficult to target anything under the ensuing cloud. In addition, defilers can produce corrosive spores and hurl them at a target area, the spores exploding in a dense cloud. The highly toxic mist that results corrodes anything it touches.[2]
[edit] StarCraft
- For StarCraft gameplay information see: Defiler (StarCraft).
[edit] StarCraft II
In StarCraft II, the defiler has been replaced by the infestor.[3]
[edit] Special Defiler Strains
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Defiler. StarCraft Compendium. Accessed on 2008-02-07
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
- ↑ Medievaldragon. 2008-03-10, StarCraft II-Zerg Unveiled. Blizzplanet. Accessed on 2008-03-10
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| Common breeds |
Larva · Drone · Zergling · Hydralisk · Lurker · Ultralisk · Overlord · Mutalisk | |
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| StarCraft II |
Baneling · Roach · Infestor · Queen | |
| Pupal Forms |
Baneling egg · Chrysalis · Cocoon · Egg · Guardian egg · Lurker egg · Overlord cocoon | |
| Rare breeds | ||
| Special Strains | Powerful strains |
Devouring One · Genetically enhanced zerg · Hunter Killer · Torrasque |
| Infested Terrans |
Centaur · Infested marine · Infested SCV pilot · Infested scientist · Mutate | |
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| Experimental Strains | ||
