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The defiler is a relatively rare zerg breed, resembling a scorpion 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.

Defilers kunde spruta ut en viss gas som gjorde att andra zergs var odödliga under den. De kunde också spruta någon röd gegga som skadade alla "livin" creatures men de kunde bara gå ner till 1, inte dö av den.