Decepticons

Devastator

A giant formed from six Constructicons. One of the best-known combiners — Transformers that merge into a single body.

Where he comes from

Cybertron. Six Constructicon builders merged into one body.

Story

Devastator is the first and best-known combiner: a giant formed from six Constructicons, among them Scrapper, Hook and Bonecrusher. Alone they are talented engineers; together they are a destructive force able to level a city.

In Revenge of the Fallen Devastator comes to live action: assembled from construction vehicles, he tries to tear apart a pyramid. His main weakness is that he is only as strong as the six minds inside him are united.

Classifier: traits & abilities

Faction
Decepticons (Constructicons)
Role
Combiner, siege force
Alt-modes
Six construction vehicles: dump truck, excavator, crane, cement mixer, grader, bulldozer
Weapons
Twin-barrelled cannon, sheer weight and strength
Abilities
Combining into a giant, building and demolition
Strengths
Tremendous strength and size
Weaknesses
Slowness, dependence on six minds staying united
Personality
Simple, furious; individually the Constructicons are meticulous craftsmen
Key relationships
Megatron, Scrapper, Hook
First appearance
1985
Voice (G1)
Arthur Burghardt

Filmography

YearTitle
1985–1987The Transformers (G1)
1986The Transformers: The Movie
2009Revenge of the Fallen

Main screen appearances; not an exhaustive list.

Fan prequel: «Six Voices»

An original story by this site. Not part of the official canon.

Before the war the six Constructicons built half the towers of Kaon. They argued over every beam: Scrapper wanted beauty, Hook precision, Bonecrusher speed. And still the towers came out magnificent.

When the science council proposed a merging experiment, they agreed almost as a joke: six minds in one body — wouldn't that be the greatest structure ever built?

The first merge lasted only seconds. Six voices blended into a single hum, and suddenly it was quiet — for the first time in their lives they weren't arguing about anything. The feeling frightened and thrilled them at once. Later they would chase that silence again and again, even when the price was destruction.