
You can place weeds, and your Emit Noxious Gas ability can lay down a smokescreen to allow xenos to push on fortifications that include turrets. Your defile sting is integral in getting quick infections on front lines, especially when the hive is without a carrier. The Defiler is one of the most difficult support caste xenos to play, due to its forced front line fighting, requirement of knowing reagent uses, and low armor and health compared to other T3 xenos.
Planting eggs for tactical farts that deny area. Weeding areas to provide space to WASD marines. Bobbing and weaving to not die instantly. Attempting to OD marines with said reagents (unlikely, though). Going into vents and jump scaring marines by jumping out of unwelded vents and gasing them.
Obscuring marines' line of sight with gas by being very, very close to marines. One of the more unique and recent castes to evolved from the machinations of xenomorphs, the Defiler provides the hive further refinement of xenomorphs' priority in chemical warfare by washing marines' eyes with chem trails, shashing terrified marines with its venomous claws, and stinging unexpected marines with a fresh larva.Ĭonsidered as a high-risk high-reward caste due to its armor and health stats and demand of CQC, the responsibilities of the Defiler are: 2 Maturity Statistics and Evolution Paths.