The Combaticons are a Decepticon combiner team, who appear as major antagonists in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and in several stories set in the Aligned Universe.
They are made up of:
As well as this, they can combine into Bruticus.
History[]
Creation[]
As revealed in The Covenant of Primus, the Combaticons were granted the power to combine by being subjected to Shockwave's experimentation with combiner technology.
Exodus[]
Presumably because they could not control their combined form, the Combaticons were put into stasis under Crystal City, as seen in the novel Exodus. After Devastator destroyed the city, the Combaticons were retrieved, and Bruticus was put onto the battlefields of the states Praxus and Kalis, the latter of which was where he faced Optimus, Jazz, and Sideswipe. Bruticus was defeated there, with Sideswipe later boasting he tore off his head (Onslaught). Regardless, they remained active during the war, spying on the Autobots.
Rise of the Dark Spark[]
The Combaticons were assigned to cover and escort Shockwave to Kaon with the Dark Spark. The Combaticons combined to Bruticus to defend Shockwave. While successfully return to Kaon, Cliffjumper attempted to place a bomb on Bruticus only for him to slam Cliffjumper and capture him.
Fall of Cybertron[]
The Combaticons took part in the Decepticon assault on the Ark. Onslaught and Brawl hauled Optimus Prime back to headquarters when he was captured by Starscream, and chained him up. As Megatron prepared to execute Optimus, the Combaticons watched Metroplex seemingly kill Megatron, and retreated under Starscream's command.
When the Autobots made off with Shockwave's Energon, the Combaticons were assigned to reclaim it, despite being annoyed at Starscream's leadership. Swindle is assign to patrol the area to deal any Autobot Scouts that would give away their positions. Blast Off, Vortex and Brawl went off to bring down the bridge the transport was to roll across, while Swindle worked to shoot out the wheels. Despite their efforts, the transport became airborne. Swindle grappled his way aboard and was able to destroy the anti-aircraft guns, which had devastated the Decepticons' aerial assault, thanks to Starscream's impatience. Starscream ordered a retreat, but Onslaught ordered the group to combine into Bruticus as a last ditch effort to salvage the operation. Bruticus made it to the control room, but the transport was so damaged, it crashed and half of the Energon was lost. Starscream had the Combaticons jailed for disobeying his orders, even though Onslaught pointed out they saved a mission he screwed up.
The Combaticon's were freed after Soundwave resurrected Megatron, who deposed Starscream. Onslaught wanted to go after him, but Megatron let him go. The group accompanied Megatron to where Trypticon's remains were held, and combined into Bruticus to clear a path for their leader. The Combaticons were aboard the Nemesis when it left Cybertron, and took part in the attack on the Ark. In their Bruticus form, they laid waste to the Autobot forces. However, Jazz and Jetfire managed to throw Bruticus off the ship and cast out into space.