Devourer
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Devourer is a powerful late-game Zerg air-to-air combat unit in StarCraft: Brood War, known for its corrosive attacks that weaken and debilitate enemy air forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Devourer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11642287 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Devourer Context triple: [StarCraft: Brood War, notableUnit, Devourer]
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A.
Loatheb
Loatheb is a fungal abomination boss from the Naxxramas raid in the Warcraft universe, known for its deadly spores and healing-suppression mechanics.
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B.
Fiend
Fiend is an American rapper and producer known for his work with No Limit Records in the late 1990s and collaborations with artists like Snoop Dogg.
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C.
Tarasque
The Tarasque is a legendary dragon-like monster from Provençal folklore, famously tamed by Saint Martha and associated with the town of Tarascon in southern France.
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D.
Azog the Defiler
Azog the Defiler is a powerful pale orc chieftain and primary antagonist in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit film trilogy, known for hunting Thorin Oakenshield and his company.
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E.
Moloch
Moloch is an ancient Near Eastern deity often associated with child sacrifice and later demonized in Jewish, Christian, and modern cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Devourer Target entity description: Devourer is a powerful late-game Zerg air-to-air combat unit in StarCraft: Brood War, known for its corrosive attacks that weaken and debilitate enemy air forces.
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A.
Loatheb
Loatheb is a fungal abomination boss from the Naxxramas raid in the Warcraft universe, known for its deadly spores and healing-suppression mechanics.
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B.
Fiend
Fiend is an American rapper and producer known for his work with No Limit Records in the late 1990s and collaborations with artists like Snoop Dogg.
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C.
Tarasque
The Tarasque is a legendary dragon-like monster from Provençal folklore, famously tamed by Saint Martha and associated with the town of Tarascon in southern France.
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D.
Azog the Defiler
Azog the Defiler is a powerful pale orc chieftain and primary antagonist in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit film trilogy, known for hunting Thorin Oakenshield and his company.
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E.
Moloch
Moloch is an ancient Near Eastern deity often associated with child sacrifice and later demonized in Jewish, Christian, and modern cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
StarCraft: Brood War unit
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Zerg air unit ⓘ flying combat unit ⓘ |
| attackType | air-only ⓘ |
| campaignAppearance | StarCraft: Brood War Zerg campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cannotAttack | ground units ⓘ |
| controlGroupRole | support debuffer ⓘ |
| counteredBy |
Protoss Corsair
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Protoss Dragoon with range (indirectly via killing Mutalisks before morph) ⓘ Terran Goliath NERFINISHED ⓘ Terran Wraith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | countering large groups of enemy air units ⓘ |
| developer | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| faction | Zerg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game | StarCraft: Brood War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameMode |
multiplayer
ⓘ
single-player campaign ⓘ |
| hasArmorType |
biological
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large air ⓘ |
| hasSplashEffect | true ⓘ |
| introducedIn | StarCraft: Brood War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCapitalShip | false ⓘ |
| isLateGameUnit | true ⓘ |
| isSpellcaster | false ⓘ |
| isUniqueToExpansion | true ⓘ |
| morphsFrom | Mutalisk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementType | flying ⓘ |
| notableMechanic | stacking Acid Spore debuff ⓘ |
| notPresentIn | original StarCraft (vanilla) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWeapon | Corrosive Acid ⓘ |
| raceTechTree | Zerg tech tree ⓘ |
| requiresLairOrHive | Hive ⓘ |
| requiresStructure | Greater Spire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | air-to-air combat unit ⓘ |
| specialEffect |
adds Acid Spores to enemy air units
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increases damage taken by affected air units ⓘ reduces enemy air unit attack speed ⓘ |
| strongAgainst |
Protoss Carrier
NERFINISHED
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Terran Battlecruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ large clumps of Mutalisks ⓘ large clumps of Wraiths ⓘ |
| synergizesWith |
Guardian
NERFINISHED
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Mutalisk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetRestriction | air units only ⓘ |
| unitSize | large ⓘ |
| universe | StarCraft universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic | large flying creature with multiple jaws ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Devourer Description of subject: Devourer is a powerful late-game Zerg air-to-air combat unit in StarCraft: Brood War, known for its corrosive attacks that weaken and debilitate enemy air forces.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.