Brawl was a Decepticon Combaticon, and a major antagonist of Transformers video games War For Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron.
History[]
War for Cybertron[]
During the War on Cybertron, Brawl served aboard a ship under Megatron, who sought the Dark Energon guarded by Starscream. He was part of the crew, along with Barricade as Megatron laid siege to the orbiting station where Starscream hid the Dark Energon. After Megatron gained entry to the station, Brawl and Barricade helped Megatron fight his way into the station. Starscream's constant taunting irritated Brawl, to the point he requested permission to rip off his head. The Decepticons eventually reached the supply of Dark Energon and prevented Starscream from destroying it, and as his reward, Megatron infused Brawl with the Energon's power.
Later, during the Decepticon assault on the Autobot capital Iacon, Brawl commanded the ground attack while Starscream commanded the aerial forces and Megatron led a small strikeforce into the heart of the city. Megatron's team eventually reunited with Brawl and his forces outside the Iacon Vaults, where Autobot leader Sentinel Zeta Prime had taken refuge. Despite being heavily out-numbered, Brawl held out until Megatron, Breakdown and Soundwave could assist. Brawl complained about Starscream's refusal to give his ground troops air support. When Megatron's Dark Energon failed to open the massive doors to the Vaults, the enraged Decepticon ordered a bombing run. Brawl attempted to protest, since the Autobots' anti-aircraft defenses were still active, but Megatron would not be convinced. After the bombing attempt failed, Brawl suggested they first take the anti-aircraft guns. Megatron noted this, and commanded him to see to it.
The Decepticons successfully disabled the anti-aircraft guns and Brawl once again called down a bombing run, only to be refused by Starscream. Taking issue with Starscream referring to the bombers as 'his ships', Megatron ensured the bombing run would take place. However, Brawl and his comrades now had to hold off a massive Autobot counterattack until the bombers arrived. Despite fighting and killing numerous Autobots, it seemed as though the Decepticons would be overwhelmed by the entire Autobot army. Brawl, keeping track of the bombers' progress, started counting down the last few seconds verbally, and the Decepticons watched as the Autobots realised their doom, too late to retreat to safety. Megatron ordered Brawl to hold his position while he led his team to deal with Zeta Prime. Brawl later journeyed with Megatron and the rest of the Decepticons to Cybertron's core, watching as Megatron corrupted the core.
Fall of Cybertron[]
Brawl joined the Combaticons in the last battles on Cybertron. He and Onslaught helped Starscream ambush Optimus Prime under one of the Warp Cannons, and dragged him before Megatron. After Megatron was crushed by Metroplex, he along with the rest of the Combaticons fell under Starscream's command. They began a mission to assault an Autobot tanker, loaded with Energon the Autobots had managed to steal from the Decepticons. Onslaught's plan called for the team to split up, as Swindle eliminated enemy scouts, Blast Off and Vortex would clear a path for Brawl to arrive on a transport and destroy the supports to the bridge the tanker was headed for, diverting it into a Starscream led ambush. Once the path was clear, Brawl headed in, but his artillery was unable to penetrate the shields around the bridge's supports. Vortex brought down the shields on the two side supports for him though the bridge remained standing, and Brawl had to blast a hole in the central support so Vortex could head in and take it out with a detpak.
After Swindle disabled the tanker's anti-air guns, the Combaticons merged into Bruticus so they could smash through the rest of the defenses surrounding the bridge. They disassembled to take the bridge itself, but the tanker was so badly damaged, they could do little more than attempt to guide its crash landing. Following the crash, Brawl was arrested alongside his teammates by Starscream's henchmen.
Brawl was later released alongside everyone else who opposed Starscream after Megatron's resurrection. He oversaw the destruction of a Starscream statue, which he had wanted to destroy ever since the Constructicons were ordered to build it. Brawl was aboard the Nemesis before the Decepticons' assault on the fleeing Ark, and became part of Bruticus as the giant attacked the Ark's engines. Bruticus killed off dozens of Autobots before being taken down by the Jazz and the Aerialbots,flying off the Ark.