Deployers are Transformers that have chosen to form a partnership with one or more Mini-Cons. The term can also refer to the Mini-Cons they partner with.

Instead of transforming into vehicles or machinery, Mini-Con Deployers instead become additional armor or accessories for bulk partners and remain attached until summoned into action. The advantages that this symbiosis confers are manifold: the full-sized Transformers gain an extra pair of hands while Mini-Cons benefit from the additional armor and protection that their partners afford.