Marvel Rivals is a 6v6 hero shooter that is filled with a plethora of characters from the Marvel universe, including both heroes and villains, and you can pick any of them to start your journey in the game. However, each of these heroes is classified into three broad categories: Vanguard, Duelist, and Strategist, and a team needs to have all three of them to secure victory.
One such hero in the Vanguard category is Venom, a fan-favorite villain from the Spider-Man universe. Venom is pretty straightforward, but he is an exceptionally powerful unit and can single-handedly turn the course of battle.
Venom Overview
Venom is an easy-to-play Vanguard unit in Marvel Rivals whose primary task is to act as a tank for the team. The key to playing Venom is the skill Symbiotic Resilience, which grants him bonus health whenever his HP is low. If you use this skill optimally, you’ll become an unkillable tank.
Additionally, Venom can trap enemies with his Cellular Corrosion ability and launch them up with his Frenzied Arrival ability. Venom can also swing around the map and cover large distances in a short time.
Finally, he has a powerful ultimate where he can deal massive damage to enemies while also gaining bonus health in return. Venom can also crawl on walls and sprint on them, allowing him to easily cover difficult terrain.
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Dark Predation |
Venom uses his tentacles to attack enemies over a short distance. |
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Abilities |
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Feast of The Abyss |
Venom will dive into the ground and then come back up to deal massive damage to enemies. The amount of damage dealt depends on the current health of the target. Venom will also generate bonus health based on how much damage he has dealt. |
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Venom Swing |
Venom is able to swing across the map in a particular direction. This ability has a cooldown and you can’t spam it indefinitely. |
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Symbiotic Resilience |
Venom will generate bonus health when taking damage. The amount of bonus HP generated depends on how low Venom is at that point. |
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Frenzied Arrival |
Venom can lunge at enemies from a height, deal damage to them, and also lift them in the air for a short duration. |
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Cellular Corrosion |
Venom can grab enemies with his tentacles. It’s possible to break it by running away. If an enemy doesn’t break the grab, they will take damage. |
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Passive |
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Alien Biology |
Venom can crawl on the wall and sprint on it at the same time. |
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Team-Up abilities |
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Touch of Klyntar |
Venom allows Spider-Man and Peni Parker to access his Symbiote abilities. They will turn into Venom spikes and deal damage to enemies. |
Tips And Tricks To Play Venom
Venom is a Vanguard unit in the game, which means your role is to always play as the frontline for the team. Your positioning is extremely important as it’s easy to get carried away with your high HP and run into enemies, leaving your team vulnerable.
You’ll have to ensure that you always keep a close look at where your team is positioned, and you should stand right in front of them. Your primary job is to make sure that the enemy Vanguards and Duelists do not jump into your healers.
As Venom, use your Dark Predation attack as much as possible, since it has infinite ammo, and you can spam it. That ability deals decent damage, and you’ll ensure that the enemies feel scared, since you’ll be reducing their health at all times.
While you are returning from base, try to use the Frenzied Arrival ability. You can jump onto enemies from a height and launch them up, thereby creating opportunities for your team.
However, don’t try to use it while you’re in active battle, as you’ll leave your team vulnerable to attacks.
If you fall behind your team, use your Passive to go past walls and reach them as soon as possible. If you end up dying or your health goes too low, retreat to your healers with your Venom Swing. You must ensure that the Venom Swing isn’t on cooldown, even though it’s fun to use. That ability can help you close the gap super fast or be a life saver in critical scenarios.
Another very important ability that you’ll have to learn to use is Symbiotic Resilience. This ability will grant you bonus HP, depending on how low you are. As such, never use it when your health is over 50%. Ideally, you want to use it when your health drops below 20 percent, as you’ll get the maximum bonus. Once combined with your team’s heals, you’ll be very hard to kill.
Tips To Use Venom’s Ultimate
Venom’s Ultimate is a utility tool and damage ability, and you should try using it on multiple enemies instead of a single one. This ability grants you bonus HP depending on how much damage you deal to your enemies. Additionally, the damage dealt also depends on how much health the enemy has at the time of being attacked.
This means you’ll have to be cautious and keep an eye on multiple enemies being grouped up together to receive the maximum benefits from this ability. Ideally, you should be using it when you’re getting surrounded by enemies as the bonus health will help you tank for longer durations. Additionally, the damage you deal will help your team to clean up and thereby win the objective.
