Venom
Barely even a snack.Venom is a dive-heavy vanguard in Marvel Rivals, excelling at disrupting enemy formations, absorbing damage, and creating chaos in the frontline. His kit revolves around his symbiote abilities, which allow him to generate bonus health, control space, and punish isolated targets. Venom's passive ability, Symbiotic Resilience, grants him increasing bonus health as his HP gets lower, making him exceptionally hard to eliminate.
Venom thrives in aggressive team compositions that include healers like Luna Snow or Mantis who can keep him sustained during extended fights.
How to play Venom in Marvel Rivals
Mobility is key to Venom's success. Use Venom Swing to traverse the map quickly and engage or disengage from fights. His passive Alien Biology allows him to sprint along walls, giving him unique positioning options.
For crowd control, use Cellular Corrosion to grab enemies with tentacles, slowing them and dealing increasing damage if they don't break free. Your ultimate ability, Feast of the Abyss, allows you to burrow underground and emerge to deal massive damage based on the target's current health while converting damage dealt into bonus health. Use this ability during critical moments to turn fights or secure objectives.
Given that your ultimate deals damage based on current health, it's important to use it as early as possible in teamfights; don't fall into the trap of thinking it's best used as an execute to finish off wounded enemies.
Venom Counters and Synergies
Venom Abilities
Feast of the Abyss
Burrow underground for free movement. After a duration or by attacking, devour enemies above Venom to deal damage based on the enemy's current health. 100% of damage dealt is converted into bonus health for Venom.
Dark Predation
Unleash tendrils forward to attack enemies.
Venom Swing
Launch webbing forward, allowing for a singular swing in the desired direction.
Symbiotic Resilience
Generate bonus health. The lower Venom's current health, the more bonus health is generated.
Cellular Corrosion
Unleash tentacles to slow enemies within reach. Enemies unable to break free in time will suffer damage.