Marvel Rivals Venom guide: Abilities, ultimate, tips, more

Venom is a Vanguard in Marvel Rivals and is easily a vital part of any team’s frontline strategy in the current Season. To maximize his effectiveness, it’s important to familiarize yourself with his abilities, ultimate, and overall playstyle.

Venom’s primary responsibility as a Vanguard is to shield his team and create opportunities for Duelists like Wolverine or Black Panther to unleash attacks on the enemy. An immense health pool, powerful symbiote tendrils, and the mobility to disengage from intense skirmishes using his swinging abilities make him one of the strongest Vanguards in the game.

Venom’s weapon

Weapon	Stat	What it does
Dark Predation	Casting: Quad-cast delayed spell field Range: 15m Attack Interval: 0.9s, with a 0.1s interval between each tendril Damage: 20 Critical Hit: Yes	Unleash tentacles forward to attack enemies

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Venom’s abilities in Marvel Rivals

Ability	Stat	What it does
Feast of the Abyss (Q)	Casting: Single-cast spell field that surrounds the caster Movement Boost: 80% Range: 7m spherical radius Max duration: 4s Damage: Inflict damage equal to 50% of the target’s health, followed by an additional 40 damage Energy cost: 2800 Special effect: 100% of damage dealt is converted into Bonus Health	Burrow underground for free movement. After a duration or by left-clicking, devour enemies above to deal damage based on the enemy’s current health and generate equivalent Bonus Health
Venom Swing (L Shift)	Casting: Dash Max webbing length: 30m Cooldown: 8s	Launch webbing forward, allowing for a singular swing in the desired direction
Symbiotic Resilience (E)	Casting: Instant Cast Cooldown: 15s Special effect: Grant 100 Bonus Health and convert 100% of lost Health into Bonus Health	Generate Bonus Health against damage. The lower Venom’s Health, the greater the Bonus Health generated
Frenzied Arrival (F)	Casting: Targeted Max distance: 40m Min distance: 3m Range: 6m spherical radius Damage: 65 damage, with damage falloff starting at 2m from the center of the spell field and decreasing to 40% at 6m Cooldown: 8s	Dash to the target location from a certain height. Upon landing, damage nearby enemies, launching them up toward the landing point
Alien Biology (Space)	Wall-crawling speed: 3 m/s Sprinting speed: 9 m/s	Press Space to wall crawl, and while crawling, left-click to sprint
Cellular Corrosion (right mouse button)	Casting: Spell field that surrounds the caster Range: 8m spherical radius Damage: The spell field deals 5 damage, increasing to 80 damage if the target remains in the area for a duration Cooldown: 8s Special effect: Tendrils apply a 15% Slow on the target and take 3s to inflict damage. If the distance from Venom exceeds 11m, the tendrils will detach	Unleash tentacles to Slow enemies within reach. Enemies unable to break free in time will suffer damage

Team-Up ability

Ability	Stat	What it does
Touch of Klyntar (Passive)	Team-Up Bonus: +150 Max Health	Venom shares a part of his symbiote with Spider-Man and Peni Parker, activating their symbiote abilities. Spider-Man and Peni Parker can convert the symbiotes into explosive spikes that inflict harm on nearby enemies and relentlessly drive them back

How to play Venom in Marvel Rivals

Venom is a tank Hero in Marvel Rivals with a massive health pool and regeneration capabilities. However, this doesn’t mean you can charge headfirst into battle without consequences. Your primary goal as Venom is not to rack up eliminations but to disrupt the enemy team’s key DPS and healers, creating openings for your Duelists to close in and finish the job.

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With Venom’s ability to swing and climb walls on every map, you can retreat when your health is low to regroup and plan your next move. His F ability is perfect for diving into contested zones, allowing you to crash into enemies, apply Cellular Corrosion, and follow up with relentless melee attacks.

While retreating or repositioning, it’s crucial to work closely with a healer to stay in the fight longer. This strategy lets you continue harassing the enemy team with Venom’s powerful tentacle strikes. Once your ultimate is ready, take some time to recover before using it to burrow underground and ambush high-value targets like the opposing team’s DPS or healers.

Although Venom has a bit of a learning curve, mastering his symbiote abilities can turn him into a devastating force, causing chaos and severely disrupting the enemy’s plans.

Now that you know how to master Venom, check out the best controller settings and PC settings for higher FPS and dominate matches in Marvel Rivals.