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I got really excited then I realized I have no clue how to use him. Anyone know optimal rotations, synergies, and best matchups?
I think @Fluffy_paws has one and knows how to use him.
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just try and get good buffs, reset them using heavy if one is bad
if they all suck, use the sp2 to reset them all in exchange for a ton of furies
spam sp1 to heal of off/nullify opponent buffs
hes simple with a ton of bleed damage
Strengths aka Buffs
Venom is the King of buffs. He starts off with his Klyntar mutation buff. He basically needs this buff to be useful. It can be nullified or removed by incinerate.
This buff generates more buffs. Armour, Physical Resist, Creulty, Precision, Fury.
An unduped Venom will start with 1 buff and gain 1 buff every 9 seconds.
If you get a trash (armour, physical resist) buff, use the heavy to reroll it. (The heavy attack also gives opponent an armour break - no phase for Ghost, bye Diamond form for Emma.)
Armour Up buff is not trash when fighting Havok. You NEED it. Otherwise when you bleed Havok, RIP.
I try to stack as many cruelty and precision as possible because crits apply bleeds and more bleeds = more damage.
If you get a stack of bad buffs, the sp2 converts all buffs to fury buffs. Then you can start again.
If you've got good buffs, only use it to end the fight. Otherwise you gotta build buffs again.
When he reaches his max buffs I usually go for sp3, he gets 5% damage per buff.
My favourite special is the sp1. He om noms enemy buffs and gains health. Each strike has 55% chance and he has like 3 strikes so it's pretty reliable. However, I think it does count as a nullify so it sucks against Mystic Ward or nullify resistance (like Angela with her sig I guess). He can om nom Colossus' armour buffs though.
Good buffs: sp1 until max buffs (7) then sp3.
His Klyntar buff gives him immunity to power drain from tech champs. Vision's sp 1 and 2 don't do any damage.
If you hit Red Skull's block you don't lose power but you still take the direct damage. Spiders can't evade him. He has a higher chance to apply bleeds to hero champs.
When the opponent reaches 18% health, Venom gains True Strike and Unblockable specials. This (the last time I checked) doesn't kick in if the opponent drops to or below 18% during the special. But it's great for IMIW's last 15%.
- Warlock
Warlock's Infection lasts 20 seconds. But it decreases by 6 secs for every unique buff on the opponent. Venom can easily have 4 unique buffs. That's 24 seconds decreased duration.
Additionally, he can om nom or break Warlock's armour.
-Annihilus
This fool has a Control rod buff. Om nom.
As the King of buffs, Rich get richer is quite nice for him.
Weaknesses
Watch out for certain champs that punish you for applying bleeds. They're unavoidable.
Elsa degens him. Cable degens him, Abomination poisons him. Omega gains death field and he dies.
BWCV is a double bad matchup because she'll gain power from the bleeds AND she'll nullify a lot of his buffs.
Any node that inflicts Incinerate. You can use him against Sunspot and stuff, he's fine but if you get hit, you lose the Klyntar Buff. But not the generated buffs. So it comes back 9 seconds after the incinerate falls off. Buffet. Pilfer nodes. Bad
Symbiote Supreme.
and then the rest of the mystic class that nullify without you getting hit. Man-Thing applies his weird buffs and nullifies on Contact. I think this counts when venom parries/hits him. So he gets poisoned. I use Hype sometimes against him but Hype is poison immune so I'm not too sure. Just avoid Man-Thing
He honestly works for most non mystics and non buff-punishing nodes. He doesn't need syngery. He gives himself 4% extra health (and other symbiotes), gains 1 extra buff with Carnage, 20% bleed duration with Sym, some extra power gain and crit rate with DH, GR. Nothing he needs.
I love him and use him alot my second r5 5*.
In regular match ups, you can't reset the 1st two buffs. If you get a Physical Resist, Cruelty, Fury, you're stuck with the PR. Honestly though it's usually not practical to make sure NONE of his buffs are bad so as long as you've got a few of the good ones, you're good to go.
He also gains some % potency but I don't think it'd start to be apparent until a high sig, if ever. my max sig 4* has like 18%. sig 20 5* is like 6% lol
It'd be up to who you've got and how much you like Venom.
HOWEVER.
If you don't have a Hype, don't you dare use that gem lol
also I would like to show off mine after all the trouble I went to getting him.
Pretty good for a r1 level 1
I wonder when he'll hit the basic.
Yeah. I got a 6* Monke.
He's great but he's not Archangel so my disappointment was strong.
Good luck! who you aiming for?
I might try and hoard my shards until AA hits the basic. I don't really need a 6* IP (he's too OP) and I want him more than any other