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Very nice. I’d also like those tips since I’m in the same boat @Fluffy_paws

Also, is he worth a cosmic AG?

Moot4Life

no cosmic ag, he doesnt need it but if you like him you can put in him

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

Sceptilemaniac

I don't know how to play him but I also got him recently and took him right up to R4 unawakened because he's just so much fun to play!

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Oooo Venom! Congrats! He's my second favourite champ in the game. I don't claim to be anywhere near of an expert on him, but here goes.

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.

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Negative_100

There's no real way to play him but if opponent gets lots of buffs spam Sp1 to eat it get a buff and heal 5%. Sp2 resets buffs. Crits have an 80% chance to give a good bleed. He also has cool stuff from his klyntar buff.
I love him and use him alot my second r5 5*.

Moot4Life

how come we both wrote a guide but you got an insightful and a like even though i did it first

Yeah. But it depends. He gains up to 3 buffs at the start. This can be great. If you roll armour up against Havok from fight start, you're sorted. He has 3 chances vs his undupe 1 chance.
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

I have a hype and corvus awakened already. Thank you! Both guides were very helpful and informative. I think I am gonna go with the gem for him.

then i'd like to change my answer to yes use it and go destroy stuff
also I would like to show off mine after all the trouble I went to getting him.

Awesome! Just used it with 9 whole sigs. He will probably be going to r4 for a while.

ayyy cosmic ag gang

I dunno buddy, mine might've had a few extra words.

Pretty good for a r1 level 1

Moot4Life

quality>quantity though

Bahubali

Tip: Never ever fight longshot with Venom.. Longshot's sp2 is thanos snap for Venom..

which is why fluffy gets the insightful

nice six star Archang- oh that’s venom sorry nevermind

ONE DAY. I will have him.
I wonder when he'll hit the basic.

Kabam will probably wait as long as possible just to spite you. Did you go for a featured?

Yeah. I got a 6* Monke.
He's great but he's not Archangel so my disappointment was strong.

Could have been worse. I am getting ready to try my luck at the next 6* featured as well.

oh definately. I'll be happy about it when my disappointment ends, AA enters the basic and SOMEONE stops reminding me about my lack of 6* AA.
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

(insert remark about how you don’t have six star Archangel here)

Kill_Grey

Well, while AA transitions into the 6* basic, I guess I'll work with support to sort out his AAR immunity bugs.

yeah, good luck with that lol. how's it going?