Cull or Anti Venom

Hello everyone. I have been having a difficult time deciding who i want to choose from the selector between these 2 since i won't be able to get a second selector cause me and my alliance are not gonna bother with relic event. So it is between these 2 because unforntuelty i have gotten Sabertooth and Viv from the pull and i have a 6* r5 sig 200 ascended version of her so it is between the 2 mentioned above who do i select.

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M_A_D_D_Y

Cull is definitely the better pick overall, especially if you're looking at broader utility and faster matchups.

willrun4adonut

I haven't used anti-venom since his update, but I'm loving Cull. I tried him out after I pulled him, then liked him enough I used my spare cosmic awakening gem on him and took him to r3.

WhisperDARK

Depends on what your current goal is, if you want someone for bgs then Cull is a no-brainer but I'd pick Anti-venom for literally anything else. Cull is pure damage with little utility while Anti-venom is a lot more balanced, leaning towards utility.

For Anti-venom; having stagger as a science champion is insane, his healing is absurd and the heal reversal is great. He counters unstoppable and evade as well but its chance based and I feel like most of the time you'd prefer someone that "prevents" evade rather than reduce the chance of it happening. Matchups like duped Nightcrawler and Bullseye for example require abilities like panic and ensnare as their ability accuracy of evade can't be reduced. Anti-venom also has a disorient but its not strong enough for a 100% reduction. Petrify can help with controlling power gain and perhaps even reverse it if I'm understanding the interaction with sig ability correctly? He also can deal great damage, those passive furies are some of the strongest in the game but honestly you'll never use him just for his damage. There will almost always be better damage dealers, what makes him special is how he can deal high damage while bringing a lot of utility to the table. I personally wouldn't recommend using him unless his utility is required, he is mainly a utility champion who can also do damage.

For Cull; I honestly don't have an as in-depth understanding or knowledge of his kit but from all I've seen his value comes mostly from his nuke potential in bgs. He is also a great quester but so is Sabretooth and well... Anyways, so in the right matchup Cull is one of the fastest nukes ever in the entire game undoubtedly. I've seen a r4 unduped Cull nuke my r3 duped Red Skull in 23 seconds this victory track meta and that includes the loading time and stuff. (I had nuked my fight in 30 seconds as well but my opponent clearly knew something I did not) That's actually one of my main concerns with his bgs performance, he doesn't have as much utility that is easily compensated with damage. I won't count every meta relevant defender he can't take but his "great" matchups seem too limited and people will eventually realise, you wouldn't wanna use him against Onslaught for example even though he can theoretically work. With all that being said; having true accuracy allowing him to ignore evade and auto-block just for existing is really nice, up to 3 armor breaks per heavy attack turns all those armor up reliant defenders into vanilla fights. His fury is massive but one of the best pieces of utility he has is being able to parry non-contact attacks. With all those annoying defenders utilizing non-contact basic attacks that is such an invaluabe ability and makes you question why he should have such a low block proficiency if his utility consists of his ability to block...

Overall I personally prefer Anti-venom though it solely depends on what gamemode you want to focus on. Cull is inarguably the better bgs attacker and quester whereas Anti-venom is the overall better champion for most other game modes with a lot more versatility in his kit. I'd advise messing around with their 6 star versions if possible and see how they feel, perform and try to estimate what a 7 star rank X would do given the increased stats. It may at least give you a rough idea about them even though results can be misleading since its impossible to replicate a bgs scenario in a different mode especially with so many variables like stat focus, challenger rating etc.

Fun fact: Anti-venom can heavy counter Zola.

Chuck_Finley

Not to be Debbie downer here… but that final token may not be coming for any of us..

destroy456

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2864781#Comment_2864781

That was precisely my thinking as well thank you i have fully decided for anti venom

Tempest_024

What about between Anti-venom and Dr. Voodoo?

WednesdayLength

Idon't think you can go wrong with either, they're both good in different circumstances but personally I would argue anti venom is probably better in the context of the game moving forward. Cull is great once he's ramped but in struggling to think of many circumstances where you could fit that given that elimination nodes are becoming more common. He'll probably be better in bgs but it also depends on the defender, avs damage and tankiness isn't something to ignore

destroy456

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2864818#Comment_2864818

Dr Voodoo honestly has no place in my playstyle espically since Nico is now in the game and as for serpant and deathless thanos counters i have america chavez, nico and spiral for the job.

Chief_Wiggum

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2865310#Comment_2865310

Same… 6* nico covers more ground than voodoo.. of course i've pulled voodoo twice.

Vance2_jr

Of Cull and Anti-Venom, who benefits from sigs more.

MrNoname

Already got Voodoo and Cull.

How about Viv vs Anti-Venom? Which one is better?

ToniXD_16

Cull is the new big nuke so hes fun in that way but I think Anti Venom will age better since his utility is very good, hes good for long form and in many metas hes a must have but yeah cant go wrong with either imo

AnvilOfCrom

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2864781#Comment_2864781

GREAT write-up 👌

TikkaMasala

is sabretooth just c

TikkaMasala

wtf. Cut off my post and I have no clue how you can edit in this damn new forum format…

Is sabretooth just considered trash?

(I think Kabam has deliberately made the forums so awful bc they’re trying to just kill them off. Probably tired of seeing almost incessant complaints on here - not that the complaints are unjustified.)

EdisonLaw

Anti Venom has a bit more utility, Cull has better damage in longer quests and war. Both are around the same in BGs