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The lobby needs this job
Forcing the enemy backline to spend cooldowns, then leaving before the whole team turns onto you.
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VanguardB tier
Venom
Using his symbiote-enhanced body as the perfect living weapon, Eddie Brock and his alien ally stand ever-ready to unleash vicious attacks upon anyone he deems an enemy. Those ensnared by Venom's tentacles have no choice but to surrender to this insatiable predator.
- 01 StartSource profile first
- 02 CheckVanguard job check
- 03 LeaveOne ranked habit
Queue briefing
Decide how Venom fits before hero select gets loud
2Swap when
The pressure pattern repeats
Swap or shorten the dive if every landing gets slept, trapped, or burned before your team gains space.
3Practice first
Queue with one habit
Pick the landing point and exit point together, then leave as soon as multiple enemies turn.
Pocket Rivals ranked read
How Venom should create ranked value
Create chaos, force cooldowns, then leave before the enemy team turns the whole lobby onto you.
Editorial note: this section is Pocket Rivals advice for everyday ranked lobbies. Use the official source panel for canonical ability text, then use this ranked read to decide what to practice next.
First job
Pair with a second Vanguard or a durable Duelist who can hold space when you reset.
Practice next
- 1Use shield, mitigation, or control to claim space before chasing eliminations.
- 2Save one defensive cooldown for leaving the fight.
- 3Commit only after your damage players are looking at the same target.
Avoid
Do not spend every cooldown crossing empty space. Arrive with at least one tool left.
Vanguard role hubUse space in steps, check support sightlines, and reset before the fight collapses.Hero pool guideDecide whether Venom is your comfort pick, safe swap, or role backup.
Hero-specific editorial
Ranked module for Venom
Best for
Forcing the enemy backline to spend cooldowns, then leaving before the whole team turns onto you.
Struggles into
Saved control, sustained brawl damage, and setup zones that make landing and escape paths predictable.
First swap trigger
Swap or shorten the dive if every landing gets slept, trapped, or burned before your team gains space.
everyday ranked mistake
Landing deep with no exit plan because the first health bar looks large enough to survive anything.
Practice drill
Pick the landing point and exit point together, then leave as soon as multiple enemies turn.
Review basis
Based on Pocket Rivals build notes for chaos-and-exit play plus counter notes using Mantis control, Wolverine brawl pressure, and Peni Parker setup.
Official details
Base stats and hero story
Official article date: 2024/11/23
- Health
- 675
- Movement Speed
- 6 m/s
When Spider-Man rejected a symbiotic alien that he had once believed to be a mere costume, the creature formed a new bond with a man who shared its disdain for Peter Parker. Together, the symbiote and Eddie Brock became the lethal protector known as Venom.
While displaced in time and fighting in the occult wars, Venom glimpsed the horrific future awaiting this timeline. To prevent that future from happening, Venom knows he has only two options - kill the dark god Knull or imprison him on Klyntar and take his throne.
Skills
Abilities and details
Normal Attack
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
Ability
Feast of the Abyss
- Casting
- Single-cast spell field that surrounds the caster
- Movement Boost
- 80%
- Range
- 7m spherical radius
- Maximum Duration
- 4s
- Damage
- Inflict damage equal to 50% of the target's health, followed by an additional 50 damage
- Energy Cost
- 2500
- Special Effect
- 130% of damage dealt is converted into Bonus Health
- HEALING REDUCTION PROPORTION
- 30%
- HEALING REDUCTION DURATION
- 4s
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. Devoured enemies suffer Reduced Healing
Ability
Venom Swing
- Casting
- Dash
- Maximum Webbing Length
- 30m
- Cooldown
- 8s
Launch webbing forward, allowing for a singular swing in the desired direction
Ability
Symbiotic Resilience
- Casting
- Instant Cast
- Cooldown
- 15s
- Special Effect
- Grant 100 Bonus Health and convert 120% of lost Health into Bonus Health
Generate Bonus Health against damage. The lower Venom's Health, the greater the Bonus Health generated
Ability
Frenzied Arrival
- Casting
- Targeted
- Maximum Distance
- 40m
- Minimum 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
- Special Effect
- Knocks enemies inward, with an inward knockback angle of 75°
Dash to the target location from a certain height. Upon landing, damage nearby enemies, launching them up toward the landing point
Ability
Cellular Corrosion
- 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 25% 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
Ability
Alien Biology
- Wall-Crawling Speed
- 3 m/s
- Sprinting Speed
- 9 m/s
Press Space to wall crawl, and while crawling, left-click to sprint
Passive
HEALING TENDRILS
- Team-Up Bonus
- +150 Max Health
Venom shares his symbiotes with Jeff and Hela. Jeff's Guardian of the Deep links with nearby allies, providing continuous healing. When the effect ends, it releases a powerful healing burst, converting any excess into Bonus Health. Hela's Hel Tendrils unleash a symbiotic Hel Sphere. Upon hit, it pulls nearby enemies toward the impact point and links them, slowing enemies that try to escape.
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