
League of Legends Patch Notes Quick Breakdown 25.05 (15.5)
Breaking down the new League of Legends patch
February 2025
Author: Kubi K
Venom, also known as Eddie Brock, is a Vanguard hero in Marvel Rivals. With enhanced durability, brutal melee attacks, and symbiotic abilities, Venom thrives in diving the enemy backline and sustaining heavy damage. His high mobility and crowd control make him a formidable presence on the battlefield.
Unleashes forward-reaching tendrils that pierce multiple enemies.
Damage: 20 per hit
Fire Rate: 0.9s (0.1s between tendrils)
Range: 15m
Special Effect: Hits apply sustained pressure with delayed damage.
Latches tentacles onto enemies in an 8m radius, slowing them and dealing increasing damage.
Damage: 5 (initial) / 80 (after 3s)
Cooldown: 8s
Effect: Applies 15% slow, detaching after 11m.
Web-slings Venom to any surface, allowing rapid repositioning.
Cooldown: 8s
Range: 30m
Grants bonus health based on missing HP, making Venom harder to take down.
Healing: 100HP + 120% of missing health as bonus health
Cooldown: 15s
Performs a dive attack from the air, knocking enemies upward.
Damage: 65 (40% falloff at 6m)
Cooldown: 8s
Range: 3-40m
Area: 6m spherical radius
Burrows underground, then erupts to devour enemies, dealing damage based on their current health and converting it into bonus HP.
Damage: 50% of enemy’s current HP + 50
Healing: 100% of damage dealt is converted into bonus health
Movement Boost: +80%
Duration: 4s or until activated
Range: 7m spherical radius
Wall Crawl: Press Space to crawl walls, allowing traversal across vertical surfaces.
Sprint: Press Primary Fire while crawling to sprint at 9 m/s.
Effect: Increases Venom’s max health by 150 and grants symbiote-based attacks.
Bonus: Spider-Man and Peni Parker can convert symbiotes into explosive spikes that damage and knock back enemies.
✔ Extremely durable with Symbiotic Resilience. ✔ Venom Swing provides high mobility and strong engages. ✔ Feast of the Abyss deals percentage-based damage. ✔ Frenzied Arrival allows for backline dives and crowd control. ✔ Web-crawling enables Venom to reach unexpected attack angles.
✖ Vulnerable if Symbiotic Resilience and Venom Swing are on cooldown. ✖ Requires team follow-up to capitalize on engages. ✖ Cellular Corrosion can be escaped if enemies move out of range. ✖ Frenzied Arrival requires height to activate. ✖ Lacks defensive tools outside of bonus health generation.
Use Dark Predation to apply pressure from mid-range.
Activate Symbiotic Resilience when low on health.
Use Venom Swing for aggressive engages or quick retreats.
Chain Cellular Corrosion and Frenzied Arrival to disrupt enemy formations.
Save Feast of the Abyss for high-value targets.
Stick close to Spider-Man or Peni Parker for the Touch of Klyntar bonus.
When Spider-Man rejected the alien symbiote that enhanced his abilities, it found a new host in Eddie Brock, a journalist with a deep grudge against Peter Parker. Together, they became Venom—a terrifying force of vengeance. Now, Venom fights to prevent a dark future by either destroying Knull or taking his throne.
Default (Venom)
Anti-Venom (Rare)
Cyan Clash (Rare)
Space Knight (Epic)
Snow Symbiote (Legendary)
Venom is a powerhouse Vanguard who excels at tanking damage, disrupting enemy formations, and dealing devastating melee attacks. If you enjoy an aggressive, bruiser-style hero with a unique mix of mobility and durability, Venom is the perfect pick in Marvel Rivals!