Marvel Rivals’ February patch cures Venom glitches

Marvel Rivals‘ new update gave Captain America and Luna Snow some fantastic new costumes, but it also snuck in some bug fixes that ironed out a few hero-specific glitches. Among these was a fix to a pair of crippling issues plaguing everyone’s goopy alien antihero, Venom.

Marvel Rivals’ new patch fixes crippling glitches affecting Venom

Since launch, Venom has sat comfortably at or near the top of Marvel Rivals‘ meta, and as a Venom main, I agree with the consensus on this one. Recently, though, I and other Venom players have had issues with Spider-Man’s perennial rivals’ signature abilities.

The first of these glitches affects Venom’s… well, Venom Swing, one of the essential tools in the Symbiote-suited warrior’s move set. If you use this in tandem with his wall-climbing ability and his Frenzied Arrival attack, Venom stops being a pretty standard Vanguard and becomes a terrifying ambush hunter. Trust me; dropping on an unsuspecting enemy team like a Xenomorph fresh off a hunger strike is one of Marvel Rivals‘ greatest pleasures.

Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for Marvel Rivals players to notice that Venom Swing doesn’t always work how it should. Sometimes, Venom’s wing doesn’t stop when he hits a wall, which is supposed to end the swing and give him a chance to cling to the wall. This can lead to catastrophic physics failures like the one you see below.

Venom Swing wasn’t the only trick in Venom’s arsenal that came out of the oven undercooked. Venom’s ultimate ability, Feast of the Abyss, can be one of the most devastating in the game. By diving below the earth and re-emerging with a mouth the size of an elephant, Venom can deal massive damage to a group of enemy players AND punch them into the air, leaving them stunned. But if you used the ability as soon as you submerged, you wouldn’t inflict any damage or knock anyone off their feet. Which can turn what could have been a glorious group kill into an embarrassing death.

Luckily for Venom lovers, Marvel Rivals‘ newest patch has fixed both issues. Now that we know he won’t end up like Wile E. Coyote after a nasty Acme shopping spree, we can put any fears that Venom might lose his throne at the summit of Marvel Rivals‘ tier list to bed.