Venom vs the Thing: Which vanguard is better? 

Comparison is the thief of joy, is as irrefutable as comparing your things to another person will always bring some kind distasteness to you. Whether you’re comparing your career, your looks, your accolades, and everything in between, you will find yourself empty after that comparison. That’s the reason why everyone should focus on themselves and they shouldn’t be bothered by what another person is doing. Since it does not bring anything valuable to your life, instead, doing this comparison takes away your remaining joys.

But comparison is good when it is done on materialistic things that don’t have a pulse. Things like computers, video games, movies, tech, gadgets, etc. Because it allows us to get to the bottom of things and find out which one is the better one and in this regard the quote of Joe Torre fits the best. He said that “Competition reveals character. Comparison reveals clarity” which is another irrefutable truth because after comparing two seemingly equal things you would get an absolute clarity about which of these things are better.

This blog is going to do the same thing, but with video game characters, because in this blog we are going to talk about Marvel Rivals and its Vanguard Venom and the Thing. This blog is going to be a direct comparison between both of these characters, and in the end, we will have clarity about which of them is a better vanguard.

This idea of comparison is especially useful for competitive games where players are often torn between hero choices. And for those climbing the ranked ladder, it’s not uncommon to see players buy Marvel boosting from Immortalboost to test top-tier strategies and hero picks at higher skill levels.

The thing:

So firstly, I will give an overview of both of these characters, and at the end, we will compare them head-to-head. I am not going to include the strategies or the things that you could do with each ability to save the time of everybody. So let’s start with the thing and his kit.

Normal attack:

His normal attack is a melee attack in which he does around 40 hp Damage, and the combo of this rocky completes within 2 seconds, and since the attack is melee, the range of it is 4 meters. His right click, however, does a heavy attack which delivers 90 damage, and the range of it is 8 meters, which is double that of the left click attack 

Ability 1:

The first ability of his kit is the Yancy Street Charge, which lets him continuously charge forward and gives him a hundred boost in his movement. Not only that the thing knock out any enemy that is in its path. He also gets a 200 bonus HP while using this ability. 

Ability 2:

This ability allows the thing to leap to any of its allies in its pov. Which lets him and his ally get a 30% reduction in damages. This ability allows the thing to get out of fights and take one with it. Moving on.

Passive: 

His passive is very useful since it allows him to hold down any position which he pleases, and he can not be moved from there until he wants. The unyielding will of the thing makes him immune to being launched up, knocked back, and any other abilities that move him out of the place. He can still get stunned or frozen, but he will not move until he wants to.

The Ultimate:

The ultimate of the thing lets him smash the ground in front of him, which launches the enemy in front of him into the air. This ultimate is pretty similar to the one that breach got in valorant, but the difference here is that the thing also damages the enemies. So not only do they get 100 hp damage, but they will also get stunned for 2.5 seconds. 

Venom:

Now let’s talk about Venom and his kit before we move on to comparing both of these tanks head to head. Venom is a good choice for beginners since his kit is pretty straightforward and his long HP allows players to experiment more. 

Normal Attack:

Venom attacks with his tentacle, and each of his tendrils does about 20 hp damage, and he has four of them, and with an interval of 0.9s for each tendril, you can do around 100 damage within 2 seconds.  The range of his normal attack is 15 meters. His right click, however, grabs the enemies from their waist and slows them down, which allows him to control much more area and enemies than most other tanks.

Ability 1:

The first ability of the venom is the venom swing, which allows him to mimic Spider-Man and swing in the air for 30 meters. Which makes this whole argument of him being the dive tank.

Ability 2:.

The symbiotic resilience allows the venom to get the biggest health bar in the game. Essentially, getting more than 2100 hp makes him the hardest tank to kill. Another good thing about this health regeneration ability is that the lower your base HP gets, the higher the amount of bonus you will get.

Ability 3:

The third ability of venom allows him to dash into a location from a certain height. Another ability to give strength to the dive tank argument. This FRENZIED ARRIVAL ability has a damage radius of about 6 meters, and the damage it causes is 65 hp to each enemy at the location

Ability 4:

The last ability from his kit is the ability which allows him to crawl on to the walls essentially allowing him an easier way to escape a sticky situation. 

As of now, Venom does not have any individual passives; his only passive is a team-up ability, which allows him to create explosive spikes with Spider-Man and Peni Parker.

The Ultimate:

Venom Ultimate The Feast of the Abyss allows him to get beneath the ground, which gains him free movement, allowing him to move anywhere on the map without respect for walls and other structures of the map. After getting into the perfect space, the player can press the primary attack button, which will make him come out from the ground and devour the enemies while generating a health bonus for him.

Head-to-Head Comparison:

Venom	The Thing	Winner
Venom’s Normal attack has a greater range but does not do enough damage. His right slows the enemies down, creating chaos.	The thing’s primary attack does some pretty good damage, but its range is pretty short. His right click redeems it by creating a shockwave, which knocks enemies out while giving a good chunk of the damage.	The thing wins in the primary attacks due to having more damage.
His first ability allows him to swing into the air and gives him great momentum, which, when mixed with his 3rd ability, allows him to deal massive damage.	The second ability of the thing allows him to charge forward and knock down every enemy in his path. While this does stun the enemies, it does not cause the same amount of distress or damage to them.	Venom Wins due to the sheer amount of damage and panic it can create with synergizing its abilities.
His Second ability allows him to regenerate his health, and he can get the biggest health bar in the entire game due to it.  Which also makes him independent in terms of healing.	The thing’s 2nd ability allows him to jump out of any hasty situation by aiming towards any ally’s insight.  It also reduced the damage taken by 30%	Venom wins due to him having the highest HP in the game from this ability.  making him virtually invincible.
Venom does not have any passive	The thing’s passiveness makes him immoveable against any enemy force. So once he gets stuck in place, he is going to be there until he wants to move.	The thing wins not only because venom does not have a passive, but due to him is an immovable object to hold down the site, which is pretty impressive.
His third ability allows him to dash from a certain height. This not only gives the enemy a good chunk of damage, but it also launches them in the air.	The thing does not have another ability to compare	Venom wins because of the lack of availability of the ability from The Thing
His fourth and last ability allows him to crawl onto walls. Allowing him to escape fights or confuse the enemies.	The thing does not have another ability to compare	Venom wins because of the lack of availability of the ability from The Thing
The Venom Ultimate allows him to go beneath the ground and come out to a place of his choosing, devouring the enemies and getting a health boost in the process.	The thing uses an immensely powerful punch to the ground, which launches the enemies in front of him into the air. Which does a pretty good damage as well as stuns them for 2.5 seconds	Venom wins in this, won by the slightest margin, since the application of Venom’s ultimate is more versatile and can cause a lot more chaos in enemies than the thing’s ultimate./

Which one is better?

After reviewing each of these characters’ abilities and then comparing them head-to-head with each other’s kits and their impact on the enemies. It is safe to say that venom is a better vanguard than the thing. Due to having more options in playstyles, while having more damage and an overall better kit. Now, that does not mean that the thing is a bad Vanguard or that you should not pick them. Both of them are great tanks, and you will not be making a bad choice by picking either of them, especially if you’re a beginner. But in this blog, venom edge’s out the thing.