Marvel vs Capcom/Hyper Venom

Red Venom
Difficulty	Difficult
Tier Placement	God Tier (SS)
Has an Airdash?	Yes
Standing Hitbox	Tall
Crouching Hitbox	Tall
Best Assists to Pair With	Colossus, Psylocke

Introduction

High Speed Venom (ハイスピードヴェノム, Hai Supīdo Venomu; also known as Red Venom, Hyper Venom, Dash Venom, or even Carnage as some people call him) is a secret character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes. He is an orange colored Venom, resembling Carnage. When confronted as a CPU opponent during Arcade Mode, Hyper Venom is introduced by Onslaught before the battle begins. In the Japanese version, Onslaught refers to him as his "servant" and orders him to destroy everything and to bring desperation equally to all of humanity. In the English version, he shouts at the player to "witness the might of Onslaught unleashed!". This line of dialogue implies Hyper Venom is a clone of the real Venom created by Onslaught's psychic powers. Hyper Venom's ending, just like those of the other Marvel secret characters in the game, is him simply doing his character select animation in front of the Hyper Combo background while the text "Congratulations! You've defeated the game with a secret character!" appears underneath him.

Venom embodies the Glass Cannon archetype, possibly even a straw nuke. He has access to not only an easy infinite and a lot of combo variety, but he also has access to a plethora of big normals, big damage tools and not to mention his speed, making him on-par with Wolverine in terms of mobility and agility. It all comes with a price though, with how much damage he deals, they made him have a huge downside which is him taking twice as much damage compared to the other cast members of the game, enough to essentially kill him in two interactions. A character like this requires a good foundation of game knowledge, fundamentals, and execution because despite his infinite being easy to do, you can't solely rely on it. Unless you do any kind of reset in some form, you'll eat a nasty punish that could cost you, if not outright result in Hyper Venom dying.

How to Select Hyper Venom

Highlight Chun-Li and draw a "12". Enter , ×4, , ×4, ×2, ×2, ×2, ×2, ×2, ×4, ×2, .

Strengths

Weaknesses

Huge damage potential: Red Venom's damage is massive, potentially the highest in the game. Throw in meter, infinites, resets, or team duos, and you have a character that will shred through even the tankiest characters in the game. Fast mobility: Red Venom also has the highest speed in the game that makes moving around a breeze. Despite not having anything in particular to help his movement beyond a web swinging special move, his speed is enough to pressure opponents or run away. Great normals: Easily builds meter: Super can convert into infinite: One of the easiest infinites: Is on-par with Wolverine, arguably top 1, once played right:

Lowest health in the game: If Hyper Venom gets hit, get ready to play your next character. If doing just basic BnBs, he can die in just two, maybe three interactions at best. But if the opponent gets a solid punish off of him at any moment, be it an uncombo or a super, he will die. Hyper Venom cannot afford any mistakes, no matter how small they are. Even a basic Wolverine magic series into OTG grab reset is a TOD combo against Red Venom. Unsafe supers: Unless you have an assist or team duo available to make Red Venom's supers safe, they're punishable. That means he dies, and thus it's not worth using them if you aren't sure it'll be safe. Steep Learning Curve: The moment you drop his combo or infinite without resetting is the moment Red Venom dies. You want everything to go correctly with Red Venom because it must be repeated, once you make a simple mistep, he dies. Your neutral needs to be spotless because of his all-or-nothing nature. In turn, that also means having the game knowledge to back it up.

Notable Players

Team	Nickname	Country	Platform	Accounts	Notes
	Divine	USA	Kailera/GGPO/Fightcade 1/2	Youtube: [1] Fightcade: [2]	The most dominant Red Venom main out there, he also has a really nasty Wolverine that can kill you in one juggle in the corner. This savage is also responsible for recording a good amount of game footage from the early days pre-dating 2004. Status: Retired
	silent-ninja	USA	Fightcade 1-2/GGPO	FightCade: [3] Youtube: [4]	Another player who's been a force to be reckoned with from the GGPO days. He's more known for his Wolverine though but this man has always been killing it with his Red Venom. Definitely worth watching. Status: Inactive
	Sinister Cow/rainJP	USA	GGPO/Fightcade 1/2	FightCade: [5]	Another great player of the GGPO era, he had alot of alts during the GGPO era and due to GGPO being gone, I couldn't grab any but he mainly uses rainJP on Fightcade. Status: Somewhat active
	Anzures/-Anz	USA	Kailera/GGPO/Fightcade 1/2	Youtube: [6] Fightcade: [7] [8]	Venom/Red Venom Artistrocrat, despite him being known for his Venom, his Red Venom is no joke due to all the knowledge he has got from playing Venom, playing Red Venom for him feels more like a breeze for One Hit Kills. Status: Inactive

Move List

Normals

Ground Normals

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground, Launcher

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Air Normals

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Due to this normal being very fast and building quite a bit of meter, you can use it similarly to how Cyclops uses his j.HK to build meter in MvC2.

Command Normals

Air Dash

Air Dash
Air +

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Air

Throws

Normal Throw

Normal Throw
/ + /

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Special Moves

Lunge Bite
+

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
+ LP Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Mash it for more hits and damage.
+ MP Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
+ HP Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Dive Bite
Air +

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
Air + LP Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Air
Less range than Venom and only a combo ender.
Air + MP Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Air
Air + HP Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Air

Venom Bite
+

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
+ LK Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Less range than Venom and only a combo ender.
+ MK Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
+ HK Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air

Web Throw
+

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
+ LP Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Aimed directly in front of Hyper Venom.
+ MP Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Aimed diagonally upwards of Hyper Venom.
+ HP Version	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Aimed directly above Hyper Venom.

Hyper Combos

Venom Web
+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Faster startup.

Death Bite
+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Higher damage.

Strategy

Basic Tips

Launchers: HP

Magic Series: Hunter Series across all moves

AC Finisher: HP, HK, Venom Fang (air qcf + P)

Combos

Combo	Damage	Notes
s.LP > s.LK > s.MP > s.MK > Lunge Bite (qcf + P > mash P)
c.LP > c.LK > c.MP > c.MK > c.HP > Lunge Bite (qcf + P > mash P)
s.LP > s.LK > s.MP > s.MK > s.HP, j.LP > j.LK > j.MP > j.MK > j.HK > Dive Bite (air qcf +P)
s.LP > s.LK > s.MP > s.MK > Death Bite (qcf + KK)
c.LP, c.LK, c.MP, c.MK, c.HK, Death Bite
Wenom Web, c.LP, c.MP, c.MK, c.HP, c.MP, c.HP, Venom Bite		Corner only