Fans of Venom know that symbiotes are some of the strongest beings within the Marvel Universe. Even so, each symbiote has a weak spot. But due to the continuing Venom War, one superhero simply proved that it doesn’t matter what would possibly change, there’s one weak spot no symbiote can resist. And nothing burns like fireplace.

The final weak spot of the symbiotes is confirmed in Venom War: Deadpool #2 by Cullen Bunn and Rob Di Salbo. With the discharge of the Venom War‘s ‘zombiotes,’ many acquainted heroes have turn out to be contaminated and brought over, turning mates into fearsome threats. One of probably the most regarding was Man-Thing, a personality gifted with the flexibility to bodily burn anybody who feels concern (actually). Andi Benton, the host of the Silence symbiote, manages to make use of her powers to attempt to burn the symbiote off Man-Thing. But that requires her to the touch him, dealing with his burning contact.

The previously-always-reliable capacity of Anti-Venom to purge a symbiote from a number fails, proving even Andi will probably be engorged in flames upon touching the Man-Thing. Proving it as soon as and for all: Anti-Venom strains of the symbiote could also be efficient towards most opponents, however there’s nothing like good quaint fireplace to drive a symbiote off its host.

Fire Remains The Greatest Weakness To Marvel’s Symbiotes

Knull’s Creation of The First Symbiote Sword Forever Scarred All His Children

Symbiotes could also be highly effective, however are historically susceptible to 2 issues: intense warmth, and sonic frequencies. Witnessing that weak spot on full show drives house two totally different factors, the primary of which explaining simply how spectacular it’s if any symbiote, ever, is even barely succesful of resisting the burn of a flame. The origin of these weaknesses was revealed to readers throughout the epic King in Black storyline, explaining the origins of symbiotes like by no means earlier than.

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The story defined that the symbiotes had been created because the servants of Knull, God of Symbiotes, to unfold demise and destruction throughout the universe. And when Knull set about forging the literal darkness of the abyss right into a weapon, he did so to create the mighty All-Black, the Necrosword. It was from this weapon which all symbiotes would ultimately be born, and the warmth of the hearth and the clang of Knull’s hammer are the supply of these inherent weaknesses within the symbiote race. Its solely when Marvel readers grasp this weak spot, woven into the very delivery of the symbiotes, that they will perceive what Carnage has achieved over the previous years in Marvel’s Universe.

Carnage is The Only Symbiote To Overcome Their One True Weakness

On his mission to search out, defeat, take up, and in all methods supercede Knull because the one true God of Symbiotes, Carnage advanced previous the weaknesses of most symbiotes, buying the powers of different iconic Marvel characters to grant immunity like by no means earlier than thought attainable. Immune to sonics, fireplace, and even now not requiring Cletus Kasady as a number, Carnage has attained an unparalleled stage of energy amongst all of Marvel’s named symbiotes. Prior to this occasion, Carnage demonstrated that Anti-Venom was now not a risk. At the time, it appeared that this was the ultimate, most ‘unattainable’ immunity. But not so.

Thanks to Venom War‘s showdown between Man-Thing and Silence, it is clear that fireplace stays larger than Anti-Venom on the general heirarchy of ‘all recognized symbiote weaknesses.’ The significance of that distinction that should not be neglected, both; Anti-Venom’s powers permit it to burn any detrimental chemical compounds or illness from an individual’s bloodstream, which has confirmed extraordinarily efficient towards symbiotes prior to now, obliterating a symbiote from its host with as little as a momentary contact. This confirmed lore could also be additional challenged earlier than Venom War is over, however followers had higher begin preserving detailed notes.

Venom War: Deadpool #3 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.

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