REVENOM VS CARNAGE!
In one corner we have host Eddie Brock.
In the other, host Cletus Kasady.
But in a showdown between the two who will win?
WeÕre about to find out.
Welcome back nerd squad, my name is Roya Destroyaa and this is Top 10 nerdÕs series VS, where
we take your favorite characters and pit them in battle to see who comes out on top.
Before we begin, let us know who you think will be the winner with a hashtag in the comment
section: Will it be #venom or #carnage?
Lets get brawling.
ORIGINS: So before we go into the ring with these two, letÕs take a moment to get to
know our competitors.
First up, we have Venom and Eddie.
As a kid, Eddie had a pretty problematic life.
His dad blamed him for killing his mom in childbirth, he was frequently bullied, and
he was hit by a car.
And you thought your life sucked.
Despite that he acquired a pretty successful career as a journalist for the Daily Globe,
and married high school sweetheart Ann Weying.
However, his career came to a halt when he wrote an article about the serial killer the
Sin Eater, only to get the wrong guy while Spiderman caught the real Sin Eater.
After this he blamed Spidey for making him a laughing stock of the journalism world.
He was on the verge of suicide when he visited a church one dayÑthe very same one where
Peter Parker had fought off the Venom symbiote.
Guess it found a new friend that day.
Now on the other hand, weÕve got Carnage and Cletus.
Cletus also had a very troubled childhood, but he was 100% the trouble.
He came out of the womb all wrong.
He didnÕt just murder one person in cold blood.
No, he killed his grandma, a girl who refused to date him, and an administrator at the orphanage
he was sent to live in.
Oh yeah, then he burned the orphanage down.
He was sent to prison to rot, until one day his new cellmate showed up: Eddie Brock and
his little alien friend.
An alien friend who helped them break out of jail.
And an alien friend who was also pregnant, and whose offspring bonded with Cletus.
Hence Cletus became the destructive and violent Carnage.
POWERS, WEAKNESS: So now that we know all about these two, letÕs take a look at their
strengths and weaknesses.
To begin, we have Venom.
By bonding to a human host, the venom symbiote has granted Eddie a variety of powers.
Firstly, because of its previous contact with Spiderman, Venom has Spiderman-type abilities
such as webbing and wall crawling, and cannot be detected by a spidey sense.
It of course also improves EddieÕs strength levels, something heÕs helped along by becoming
obsessed with body building.
Some versions of venom can also replicate on demand, and have the ability to track all
their offspring, except for the carnage symbiote.
And venom hunts in the night, so invisibility and night vision help that along.
As for weaknesses, Venom is vulnerable to sonic attacks and heat attacks.
He also is not the most mentally stable of symbiotes out there, not that they are models
of mental health to begin with.
Now we have Carnage.
While it may technically be the child of Venom, carnageÕs powers have been described as more
powerful than Venom and Spiderman combined.
His web-slinging abilities come from any part of his body and allow him to fashion weapons
or even communicate by web tendril.
Gross, I know right.
His healing factor is advanced enough to regenerate parts of his body, and he can shapeshift the
symbiote at willÑhe can even make it look like a normal outfit, thatÕs pretty incredible!
Carnage does have the traditional symbiote weaknesses of sonic and heat attacks.
He also is less refined in his combat abilities than some of the people he faces because he
never received any formal training.
But perhaps his greatest weakness is his obsession with chaos and the way that others can manipulate
him.
So who would win in a show down?
Well letÕs set the scene here.
Lets say this showdown happens right after the two break free from prison.
Although Cletus tolerated Eddie because Eddie was his way out, the two did not get along
in prison at all and would frequently smack down.
Now they decide to finish it once and for all.
Carnage of course takes the first swipe, now that he has no use for Venom anymore.
Venom didnÕt see it coming, despite the fact that heÕs got some sort of spider-sense;
just like VenomÕs moves are hidden from SpidermanÕs, so are CarnageÕs from Venom.
Plus Venom was really just focused on getting out and getting back to finish off Spiderman.
Because of the scene the two are in, they donÕt particularly have access to heat or
sonic booms, so their advantage boils down to determination and mental prowess.
Something both of them struggle with.
While Carnage is stronger in the physical sense, his mind is all over the place.
Venom takes the opportunity to strap him down with webbing and make a break for itÑoff
to peter parker he goes.
But suddenly a tendril shoots out from an ensnared Carnage and starts drilling into
VenomÕs head.
Yeah I know, I hate when that happens too.
Carnage breaks free and from that point on itÕs kind of all over for Venom, who didnÕt
know what to expect except that the symbiote may be a lot like Venom.
Well, it was.
Just 10x stronger and crazier.
The Winner today?
Carnage.
Sometimes you donÕt need to think; you just need to be better at being a psychopath.
ThatÕs it for versus here today.
Let us know in the comment section whose corner you were in, #venom or #carnage.
My name is Roya Destroyaa, thanks for watching, and donÕt forget to subscribe so you never
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