Powerful And Diverse Pressure Options: Venom's balls give him a long list of options which usually beat universal defensive mechanics if applied correctly.Venom lacks any form of defensive tool outside of the universal game mechanics, and as such suffers greatly when the enemy gets past his neutral tools. Venom works well at poking from a little bit closer than midscreen, and then scoring a knockdown so he can set up. When one capitalizes on his strengths, Venom is a strong and versatile character with great room for creative expression. Venom requires players to learn his unique play-style in order to succeed and also requires the player to have strong fundamental defence due to his lack of reversals. Although this does give Venom the ability to zone his strongest feature is his ability to set up pressure and mixups. He has the ability to place pool balls on screen in various formations and hit the balls with his normals, specials, and even other balls.
The pool cue is not only for style but also is an integral part of his gameplay. Guilty Gear's resident baker armed with a pool cue Venom is unique even within the world of Guilty Gear.
