ÔÇ£Symbiotic" showoff!

[TitanCrusher101]

Venom shows up as a surprise final boss for some reason in Dead Cells.

- High 8-C Versions

- Victory by death only

- Takes place in secret room in the Dead Cells universe





The Beheaded: 1 (Cropfist)

Venom (Edward Brock): 0

Inconclusive:

 

[TitanCrusher101]

Bump

 

[Cropfist]

Beheaded via hax and fire manipulation

 

[TitanCrusher101]

Bump

 

[TitanCrusher101]

Bump

 

[TitanCrusher101]

Bump

 

[The_Impress]

Um, how does Venom get past Beheaded's immortalities?

 

[TitanCrusher101]

Not sure

 

[The_Impress]

Well, better get someone who is sure, otherwise this may be a stomp

 

[PlotInducedStupidity]

He doesn't. Nothing on Venom's profile suggests he can. Probably better to change the arena to a lifeless desert or something to prevent The Beheaded from just getting back up constantly.

 

[The_Impress]

Even in that scenario, wouldn't the Beheaded possess Venom? Or does that not work like that?

 

[PlotInducedStupidity]

The Beheaded seems capable of possessing still living things, but he only ever does this with his own former body. This could be because the only living thing in Dead Cells that isn't horribly infected is his own body, and thus possessing anything else would be a waste, or he may only be able to do it with certain bodies. Either way, it can be deemed highly out of character for The Beheaded to actually possess a living target.

 

[The_Impress]

Honestly, this feels super decisive, bordering on hax stomp, just by reading Beheaded's profile. Not only exploiting Venom's weakness to fire and having around 4x the AP and Dura, stuff like Ice Manip, Attack Reflection and Stat Amping make this a joke.

Only thing I can think of that Venom has is his regen, which again, can be basically oneshot through by that ice and fire manip

 

[PlotInducedStupidity]

Don't know much about venom, but there is a mention of low-high for the symbiote. Is that applicable?

 

[The_Impress]

Extends only for the symbiote itself, so flesh wounds, basically. Combat inapplicable against any proper hits

 

[The_pen_or_the_sword]

Wait so is the fight over if you kill the host? I was never clear on that.

 

[PlotInducedStupidity]

Then I agree. This is a super decisive match, borderlining a stomp. The Beheaded can do any number of things to beat venom. This made even worse by the fact that The Beheaded's turrets, regular projectiles and even footsteps leave trails of fire, which venom is noted as weak to.

 

[PlotInducedStupidity]

Killing the host is basically incap, as The Beheaded never fights in that state. He seemingly can, see the note about the homunculus rune, but he never does.

 

[The_Impress]

Incap isn't a viable solution, as stated by the OP. Only winning condition is death

 

[PlotInducedStupidity]

Then this is a stomp unless venom can affect things on a cellular level.

 

[The_pen_or_the_sword]

Im more wondering about killing eddie inside the symbiote.

 

[PlotInducedStupidity]

Sorry I mistook that as a question about The Beheaded.

 

[The_Impress]

Im more wondering about killing eddie inside the symbiote.

It's technically considered a kill, as the profile is still of Brock, while the Venom symbiote has other pages for it too. As such, Brock being alive is the one thing that matters

 

[PlotInducedStupidity]

Actually, speed isn't equal either. Venom is immensely faster than The Beheaded, though given the amount of AOE The Beheaded has, and the fact that he has attack reflection passively outside of his shields, I suppose technically it wouldn't be a stomp, though the specification of "Victory by death only" means this is irrelevant as Venom doesn't seem to be able to affect things on a cellular level, so even if The Beheaded loses his body, he still cannot be affected by Venom.