fans of Poison Know that symbiotes are some of the strongest beings in the Marvel Universe. Even so, every symbiote has a weakness. But thanks to the ongoing poison warOne superhero just proved that no matter what can change, It is one weakness no symbiote can resist. And nothing burns like fire.
The final weakness of the symbiotes is confirmed in Venom War: Deadpool #2 by Cullen Bunn and Rob Di Salbo. With the release of the poison war's 'zombites', many familiar heroes have become infected and taken over, turning friends into terrifying threats. One of the most ways was Man-Thing, a character gifted with the ability to physically burn anyone who feels fear (literally). Andy Benton, the host of the Silence symbiote, manages to use her powers to try to burn the symbiote from Man-Thing. But that requires you to touch him, facing his burning touch.
Anti-Venom's previously reliable ability to purify a symbiote from a host fails, proving even Andy will be engulfed in flames when touching the Man-Thing. Prove it once and for all: The symbiote's anti-venom strains may be effective against most opponents, but there's nothing like good old-fashioned fire to drive a symbiote from its host.
Fire remains the biggest weakness to Marvel's symbiotes
Knull's creation of the first symbiote sword forever scars all of his children
Symbiotes may be powerful, but are traditionally vulnerable to two things: intense heat and sonic frequencies. Witnessing that weakness on full display drives home two different points, the first of which explains just how impressive it is if any symbiote, ever, is even remotely capable of resisting the burn of a flame. The origin of these weaknesses is revealed to readers during the epic King in Black storyline, which explains the origins of symbiotes like never before.
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The story explains that the symbiotes were created as the servants of Knull, god of symbiotes, to spread death and destruction throughout the universe. And when Knull set out to forge the literal darkness of the Abyss into a weapon, he did so to create the mighty All-Black, the Necrosword. It was from this weapon that all symbiotes would eventually be born, and The heat of the fire and the sound of Knull's hammer are the source of the inherent weaknesses in the symbiote race.. Only when Marvel readers grasp the weakness, woven into the birth of the symbiotes, can they understand what Carnage has achieved in recent years in Marvel's Universe.
Carnage is the only symbiote to get their one true weakness
On his mission to find, defeat, absorb and in all ways promote Knull as the one true god of symbiotes, Carnage evolved past the weaknesses of most symbiotes, acquiring the powers of other iconic Marvel characters to grant immunity as never before thought possible. Immune to sonics, fire, and no longer even requiring Cletus Kasady as a host, Carnage has achieved an unparalleled level of strength among all of Marvel's symbiotes. Before this event, Carnage demonstrated that Anti-Venom was no longer a threat. At the time, it seemed that this was the last, most 'unattainable' immunity. But not like that.
Thanks to poison war's showdown between Man-Thing and Silence, it's clear that Fire remains higher than Anti-Venom on the overall hierarchy of 'all known symbiote weaknesses.' The significance of this distinction should not be overlooked, either; The powers of anti-venom allow it to burn any negative chemicals or disease from a person's bloodstream, which has been proven totally Effective against symbiotes in the past, obliterating a symbiote from its host with as little as a momentary touch. This confirmed lore could be further challenged before poison war Is over, but fans had better start keeping detailed notes.
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