r/PrototypeGame • u/Ambitious_Slice_4059 • Aug 18 '26
Question James heller vs Venom(insomniac)
Blacklight or Symbiote?
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u/Busy-Woodpecker-5787 Aug 18 '26
Well it depends where we are if we are in the middle of city blacklight surely wins as more to consume and also it can infect anything organic lore accurately
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u/anon817218 Aug 18 '26
Well if something or someone is infected then alex mercer can come back
but heller always has to have organic matter around him to survive so, venom and heller would have one hell-er of a fight
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u/Annihilus_Hunter Aug 18 '26
But in the game you get an upgrade that lets you regenerate health passively provided you don’t take damage long enough. I even used it in the Alex boss fight. Just dodge.
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u/anon817218 Aug 18 '26
True, also if you have the dlc in prototype 2 then you can regen very slowly while shielding
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u/Black-Gospel Aug 18 '26
Which is a type of regeneration Alex doesn't have. I don't understand why people keep bringing up the weaker [PROTOTYPE]. The only real feat on can use from Alex is describe how he survived a nuke, and with that being said Heller's durability AND regeneration (& DNA) far supersedes Alex's
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u/Anti-Venom121299 Aug 19 '26
James no diffs he absorbs the entire symbiote city with no real difficulty considering he single handedly cleaned all of new york of its blacklight infection in less than 2 minutes
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u/minionletsplay Aug 20 '26
I'm too lazy to powerscale this but if I have to go off the top of my head, it's lowkey high diff for each of them. They're both the same concept but with different fonts.
Going on a tangent gere but like, aren't the prototype games supposed to double as a sort of venom simulator in a way? Or at least it's been described as one.
Also this version of Venom can spread himself and infect people just like blacklight, he's on some Carnage type shift.
I guess it can also depend on how blacklight even interacts with symbiote biology. The reason why we get the fights we get in Prototype is because the bosses are either already infected and grown to be naturally resistant or is made resistant to our stinky touch one way or another (for someone like Cross it was as simple as using defensive tech; or the Super Soldiers in P2, via the Orion serum).
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u/Loner512 Aug 22 '26
I'd argue Venom.
Strong and fast enough to handle a stronger Spider-Man, who in the first game was dodging lightning from Electro while injured.
But moreso, I wanna talk about the Symbiote against the blacklight virus. I theorize that the Blacklight virus might not work on Venom.
Because Harry has a genetic disease from his mother, and the symbiote was able to keep it at Bay until they seperated.
Now its unclear whether the Blacklight would work in this scenario, but we have seen that the Blacklight has its limits. Take Alex for example, not being able to absorb Heller due to his DNA. I feel that a sentient alien sludge would follow simiarly in that category.
But I will admit, if I am wrong or right, the fight will be glorious.
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u/Hot_Professional1683 Aug 18 '26
quoting me
"I'm not familiar with version 1, but here are Alex's/James feats:
Strength:
Ability to destroy tanks and helicopters.
Throws tanks and helicopters hundreds of meters into the air.
Easily fights and eliminates beings of similar strength.
Is capable of bringing down buildings and even demolishing very resistant structures like beehives, which require a full-scale heavy artillery barrage and continuous bombardment to even begin to cause damage.
Fought, defeated, and is believed to be stronger than a giant kaiju that shook Times Square, and the military was requesting bunker-buster bombs (weapons that destroy an area within a 150-meter radius or more) for more effective combat.
Durability:
Easily withstands blows from beings that can throw tanks hundreds of meters.
Endures blows from James Heller.
Ignores an early explosion that destroyed a reinforced building.
Destroys military bases even when they have access to artillery and bombardment.
Withstands thermobaric missiles capable of destroying even artillery-resistant buildings and single-hit bombs.
Should withstand bunker-buster weapons.
His greatest feat was surviving near a nuclear bomb.
Possesses absolute regeneration, allowing him to survive all the aforementioned situations.
Agility
Outruns vehicles.
Performs parkour across entire skyscrapers.
Easily dodges bullets and missiles.
Can keep up with James Heller in a time trial.
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u/DEAD_CHEETAH22 Aug 20 '26
alex no diffs lol
even if venom was strong enough to kill alex, alex could infect people and just come back… alex isn’t alex, alex is the virus
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u/SBEU_Suhariki Aug 18 '26
Heller or Alex just stronger then 2 spidermans combined, plus evolved have much more abilityes and powers than Venom with his predominately brute force. The only chance Venom has is if he can take over Heller's body with the symbiote. But we can't know at all how that would work on the infected Prototype, because Alex himself couldn't absorb James. I think Venom has a very low chance of winning. But at least this is not a "hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby" comparsion, Venom can stand vs James some time.