Carnage in the official PlayStation Character Guide artwork
File 16 · official still · © MARVEL / SIE
Knights of Doom · Character Guide

How to Play Carnage

The Crimson Killer

Body-shaping ranged attacker who applies a status effect to strengthen offense

Updated August 8, 2026 · launch roster

Playstyle

How Carnage plays

Body-shaping ranged attacker who applies a status effect to strengthen offense. Start by learning when Carnage wants to be on point versus called in as an assist, then build your game plan around the signature tools below.

Signature kit

Signature tools

Necrosis
Parasite Fang

These are Carnage’s signature mechanics. Full move lists, inputs and combos join this guide as production testing wraps up.

Watch and learn

Official Carnage guide video

PlayStation · 8:40

Carnage Character Guide

Published August 6, 2026

Watch on YouTube ↗

What the video covers

  • Tendril attacks
  • Infesting opponents
  • Health drain

Coming to this guide

Move lists, combos, damage and frame data are in production testing now — this guide grows with every update. Meanwhile, the controls and mechanics reference covers the system every fighter shares.

Evidence trail

Official sources

03 sources
  1. SRC-PS-US
    Official PlayStation US product page

    Sony Interactive Entertainment

  2. SRC-PS-DOOM
    Official Knights of Doom announcement

    PlayStation Blog / ARC SYSTEM WORKS

  3. SRC-PS-YT-GUIDES