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Articles About Dio Brando
Main Continuities	Classic - Diego - Alternate Diego
Alternate Continuities	SFC Game - PS2 Game - OVA - Anime - JORGE JOESTAR - Eyes of Heaven
Non-Canon	Jump Force

“	JoJo... Look at me, Dio, in this pitiful state! I chose... I chose to see you like this! Why would I choose to see you in such a state, you ask? It's because I now respect you after all you've been through. Your courage! Your spirit! Your power! I respect all of those things... And I realized something. JoJo... If it wasn't for you, I never would have received the power of the Stone Mask... But at the same time, it is you who has kept me from taking the world for my own! If there is a god that controls our fate, then there certainly is no relationship better calculated than ours! We are one in the same in this world of ours... Thus... I must take the body of the only person in this world I respect, make it my own, and live out eternity with it! That is my destiny! I shall cause you no pain! That is my final gesture to you, my rival! Live as one with me as my body, JoJo!	„
	~ Dio giving his personal realization to Jonathan

“	JoJo... Humans are limited in what they can do, right? If I've learned anything in this short life... It's that the more you plan, the easier it is for those plans to crumble from some unforeseen circumstance! Unless you surpass "being human"... I quit being human, JoJo! I will surpass humanity!	„
	~ Dio upon putting on the Stone Mask

“	JoJo... To be honest... I didn't want to take care of you myself. We grew up together in the same house. It wouldn't be fun to turn you into yet another undead... That's why I enlisted those two knights to take care of you for me. However, I underestimated you. I see you alive now and I realize that I, Dio, was too lenient of an emperor... Which is why I will execute you now without any hestiation!	„
	~ Dio to Jonathan Joestar on their final battle

“

Hmmm... So, madam... what you mean to say is... "I'll offer my life to you, but please don't touch my child"... Is that correct? I'm positively overcome with tears! Okay, then! I, nor any of my cohorts, will lay a finger on your child. I swear on my name--Dio! However... While they were still human, all of my servants gave into their fears and willingly gave their lives to me... You may be happier joining us as mother and child... You'll have nothing to worry about, no sadness, no hatred toward one another!

„

From The Dark Abyss

Weakling, weakling!

Dio Brando Battle BGM

“

Polnareff. Have you ever wondered what drives humans to live? Humans are driven to overcome their anxieties and fears in order to find a sense of security. People seek fame, conquer others, and make money for a sense of security. People get married and make friends in order to feel secure too. Doing things for the sake of others, for love and for peace... All of it is so they can feel better about themselves. Humans live in order to ensure their own security. Ergo, the question I pose to you is this: What is it about being my subordinate that is distasteful to you? You can easily get everything I just mentioned simply by doing my bidding. Admit it-- It frightens you to risk your life to challenge me. You're such a skilled Stand user... It would be a waste to kill you. Come, forgot about the Joestar Party and become my enteral subordinate. After all, I can offer you eternal security.

„

Dark Rebirth

DIO

Shadow DIO

DIO's World

DIO Battle BGM

“	This is the Greatest High!	„
	~ DIO feeling about his newfound power

“	Immortality! Eternal life! And STAND POWER! This proves that no one can surpass DIO! Puny Humans! I shall rule you all! Bow before my knowledge and might!	„
	~ DIO plans of world conquering

Final Battle

Greatest High DIO

“	The World as it's name suggests, it's to reign supreme over the entire world!	„
	~ DIO regarding his Stand

“	MUDAMUDAMUDA	„
	~ The World's Stand cry

“	He's able to use a similar clairvoyance as Joseph because his body is Jonathan's from the neck down.	„
	~ JOJO A-GO!GO!'s description of DIO's Hermit Purple

Background

Dio Brando, later known as DIO, is the main antagonist in the original universe of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, featured primarily as the main antagonist in Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders, and a posthumous key antagonist in Stone Ocean.

After becoming a Vampire and later a Stand user, Dio has gathered around him many minions and is responsible for many major events of the series, from the death of Jonathan Joestar to the Joestar Family's sudden acquisition of Stand power, and his legacy persists throughout the series. He is the wielder of the immensely powerful The World.

Dio is the father of Giorno Giovanna, the main protagonist of Vento Aureo, as well as a handful of other illegitimate offspring.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Dio Brando’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Note: Credit to JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia Phantom Blood Early Life (~1867-1881) Dio was born in Northeastern London around 1867 to 1868 to Dario Brando, an alcoholic and abusive father who he secretly despised—in part for having caused pain to his mother. For ten years, Dio lived in squalor and was beaten by his father, having to live through the death of his mother. One day, as Dio tried to give his father medicine, Dario beat him for not buying the alcohol he wanted and told him to sell his dead mother's dress to buy more booze. Disgusted and furious, Dio decided to covertly murder his father with a poison he secured from Wang Chan, learning from his dying father of George Joestar's debt while told to take advantage of and seize the Joestar fortune. Youth with Jonathan Dio met Jonathan Joestar immediately after arriving at the Joestar Mansion and immediately antagonized him by kicking his dog, Danny. Unimpressed by Jonathan, Dio enacted his plan to wear down Jonathan's spirit through psychological torment. Firstly, Dio victimized Jonathan behind George Joestar I's back, for instance beating him, insulting him or stealing his stuff. In a boxing competition organized by the local youths, Dio challenged Jonathan at a boxing match and wagered their monthly allowance; thanks to his superior experience in fights, Dio easily beat Jonathan, deprived him of his allowance for the month and also took the time to stick his thumb in Jonathan's eye in the middle of a punch. Impressing the local kids with his footwork and technique, and showing them how to make fireworks, he then badmouthed Jonathan to isolate him from his peers. Nonetheless, Jonathan found happiness when he became Erina Pendleton's boyfriend. Dio decided to shame Erina by forcibly stealing her first kiss, gloating over his devious scheme. However, his joy was cut short as Erina washed herself with some muddy water on the road, the implication of this act making Dio furious to the point of slapping her. Dio's plan eventually backfires when Jonathan learns of it. Furious, JoJo confronts Dio. Dio held the advantage at first, but Jonathan finds the strength to beat him up, bringing Dio to tears. Dio takes out a knife but George interrupts the fight and punishes the boys before it escalates further. During the fight, Dio notices that spikes have sprouted from a Stone Mask on the wall of the mansion but thinks nothing of it at first. Later, Dio ties Danny up, hides him in a box and throws him in the mansion's incinerator so that the butler accidentally burns the dog down. Nonetheless, Dio notes Jonathan's mental strength and realizes that his plan won't work. Dio decides to play nice and act as if he was Jonathan's friend from then on. Becoming a Vampire Seven years later, both boys attend Hugh Hudson Academy, where Dio intends to graduate as a top law student. Their studies is capped by a rugby match where Jonathan and Dio cooperate to score a crucial try. Dio speaks of friendship in front of the university's reporters but privately still loathes Jonathan. During that seven-year span, he had acted brotherly and friendly toward Jonathan to lull the latter into a false sense of security. Now an adult, Dio decides to make his move and take the Joestar fortune by secretly poisoning George with the same poison he used to kill Dario. Jonathan realized Dio's plot after reading Dario's letter to his father and confronts his half-brother as he brings another dose of poison to George. Jonathan takes the dose and Dio tries to stop him and claims that he's putting their friendship at risk. In response, Jonathan asks Dio to swear on Dario's name that he's being honest and Dio becomes furious as Dario never had any honor. Dio punches JoJo but Jonathan is now a grown man and tosses Dio to the first floor, declaring that he'll prove Dio's crime. Jonathan then leaves for Ogre Street to seek the source of the poison. Determined not to be stopped, Dio plans to subtly kill Jonathan by staging an accident with the Stone Mask. But upon learning that Jonathan entered Ogre Street, Dio mused he would not need to kill Jonathan himself. While wandering the streets of Liverpool, Dio is still anxious and drinks from the bottle, disgusting himself. He encounters two drunkards, who insult him. Provoked, Dio decides to test the mask anyways. By slitting the throat of one while using the mask on the other, Dio unwittingly transforms one of the drunkards into a Vampire who nearly kills him were it not for a timely sunrise obliterating his attacker. Returning to the Joestar estate, Dio finds Jonathan waiting for him. Dio tries to gain time by begging but Robert E. O. Speedwagon and an ensemble of constables appear to arrest him for attempted murder. Cornered and with nothing left to lose, he tries to kill Jonathan but deals a fatal stab wound to George instead and uses his blood to activate the Stone Mask. The constables shoot Dio repeatedly through a window, only for him to come back to life as a vampire and slaughter them. Luring Dio away from Speedwagon, Jonathan battles the Vampire. JoJo grabs a spear but Dio easily bends it and plunges its tip in Jonathan's shoulder. Dio loses time making an elaborate landing but and when he turns back, he sees that Jonathan has disappeared, surely hiding somewhere. He sees blood dripping behind a curtain and lifts it, but is surprised that the other side is on fire. JoJo plans on setting his home aflame in the hopes that the fire will counter Dio's regeneration. Unfazed, Dio digs his feet into the walls of the mansion and walks his way up to Jonathan. After a short scuffle on the rooftop, Jonathan tackles Dio into the inferno. Dio breaks Jonathan's ribs and grips the stone, but the gentleman luckily retrieves the spear tip and uses it as a makeshift pickax before using his belt to tie Dio's leg and yank him down. Jonathan stabs Dio, who breaks his arms, but JoJo holds his grip on the Vampire. Dio is sure that he can withstand the flames long enough to escape but then Jonathan kicks the walls, impaling him on a statue of the goddess of love; the combination of such a severe injury and the surrounding flames overpowers Dio, who seemingly burns away. However, a few days later when Wang Chan visits the charred remains of the house to find items to sell for profit, Dio resurfaces and drains his blood while vowing vengeance against Jonathan. After recruiting Jack the Ripper, Dio moves to the rural village of Windknight's Lot where he feeds on the populace to heal his body while building an army of zombies with the intent to take over London. Having sent Wang Chan to assassinate the supposed still recovering Jonathan, Dio is surprised when Wang Chan returns wounded and learns of the only thing besides sunlight that can destroy him: The Ripple. In Windknight's Lot When Jonathan, his Ripple teacher Will Anthonio Zeppeli, and Speedwagon reach Windknight's Lot, Dio hypnotizes a local boy named Poco who lures them to a graveyard filled with the undead. Dio reveals himself at this time, has mostly healed his body, and overwhelms Jonathan and Zeppeli by bypassing their Ripple attacks with his freezing ability. He then summons his strongest zombies, Bruford and Tarkus, to finish them off as he takes his leave. It is revealed later that Dio had also taken Poco's Sister, whom he attempts to bribe to join his undead legion. Unsuccessful, Dio leaves her at the mercy of Doobie, but Jonathan intervenes before anything grave happens. Finally, confronting Jonathan and the rest of the Joestar Group, Dio steps in to personally kill Jonathan. Nonetheless, Dire battles Dio first. The Ripple warrior is easily bested by Dio's ice techniques and his body is disintegrated, but Dire manages to injure Dio's eye before expiring. This drives Dio off the edge, summoning his zombies to kill the intruders, while he proceeds to fight Jonathan. In the battle that ensues on a balcony, Jonathan uses Luck & Pluck to sever Dio's right arm and nearly cleave him in half. Dio retaliates by freezing Jonathan's hands through the sword and threatens to cut Jonathan's carotid. Fortunately, Jonathan had plunged the tip of his sword into a flame behind Dio, and the heat transmitted through the metal weakens the freezing effect. Jonathan breaks free, and Dio breaks Luck & Pluck. As Jonathan is reduced to fighting barehanded, Dio's freezing powers give him the advantage once again. However, Jonathan sets his own fists on fire and Dio, unable to freeze Jonathan's punches, cannot defend himself and is hit on the chest by a powerful Ripple-infused blow. The impact sends Dio flying down a cliff and the Ripple disintegrates his body. Yet Dio manages to sever his own head before the Ripple reaches it and survives the fall; a little later, his head is taken to safety by Wang Chan. Killing Jonathan Two weeks later, Dio's head infiltrates the cruise ship the newly married Jonathan and Erina use to travel to America and celebrate their honeymoon. Hidden in a booby-trapped coffin, Dio has Wang Chan cause a zombie epidemic on the ship to lure Jonathan to him. Once making himself known to Jonathan while admitting to having an epiphany that their fates are deeply intertwined, Dio reveals his intention to take Jonathan's body as his own. Dio then shoots beams of eye humor at Jonathan's throat in an attempt to instantly kill him, but the attack only fatally wounded Jonathan with his stopped breathing preventing him from using his Ripple. Regardless, Jonathan uses his remaining Ripple to sabotage the ship to explode in a final attempt to end Dio for good. After putting Erina inside the coffin to protect her from the engine's explosion, Jonathan holds Dio's head in his arms. Dio begs Jonathan to let him live while tempting him with eternal life but realizes too late that Jonathan had died. The sinking ship explodes, though Dio succeeds in taking Jonathan's body and sinks into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Pre-Stardust Crusaders (1983-88) In 1983, Dio's casket is recovered off the coast of Africa by treasure hunters, who are implied to have been killed by him shortly after. Dio then seems to travel a great deal, ranging from Egypt to Japan. Around July 1984, he impregnates a Japanese woman who goes on to give birth to Giorno Giovanna. Around 1985 to 1986, he also impregnates the future mother of Donatello Versus. In 1986, he meets Enya the Hag and gains a Stand power, The World, as a result of the Bow and Arrow. Dio had his servant fire a shotgun at him to test The World's power and speed. When The World attempted to catch the bullets, Dio noticed that time had stopped for a split second. At some point, Dio managed to evolve his power further and could stop time for longer, as he felt the wheels of time and The World became intertwined with each other. Later that same year, Dio encounters Jean Pierre Polnareff and brainwashes him. In 1987, he first meets Enrico Pucci while hiding in a church waiting for the sun to set. DIO heals Pucci's disfigured foot and gives him a Stand Arrow, speaking about the gravity which draws people together. He then tells Pucci to seek him out using the Arrow if he wishes to learn more. Around 1987 to 1988, he impregnates the future mothers of Ungalo and Rikiel. In July 1988, he goes on to encounter Muhammad Avdol in Egypt. In August, he meets Noriaki Kakyoin while the latter is vacationing in Egypt and brainwashes him as well. After a series of unfortunate events that leads to Pucci being stabbed by the Arrow and gaining a Stand, he turns to DIO. The two would spend a considerable amount of time together, each traversing to the other's location across the world and discussing ways to turn their philosophies into reality. During one of DIO's visits, he suddenly brings up his interest in reaching an ideal heaven, revealing that he had written the plans to do so in a notebook and that he would need Pucci's help in doing so. However, DIO questions Pucci's loyalty to him, pondering why the latter doesn't use Whitesnake to remove The World from him. Pucci explains that he loves DIO as he loves God, and thus worships him too much to betray him. Ensuring that he wouldn't completely fade, DIO leaves one of Jonathan's bones in Pucci's care. Stardust Crusaders (1988-89) Recovering in his mansion The awakened Dio Brando, now referred to as simply "DIO", begins his next moves within the later months of 1988. For much of this time, DIO remains in shadows and the question of exactly what his stand "The World" does is a mystery to the Joestars and their companions. DIO's ambition is to create a perfect world for him and his servants. In the interim, he seeks to drain for himself the blood of the Joestar lineage, which will help him to fully fuse with Jonathan's body and take better control of The World. Despite his knowledge that Joseph Joestar and allies are looking for him, he does not make any effort to go confront them himself and instead chooses to remain in his mansion reading or feeding on the blood of women. When Hol Horse reports on the defeat of Alessi and Mariah, DIO questions him about his ability to fight. Feeling humiliated, Hol Horse attempts to shoot DIO from behind but DIO uses The World to disappear and reappear behind the gunman. However, DIO spares Hol Horse as he is impressed and gives him one last chance; for his part, Hol Horse realizes that he's hopelessly outmatched and swears loyalty to DIO. Not long afterward, the Joestar Group finally arrives at his Mansion. When Vanilla Ice comes to inform him of Telence T. D'Arby's defeat, Vanilla volunteers his life to complete DIO's assimilation of Jonathan's body and subsequently slices off his own head. DIO then utilizes his own blood to revive Vanilla as a Vampire. DIO's World After Vanilla's defeat, DIO's reveals himself to Polnareff on a set of stairs. He toys with Polnareff for a while and transports him during the stopped time to psych him, but Polnareff's determination holds and he attacks. DIO summons The World - only to be interrupted by Joseph, Jotaro and Kakyoin breaking down a wall and flooding the stairs with sunlight. The sunlight forces DIO to retreat in the shadows. As the Joestar Group reaches the top of his mansion's tower, DIO punishes Nukesaku for leading the heroes to him and cuts him into several pieces. Sensing a great danger, the Joestar Group jumps out of the window. With the sun setting, the remaining Joestar companions split up into two groups and DIO follows Joseph and Kakyoin, who have commandeered a truck. DIO takes over a limousine and forces the senator Wilson Phillips to act as a chauffeur. During the car chase, DIO is attacked by Kakyoin's Hierophant Green but he easily flicks the Emerald Splash away. Summoning The World, DIO lands a heavy punch on Hierophant Green which wounds Kakyoin and informs him that The World is a close-range Stand with no way to attack at distance. In order to get close enough to Joseph and Kakyoin's truck, DIO launches the senator at them, thus resulting in their truck crashing into a building. He then follows them as they use their stands to flee across the rooftops, and ends up battling Kakyoin in the process. Kakyoin unravels Hierophant Green to create a great invisible network of tentacles shooting Emerald Splashes from all directions to trap DIO and launches an omnidirectional attack to force DIO to use his ability. DIO uses The World to stop time and destroy the barrier, punching Kakyoin through the stomach. Before dying, Kakyoin realizes the nature of The World's time-stop power and uses his last strength to give Joseph a message. DIO wastes no time in catching up to and attacking Joseph, who is able to pass Kakyoin's message to Jotaro. However, DIO stops time and throws a knife into Joseph's throat. Jotaro challenges DIO to a fistfight, but while Star Platinum is a close match for The World, the latter prevails. Jotaro jumps but DIO stops time to kill him, only to stop as he sees Jotaro's finger twitch. Since Star Platinum and The World are similar, DIO suspects that Jotaro may be able to move in the frozen time. Reassured when he sees that Jotaro is using magnets to fake his movements, DIO attacks but is surprised by Star Platinum who suddenly moves and punches through his stomach. Jotaro is able to move in the stopped time. DIO is wounded but quickly recovers by draining a nearby civilian. Unsure about the extent of Jotaro's ability to move during the stopped time, DIO shows off the many knives he's just taken. Jotaro jumps to escape but DIO stops time and surrounds him with knives. Jotaro is hit and falls to the ground, alive but gravely wounded. Jotaro plays dead but DIO wants to make sure of Jotaro's death and thus takes a street sign as an improvised executioner's ax. At this moment, Polnareff attacks him from behind but DIO's resilience and time power make the attack useless. To distract DIO from Polnareff, Jotaro must move his finger and make DIO refocus on him. More suspicious than ever, DIO tries to listen to Jotaro's breathing and heartbeat, forcing Jotaro to have Star Platinum squeeze his own heart. Satisfied, DIO approaches but Jotaro lands a punch on his head. Stunned, DIO finds himself cornered and opts to flee but Jotaro catches up to him. Star Platinum pummels the Vampire but DIO reveals that his plan was to go to Joseph's body all along and Star Platinum just sent him flying toward Joseph. DIO sucks Joseph's blood and becomes fully synched with Jonathan's body, empowering him further. Now DIO is able to stop time for nine seconds. Jotaro wastes his movement for a meaningless clash and DIO is able to pummel Jotaro and send him flying. As a final attack, DIO stops time again and at the last moment, brings a to crush Jotaro with. Jotaro is seemingly crushed and DIO gloats, but Jotaro then reveals that he's just become able to stop time too. Using this window, Jotaro crushes DIO's legs. DIO, determined to win, squirts some blood out of his leg and into Jotaro's eyes, blinding him. He then attempts to attack Jotaro, but Jotaro lands a final punch on The World's leg. Star Platinum's hand breaks but The World is split in two and destroyed, killing DIO. After the battle, Jotaro and doctors from the Speedwagon Foundation are able to do a blood transfusion between Joseph's body and the lower half of DIO's body. The transfusion revives Joseph, and later they lay DIO's remains in the middle of the Sahara Desert to disintegrate with the rising sun. Legacy Diamond is Unbreakable (1999) After DIO's death, it is revealed that he, along with Enya, had more affiliates besides those discovered by the Joestar group. The Nijimura Patriarch, like others, sold his soul to DIO and had a flesh bud implanted on his forehead, similar to Polnareff and Kakyoin. However, it burst after DIO's death, mutating him for life. Sometime before Enya died, she gave the Nijimura Patriarch one of the Arrows in their possession which one of his sons used to create Stand users in Morioh. Yoshihiro Kira was also revealed to have been given an Arrow before his death. Kira used this Arrow to create more Stand users in Morioh as well, including his own son Yoshikage. Vento Aureo (2001) Around twelve years after their battle in Egypt, Jotaro Kujo learns that DIO had at least one child, utilizing Jonathan's body after his casket was pulled up from the ocean. It is later discovered by Koichi Hirose that this son was Giorno Giovanna. Even though Giorno does inherit some of DIO's ruthless and brutal nature, as well as his ambition and charisma, he does not use it for evil ends as he also inherits Jonathan’s noble, polite, and overall kind nature toward good people. After DIO's defeat, Polnareff took the Stand arrow from his mansion. This then leads Polnareff to go to Italy and track down Diavolo after finding out about the arrow in his possession. Stone Ocean (2011-2012) In the year 2011, Pucci decides to take on DIO's plans. He frames Jotaro's daughter, Jolyne Cujoh, using her as bait to steal Jotaro's memories of DIO's diary. DIO's bone becomes vital to Pucci's plan when one of his underlings, Sports Maxx, uses his Stand to reanimate it. This results in the incubation of a Green Child" (which also possesses the Star Birthmark) that would later merge with Pucci to give him C-MOON and finally Made in Heaven. Aside from Pucci, several other figures with ties to DIO emerge: Johngalli A. is one of DIO's underlings who bears a grudge against the Joestars for DIO's demise. Moreover, Pucci recruits three of DIO's illegitimate children (Donatello Versus , Rikiel, and Ungalo) to fight Jolyne and her allies while he waits for the new moon.

General Information

Key: Child | Adult | Pre-Fire Vampire | Post-Fire Vampire | DIO | High DIO

Tier: 10-A, 9-C with weapons | 10-A, 9-C with weapons, 9-B with Preparation | 9-B, Higher with his leg strength, Even Higher with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes | 9-B, Higher with his leg strength, Even Higher with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes | 9-B, Higher with his leg strength, Even Higher with The World. Unknown with Hermit Purple | At least 9-B, Higher with his leg strength, Even Higher with The World. Unknown with Hermit Purple

Name: Dio Brando, DIO

Origin: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood

Sex: Male

Age: 12-13 during the beginning of Phantom Blood (Is around the same age as Jonathan Joestar, who was born on April 4th, 1868, with the beginning of Part 1 taking place in 1880. JoJo 6251 notes that Dio's birthday is around 1867-1868), 20-21 after the time skip (It is now the year 1888 which would make Dio this age), 120-121 during Stardust Crusaders (100 years have passed since the end of Part 1)

Classification: Stand User

Species: Vampire (Formerly Human)

Occupation: None

Status: Deceased (Fought against and ultimately died to Jotaro Kujo)

Alignment: Neutral Evil (Dio is noted to be born evil, doing horrible actions such as kicking dogs, spread lies about Jonathan Joestar to get his friends to hate him, kissed Jonathan's Erina, which was considered in that time, borderline rape, along with killing Jonathan's dog Danny out of spite. Was noted to be born evil by Speedwagon, a man who can tell whose good or bad, and then later noted by Speedwagon that he as a Vampire is worse than any evil in the world)

Codex Statistics

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Athlete level (One-shotted a dog, knocking the teeth out of its feet. Dio could easily overpower and harm Jonathan Joestar, who can send a someone flying into the air with a elbow. Sent Jonathan flying with his punches during a boxing match), Peak Human level with weapons (Tried to use a knife in combat) | Athlete level (Able to harm Jonathan Joestar, who while holding back could send criminals flying with his attacks and easily knock off three athletes), Peak Human level with weapons (Uses various knife-like weapons. The Stone Mask can pierce through one's skull), Wall level with Preparation (Has access to the Stone Mask with preparation, where if he puts it on himself he'll gain superhuman abilities such as being able smash people through a stone floor) | Wall level (Used the Stone Mask to turn himself into a Vampire, a species that can punch a large crater into a wall upon their creation, which resulted in this level of energy {~0.0001 Tons of TNT}, smash humans through stone, and can put holes into walls. Vampires are stated to be able to greatly harm Joseph Joestar, who withstood being smashed into metal, can throw clackers through a stone pillar, withstood jumping off a horse carriage traveling at 60 MPH, and smashing through a broken horse carriage. Vampires should be superior to Zombies like Jack the Ripper and Tarkus, as Zombies are creations of Vampires, the former being able to throw a wagon with enough force to destroy the roof of a tunnel, which resulted in this level of energy {} and the latter can reduce metal armor to scarps and is superior to his human self, who can spilt a rock in half. As a Vampire, Dio can casually borrow his fingers within brick, cut several policemen in half, snap a thick iron spear with ease, smash through a mansion's roof, causally borrowed his fingers within stone, and dig through a stone pillar), Higher with his leg strength (A Vampire's leg strength is three times more powerful than the strength of their fists {~0.0003 Tons of TNT}, allowing them to destroy four centimeter thick steel. Dio can casually break through a wall through just walking on it), Even Higher with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes (Can use Space Ripper Stingy Eyes, which can easily harm Jonathan Joestar. Space Ripper Stingy Eyes can slice through a pillar) | Wall level (Noted to be five times stronger than the combined power of Pre-Deep Pass Overdrive Jonathan Joestar and Will Anthonio Zeppeli, with Jonathan noting he is on a completely different level then himself during the fire. Will can spilt a rock in half and destroy brick and Jonathan can dent metal armor. Crushed a metal cross. Smashed Dire's frozen body into pieces. Superior to his Stardust Crusaders self, who can snap and bend a metal pole and can punch Jean Pierre Polnareff into a wall, destroying it), Higher with his leg strength (Superior to his Stardust Crusaders self, who destroyed part of a tower by kicking away Hierophant Green's Emerald Splash), Even Higher with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes | Wall level (Due to Jonathan's body rejecting him, DIO's body is weaker than before, though DIO only needed to suck the blood of one more person to regain his original strength), Higher with his leg strength, Even Higher with The World (The World is the physically strongest Stand in the series even being superior to Star Platinum, which, along with Sliver Chariot, can launch Alessi into the horizon {~0.0008 Tons of TNT}, punch a hole into a rock large enough for multiple people to be able to fit in it, which resulted in this level of energy {~0.0001 Tons of TNT}, launch Nukesaku through a wooden door, which resulted in this level of energy {~3794 Kilojoules}, bend multiple steel bars with ease, punch Hierophant Green through multiple floors of a building, creating a shockwave that cracked its outsides, and can no-sell being bitten by Nukesaku, a Vampire, which's bite force should be superior to their leg strength. The World itself can launch Hierophant Green through multiple metal poles, punch through and launch Noriaki Kakyoin into a metal container, heavily denting it, break part of the floor by kicking Star Platinum, and smash a brick chimney, with said bricks being launched into and severely harming Joseph Joestar). Unknown with Hermit Purple (Hermit Purple is not directly a fighting stand and more so an information gathering one) | At least Wall level (Drank the blood of Joseph Joestar and received a massive boost in power, noted that the Joestar blood made him stronger then ever before), Higher with his leg strength, Even Higher with The World (Kicked Jotaro Kujo through a building. Caused moderate damage to a road roller with a with a flurry of punches). Unknown with Hermit Purple

Durability: Athlete level (Took hits that sent him flying) | Athlete level (Withstood being thrown through wooden guardrails and falling down to the first floor) | Athlete level | Athlete level (Took a hit from Jonathan Joestar after his Hamon was unable to connect) | Athlete level, Wall level with The World (Took various hits from and matched punches with Star Platinum). Unknown with Hermit Purple | Athlete level, Wall level with The World. Unknown with Hermit Purple

Striking Strength: Athlete Class | Athlete Class, Wall Class with Preparation | Wall Class, Higher with his leg strength | Wall Class, Higher with his leg strength | Wall Class, Higher with his leg strength, Even Higher with The World. Unknown with Hermit Purple | At least Wall Class, Higher with his leg strength, Even Higher with The World. Unknown with Hermit Purple

Lifting Strength: Athletic Human (Dio is an athletic boxer) | Athletic Human (Able to restrain Jonathan Joestar, who can lift up and toss Dio with one arm with Dio being 185 centimeters tall and is able to casually lift a large rock with one hand) | Superhuman (Snapped a thick metal spear. Should be superior to Zombies, whos' strength are monstrous and are far beyond a humans with Zombies being able to through a ship buoy with enough force to smash a human skull along with Zombies being able to casually carry large metal weapons while jumping around) | Superhuman (Stronger than before which should make him comparable to Jonathan Joestar, who can pull back and lift Tarkus, who is far bigger than Jonathan who is 195 centimeters tall. Jonathan also is able to break off a steal chain, and lift an anvil) | Superhuman, Class 5 with The World (The World is the physically strongest Stand in the series even being superior to Star Platinum, which can easily pull a jeep out of a canyon, which weigh at around 3900 to 5200 pounds) | At least Superhuman, Class 25 with The World (Used The World to pick up and drop a large road roller on Jotaro Kujo which weigh around 20 tons)

Travel Speed: Average Human | Athletic Human (Easily outran several athletes), Higher with Preparation (Faster as a Vampire to where he can easily overwhelm several police officers. Upon their creation Vampires can overwhelm regular people with their speed) | At least Athletic Human (Used the Stone Mask to turn himself into a Vampire) | Superhuman (Noted to have the speed of a leopard, who moves at around 36 mph. Able to match Jonathan Joestar, who was amplified by Will Anthonio Zeppeli's life energy making him faster than Will, who can disappear from Pre-Hamon Jonathan's sight and then appear in front of him) | Superhuman | Superhuman

Combat Speed: Athletic Human (Can tag Jonathan Joestar, a skilled boxer) | Athletic Human, Higher with Preparation | At least Athletic Human, At least Supersonic with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes (His Space Ripper Stingy Eyes can blitz Post-Deep Pass Overdrive Jonathan Joestar, who can tag Dio after the fire) | Supersonic (His weaker self was able to deflect Hierophant Green's Emerald Splash, which can tag Jotaro Kujo, who reacted to attacks from Anubis, after it had gotten faster than Sliver Chariot and later parried blows from an faster Anubis and Sliver Chariot, with the latter being able to block point blank gun fire while weakened, which results in these speeds {}), Far Higher with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes | Supersonic, Supersonic with The World (Able to tag Star Platinum which can tag Anubis, after it had gotten faster than Sliver Chariot and later parried blows from an faster Anubis and Sliver Chariot) | Supersonic, Supersonic with The World

Reaction Speed: Athletic Human (Can easily dodge attacks from Jonathan Joestar, a skilled boxer) | Athletic Human (Casually dodged an attack from Robert E. O Speedwagon), Higher with Preparation | At least Athletic Human | Supersonic (His weaker self can react to Star Platinum) | Supersonic | Supersonic

Stamina: Athletic Human as a human (As a child Dio was able to take a serve beating from Jonathan and still get back up to fight. As an adult Dio was an athletic male that easily outruns and overpowers other athletic males), Superhuman as a Vampire (Vampires are able to fight with lethal injuries)

Range: Standard Melee Range, Several Meters with Throwing Knives and Space Ripper Stingy Eyes (Can throw the knives this far. Space Ripper Stingy Eyes can reach this far), Tens of Meters with The World and Hermit Purple (The World has an effective range of ten meters, which Hermit Purple can extend beyond), Planetary with Spirit Photography (Hermit Purple can gather information about people far away, through technology such as cameras, allowing DIO to spy on Joseph and Jotaro with this ability), Universal with Time Stop

Intelligence: Genius (Figured out the secrets of the Stone Mask. Dio gained a correct 20 out of 20 while Jonathan made a mistake six times. Though outdated in modern time, Dio utilizes 20th century swaying techniques when boxing against Jonathan, using these techniques in the 19th century. Was graduating at the top of his law class)

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Powers and Abilities

Genius Intelligence, Martial Arts (Though outdated in modern time, Dio utilizes 20th century swaying techniques when boxing against Jonathan), Weapon Mastery & Penetration Damage (Physical Penetration; Able to use a dagger in combat to combat against a Vampire. The Stone Mask can pierce through one's skull. Used throwing knifes in his battle against the Joestar group), Pain Tolerance (As a child Dio was able to take a serve beating from Jonathan and still get back up to fight), Intimidation (Dio's gaze sends a massive intensity and fear into ones eyes), Supernatural Luck (Dio is noted to possess three moles on his ears and attributes on his face, with him being born with "impenetrable luck")

Has Vampire Physiology, granting him the following: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Ageless; Vampires can live for eternity as long as they feed off of blood and can survive lethal wounds others can), Supernatural Resilience (For a Vampire to be killed, their entire brain must be destroyed. Vampires like Dio can live as merely a head), Regeneration (Mid; Vampires can regenerate from brain injuries. High-Mid through connecting their body; Vampires are able to reconnect their severed head to their body or someone else's body. Vampiric blood can connect a served head back to it's body), Body Control (Vampires are able to control their veins allowing them to reattach body parts. Vampires are able to move limbs that have be removed form their body), Enhanced Senses (Can hear one's breathing or their heart beat from putting his ear on the ground), Life Manipulation, Blood Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, & Durability Negation (Vampires can merge their fingers into one's body to suck one's blood or grab their arteries and pop a vein. Vampires can create flesh buds, made up of their cells), Age Manipulation (Through sucking one's blood a Vampire can get younger), Corruption & Necromancy (When Vampires suck one's blood, they turn the corpse into an undead person that wants blood. Can bring the dead back to life as servants of him. Vampiric blood can connect a served head back to it's body, bringing them back to life were they will start changing into a Vampire. Drinking Vampiric blood has the same effect), Surface Scaling (Vampires have the leg strength to stand on walls. Vampires are able to stick to and stand on ceilings), Mind Manipulation (Vampires can manipulate and hypnotize the minds of those that are evil, Dio, a Vampire hypnotized a kid. Vampires can create flesh buds, made up of their cells, to connect to a persons brain and mind control them), Burrowing (Vampires can burrow through stone), Statistics Amplification (Vampires get stronger the more blood they suck. If a Vampire had a Stand, their Stand's capabilities would increase as they drank more blood), Heat Manipulation, Cold Manipulation & Ice Manipulation (Vampires are capable of manipulating their bodies moisture, freezing one's arm and controlling the water they vaporize from it), Energy Projection, Water Manipulation (H20 Compound Control; Vampires can fire out body fluid from their eyes with incredible pressure), Pain Tolerance (Vampires are able to fight while lit on fire, being cut up and spilt in half, being stabbed all over their body, and while their skull is completely crushed), Natural Weaponry (Vampires possess sharp fangs, which they can use to attack their foes with), Penetration Damage (Physical Penetration; Vampires possess sharp fangs, which they can use to attack their foes with. Bladed Penetration; Vampires can fire out body fluid from their eyes with incredible pressure), Fusionism (Able to fuse the corpse of a human and a dog), Possession (Vampires can possess the bodies of the deceased), Acrobatics (Vampires can jump from five to eight meters high. Vampires like DIO can leap across buildings), Intangibility (Vampires can embed themselves into walls), Self-Sustenance (Respiratory Self-Sustenance & Nutritional Self-Sustenance; Vampires like DIO can survive inside a coffin for one hundred years without food and air), Flight (Vampires are able to fly through the air, or just hover in the air without wings), Counter (Attack Reflection; Can reflect Hierophant Green's Emerald Splash), Healing (Healed Enrico Pucci's disfigured foot).

All previous powers and abilities but weaker, though he has gained access to a stand, Telepathy (Those with the Joestar birthmark have a psychic bond with each other with said birth mark allowing them to sense and feel each other. This allowed the Joestars alive at the time to gain a Stand from Jonathan's body. Those with the Joestar birthmark can feel the intent to kill from those who also have the birthmark), Sheer Will (Stands require the spirit to fight in order to be used or else the Stand will harm it's user making them sick with a deadly fever. Stands are tied to the mental abilities of the user, with Stands becoming weaker if the user's mental abilities are weakened), Social Influencing (Women just give themselves to DIO and let them drink his blood due to his charm), Intimidation (DIO's mere presence gives off an intimidating but alluring aura that caused Avdol to run instead of fight him and caused Hol Horse to get chills in his spine), Extrasensory Perception (Stand users are able to perceive the souls of the deceased. Stand users can perceive ghosts and other supernatural forces. Stand users can perceive and enter the Ghost Girl's Alley which is invisible to regular people along with being a gateway to the afterlife. Stand users can see Stands which are completely invisible to regular people), Aura (Stand users have an aura around them when their Stand is activated), Summoning (Can summon his stand), Metaphysics Manipulation (Spirit Manipulation; Stands are a powerful apparition, created by the users own life energy). Resistance to Clairvoyance (Blocked out Joseph Joestar's Hermit Purple, which could use photos or TVs to find out where someone is in the world and what they're doing)

Incorporeality (Stands are consistently referred to as spiritual energy, beings that are a powerful apparition created by the stand users own life energy, with it being known physical objects such as guns can't hurt stands), Intangibility & Durability Negation (Phasing; Stands are able to phase through objects, allowing the stand user to grab said object, such as phasing through a users body and grabbing their heart), Non-Physical Interaction & Metaphysics Manipulation (Spirit Manipulation; Only Stands are able to harm other Stands, meaning they can interact with spiritual energy sources), Invisibility (To those without Stands, Stands are completely invisible), Aura (Stands have a aura around them), Telepathy (Stands allow their users to communicate with each other through telepathy), Consumption (Metaphysical Consumption; Stands can suck up and consume non-physical objects such as fogs), Empowerment, Shapeshifting, & Limited Biological Manipulation (Stands can imbue themselves into objects, take the shape of an item, or merge with a user’s body), Size Manipulation (Stands have been shown capable of manipulating their size, and use this to go and interfere with the brain and organs of others), Self-Sustenance (Respiratory Self-Sustenance, Nutritional Self-Sustenance & Restful Self-Sustenance; Stands do not need air and are not alive like humans are. Stands are consistently referred to as spiritual energy, beings that are a powerful apparition created by the stand users own life energy).

Resistance to Metaphysics Manipulation (Spirit Manipulation; Stands can withstand attacks from each other)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Afterimage Creation (The World can create afterimages with its attacks), Flight (The World can fly within its effective range), Superhuman Precision (The World is stated to be more precise than Star Platinum, which is able to catch and deflect bullets, along with being stated to be more precise than a machine. The World itself can be used to catch bullets), Pierce Resistance (Minor Pierce Resistance; As The World is stronger than Star Platinum, it should be more durable than it, with Star Platinum being able to catch and deflect bullets without being harmed, parry blows from Anubis and Sliver Chariot, and was unharmed by being bitten by a Vampire), Time Manipulation (Time Stop; The World has the ability to stop time for five seconds), The World is the same type of Stand as Star Platinum giving it the following abilities: Autopilot (Star Platinum will act on its own to protect Jotaro), Enhanced Senses (Star Platinum's senses are enhanced to the point were he can see a small black fly in a dark picture. Star Platinum has microscopic vison allowing it to see Lovers a microscopic stand. Jotaro can Star Platinum can see someone shuffle a card deck allowing him to list the order of the shuffled deck. Able to easily see "second dealing" a poker technique that is almost impossible to see with the human eye), Counter (Attack Reflection; Can reflect Hierophant Green's Emerald Splash. Star Platinum can reflect DIO's knifes), Body Control & Elasticity (Star Platinum can put all of its power into its fingers, allowing it to extend his fingers to attack), Acrobatics (Jotaro can use Star Platinum to leap superhuman heights), Vacuum Manipulation (Able to suck up all of Justice's fog), Limited Hive Mind (Jotaro is able to see out of Star Platinum) Burrowing (Star Platinum can burrow through High Priestess's teeth), Photographic Memory (Star Platinum has a photographic memory), Heat Manipulation (Star Platinum's speed can be used to light a cigarette).

Limited Resistance to Time Manipulation (Time Stop; DIO is able to think within Time Stop without having activated his own Time Stop)

All standard Stand abilities plus, Clairvoyance & Technological Manipulation (Hermit Purple can gather information about people who are far away or extremely small, through technology such as cameras and televisions. Hermit Purple can create maps that lead to what the user is trying to find in things like incense powder. Hermit Purple can control a plane and can control a video game controller. Hermit Purple can cause a TV to explode), Thoughtography & Telepathy (Hermit Purple is able to read the minds of others can display them on technology such as televisions)

All previous powers to a greater extent, Enhanced Regeneration (Mid; Able to regenerate from heavy damage done to his skull, which he could not do before. High-Mid through connecting their body;)

All previous powers to a greater extent, Enhanced Time Manipulation (Time Stop; The World is now able to stop time for 9 seconds due to the Joestar blood making his body stronger than ever before, and then upgraded to 11 seconds)

All previous powers to a greater extent.

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Standard Equipment

• Vampire & Zombie Minions: During his time as a Vampire, Dio could create Zombies either from a living human or the cadaver of the deceased. The Zombies are also strong creatures, but less so than their Vampiric creator. Therefore, they will obey him. The process of zombification involves the injection of a Vampire extract into one's blood vessels. In Stardust Crusaders, DIO perfected this technique to sire other Vampires.

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  Dio's Zombie army

• Knives: DIO carried a throwing knife with him during his battle with the Joestar group which he used to "kill" Joseph Joestar. Later in the fight DIO used knifes he found at a store to attack Jotaro Kujo from afar when he realized how dangerous he was to fight up close.

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  DIO preparing to throw knifes at Jotaro Kujo

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Notable Techniques

• Vampiric: Becoming a Vampire as a young adult, Dio displays a broad range of fantastic, supernatural abilities; explained as expressions of the full, unbound potential of the human body. This includes superhuman strength, quick healing, and eternal life.

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  Dio as a Vampire

• Vampire & Zombie Creation: During his time as a Vampire, Dio could create Zombies either from a living human or the cadaver of the deceased. The Zombies are also strong creatures, but less so than their vampiric creator. Therefore, they will obey him. The process of zombification involves the injection of a Vampire extract into one's blood vessels. In Stardust Crusaders, DIO perfected this technique to sire other Vampires.

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  Dio's Zombie army

• Flight: Dio is able to fly through the air, or just hover in the air without wings.

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  DIO flying after Joseph Joestar

• Enhanced Senses: Demonstrated by DIO when placing his ear to the ground to listen for Jotaro's heartbeat or passing vehicles, Vampires appear to have greatly heightened senses.

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  DIO trying to listen to Jotaro Kujo's heartbeat

• Wallcrawling: Dio has shown being able to walk on walls and hang from ceilings.

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  Dio walking up a wall

• Space Ripper Stingy Eyes: Creates two pressurized fluid jets from the eyes strong enough to cut cleanly through a stone column.

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  Dio using Space Ripper Stingy Eyes

• Regeneration: Dio's body is able to live even after having vital body parts amputated. It will regenerate and the body parts can reattach themselves. Vampires can also control their detached body parts. However, Vampires can still die if their head is damaged sufficiently.

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  DIO reattaching his leg

• Vaporization Freezing Technique: A freezing ability enabling Vampires to freeze their own body parts and transfer the loss of energy by touch. It is able to cancel out Hamon by freezing the blood in the user's body.

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  Dio freezing Dire

• Fusion: An ability that allows a Vampire to graft parts of different organisms together. Dio displays this ability by creating animal/human hybrid Zombies as pets and later grafting his disembodied head on the decapitated body of Jonathan.

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  Dio's creations through Fusion

• Flesh Buds: A Vampire's cells can spawn these Flesh Buds and insert them into the brains of living beings to control them. If someone tries to remove the spore, it will grow tentacles in a attempt to kill both the host and the one trying to remove it. The process can be accelerated by anyone able to manipulate life at a cellular level.

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  DIO creating Flesh Buds

• Hypnosis: This ability was used by Dio to hypnotize Jack the Ripper to become his Zombie servant and to hypnotize Poco into luring Jonathan Joestar and Will Anthonio Zeppeli into a trap. This ability is possibly nullified by Hamon, because of the fact that Poco's consciousness appears to return after being subjected to it.

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  Dio hypnotizing Jack the Ripper

• Immortality: Vampires do not age or get sick, possessing the eternal life that allows them to live for thousands of years maintaining the same appearance as when they became.

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  Dio at 120-121 years old

• Blood Sucking: Vampires consume the blood of living creatures to sustain themselves. Unlike traditional Vampires, they suck their victim's blood with their hands, digging the fingers directly inside the target to suck their blood. Blood consumption will strengthen a Vampire and heal him if he was weakened before. In a weakened state, a Vampire will instinctively crave blood and may attack any victim to regenerate.

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  Dio sucking the blood of a police officer

• Bodily Mastery: Like Vaporization Freezing and the Stingy Eyes, other properties of the Vampire's body can be manipulated to lethal degrees. The Vampire Wired Beck had the ability to form numerous spikes all over his body from his body hair, as well as form a camouflage when wedged into a wooden doorway. The Vampire Nukesaku displayed the ability to grow a second face at the back of his head with female features to deceive opponents, but needed to manipulate his body to match his new face's visual orientation.

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  Wired Beck, a Vampire, shooting out spikes from inside his body

• The World: DIO's main Stand is The World; a humanoid Stand that specializes in melee attack roughly equal, if not superior, in its immense force and speed to Jotaro Kujo's Star Platinum. The World was named by Enya the Hag, after the tarot card of the same name. About a year after gaining his Stand, DIO discovered that it is capable of stopping time. At first, he could only do this for a very short amount of time, but by the end of Part 3, he is able to stop time for a maximum of 11 seconds. DIO can also move in the stopped time of other Time Stop users by activating his own Time Stop. These durations would have continued to develop had DIO not been defeated. When stopping time, DIO gives the impression that he is teleporting or otherwise moving at impossible speeds. The ability is best known for DIO's activation and cancellation phrases THE WORLD, Time, stop! and Time resumes.

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  DIO summoning The World

• The World, Time, stop!: The ability of the World that DIO uses, an ability that allows him to fully stop time for 5 seconds, later upgraded to 11 seconds at his peak.

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  The World stopping time

• Hermit Purple: DIO also is shown to possess another Stand ability with similar precognitive/divination abilities and appearance to Joseph Joestar's Stand. This ability appears to have been the Stand that awakened in the body of Jonathan Joestar, whom he had attached his head to. Additionally this Stand is named after The Hermit tarot card and shares the same name as Joseph's Stand.

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  DIO with Hermit Purple

• Spirit Photography: One of Hermit Purple's special abilities (shared with Joseph's Hermit Purple) is to use cameras, televisions and other things to perform a form of fortune telling referred to as spirit photography. DIO first used this ability to spy on Jotaro Kujo and Joseph Joestar while they where on an airplane. While never shown, it's implied that DIO used Hermit Purple to spy on the Joestar Party throughout most of Stardust Crusaders, sending his Stand users after the group.

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  DIO using Spirit Photography

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Other

Standard Tactics: Dio will use 20th century sways along with boxing techniques from the 19th century in battle, if it comes down to it, he may also attempt to use his knife. | Dio will use his boxing techniques from before but, if it comes down to it, he may also attempt to use the Stone Mask. | Dio will go for flash freezes on his opponent if he believes they have a means to kill him, otherwise he will look down on them. If the person has pure evil in them, he will attempt to hypnotize them to be one of his slaves or send his minions after them. | Dio will go for using The World's Time Stop to either mess with the opponent or go for punch rushes, if he believes the opponent can affect him while in the Time Stop at close range, he will go for ranged attacks such as throwing knives. He will also incorporate speeches during the Time Stop. | Dio will incorporate the same strategy as before. Though due to his new state of existence his ego has increased and he goes more for speeches while using his previous strategy.

Weaknesses: Dio's own ego forces him to greatly mess with his plans, such as him refusing to swear on his father's name giving away his plan of poisoning Jonathan's father. | Same as before. | Vampires are weak to sunlight. As Hamon energy is identical to that of the Sun's, Vampires are weak to it. Vampires need to absorb one's life force (drink one's blood) in order to regenerate wounds. Destroying a Vampire's brain causes them to die. Flash freeze does not work on fire and will be melted if fire falls on the frozen part. | Previous Vampire weaknesses, If A Stand is damaged the user will by proxy take damage and if they're damaged, their Stand will take damage. A Stand's energy or power is inversely proportional to their range of operation, the farther away the Stand goes, the weaker, slower, and less precise its movements become. If a Stand user becomes unconscious their Stand will deactivate. Stands that imbue themselves into objects, take the shape of an item, or merge with a user’s body can be seen by normal humans. Stands are tied to the mental abilities of the user, with Stands becoming weaker if the user's mental abilities are weakened. Stands require the spirit to fight in order to be used or else the Stand will harm its user making them sick with a deadly fever. When one's Stand is shrunken to a microscopic level it has a hard time phasing through object. Keeping a Stand shrunken to a microscopic level is exhausting for the user. Stands can't be summoned in dreams, with the user only being able to use their Stand if they pass out while using their Stand. Initially The World can only stop time for 5 seconds. DIO will feel immense shock if the opponent is able to even slightly twitch in his Time Stop, making him forget the time limit of his Time Stop. If he is punched during the middle of saying "The World Time Stop", it will stop the ability from activating, along with this, heavy damage to his skull will not regenerate and he will not be able to walk. Due to the nature of DIO's Time Stop, if someone uses Time Stop during his own Time Stop they will be able to move within it. | Previous Vampire and Stand weaknesses, though he can now regenerate heavy damage done to his skull and The World has been upgraded to stop time for 11 seconds.

Note: A Vampire's Durability in JoJo does not scale to their Attack Potency.

Trivia

BT, a protagonist in Cool Shock B.T., is a likely basis for young Dio.

• Dio's name is derived from the Italian word for "God", befitting his megalomaniac personality and his project to create a new world for him and his subordinates as implied in Stone Ocean. His Heaven Ascension DIO form also fits as well due to warping reality to his liking.
  • Dio's name is also a reference to the rock star Ronnie James Dio and his band Dio. There are more references that connect Dio Brando to Ronnie James Dio, such as The World having what appears to have two oxygen tanks on its back is a reference to the song Holy Diver, DIO being in Egypt in Part 3 is a reference to the song Egypt (The Chains Are On), his "heaven plan" referencing the Hungry for Heaven, etc.
• The style of Dio's name in Part 1 is written normally, whereas Dio's name in Part 3 onward is written in English and completely capitalized.
  • Despite this, Giorno's picture of him has "Dio Brando" imprinted on it, even though his original name would have been long forgotten by then.
• The trick DIO used on Hol Horse by instantly going through spider webs without damaging them is likely a reference to Bela Lugosi's first scenes in Dracula (1931).
  • Out of coincidence, Dio shares two of his Japanese voice actors and his English anime voice actor with the Castlevania version of Dracula, those being Hikaru Midorikawa in the OVA and the PS2 game, Norio Wakamoto in the Audio Drama, and Patrick Seitz in the anime. Midorikawa voices Dracula's reincarnation in the series, Soma Cruz, while Wakamoto and Seitz voice Dracula himself.
• The bridge Jotaro defeats DIO on is the Qasr al-Nil Bridge, which connects downtown Cairo to Gezira Island and the Zamalek district. Its coordinates are 30.043747°N 31.229464°E.
• In Araki's top Ten Favorite Characters in 2000, DIO ranked as 10th, being the third main villain in the countdown.
• Dio and Diego's themes in Eyes Of Heaven are remixes of each other. This is true for both Dio Brando and Scary Monsters Diego, as well as DIO and Alternate Diego. This makes sense as Diego is the reboot of sorts counterpart of Dio.
• After totally losing his body and becoming just a head, Dio became totally infertile. DIO was only able to have children because he stole Jonathan Joestar's body. DIO had a relationship with four different women, who gave him four different children (DIO only slept with the women and he abandoned them all when they were still pregnant, so he never had direct contact with his "children", and none of them of his "children" have his DNA, they all have Jonathan's DNA. So technically DIO never had children, biologically or as a adoptive father).
• One reason Jonathan's body would reject DIO's head would be transplant rejection. Transplant rejection occurs when the recipient's immune system attacks the transplanted organ or tissue. The immune response protects the body against potentially harmful substances ("antigens") such as microorganisms, toxins and cancer cells. The immune system distinguishes "proper" from "strange" and reacts against substances it considers "foreign". In other words, that meant Jonathan's body was still fighting DIO's head.
• DIO died when his head was destroyed by Jotaro Kujo, with the narrator confirming DIO's death in the Manga and Anime. Jotaro and Joseph decided to expose Jonathan's body to the sun to give to the soul of the first JoJo a way to finally rest in peace.
• Araki considers Dio to be 'the true protagonist' of Phantom Blood. Araki developed Dio's character design before Jonathan. Dio also makes his debut first before Jonathan. Araki pondered in deciding what would be the scariest factor, and decided that "evil from the past" coming to get the present descendant would be the most frightening thing. Dio was developed with this in mind. After him, Jonathan Joestar of 'light' was designed to counter Dio's 'darkness'.
• In a spring 2018 interview with Shueisha's Kotoba magazine, Araki describes how Blade Runner had influenced his work back when it premiered. He mentions Dio's blond hair and muscular build in particular as being influenced by the Blade Runner character, Roy Batty.
• Dio is stated to be Bisexual by Araki in a 2007 interview.

Gallery

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  The Hermit tarot card

Dio Brando's Gallery

Dio as a child Dio reduced to a head DIO's Joestar birth mark, gained from Jonathan's body DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Vento Aureo DIO's spirit in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Vento Aureo DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean DIO's Joestar birth mark in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean Dio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run Dio on JoJonium's volume 1 back cover Dio on JoJonium's volume 3 cover DIO on JoJonium's volume 9 back cover DIO on JoJonium's volume 17 cover Dio drawn by Kami Imai for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Volume 100.5 DIO drawn by Yusuke Murata for the Weekly Shonen Jump 40th Anniversary DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak DIO's Joestar birth mark in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Genesis of Universe DIO in JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: OVER HEAVEN DIO's Joestar birth mark in JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: OVER HEAVEN Dio as a child in the 2007 Phantom Blood movie Dio as a adult in the 2007 Phantom Blood movie Artwork of DIO for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future High DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future Shadow DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future Dio reduced to a head in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future DIO in GioGio's Bizarre Adventure DIO in Jump Super Stars Artwork of DIO for Ultimate Jump Stars DIO in Ultimate Jump Stars Dio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle Concept art of Dio for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle Dio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle Concept art of DIO for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle Dio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Dio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R Dio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Records DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Records High DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Records Artwork of DIO for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Last Survivor DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Last Survivor High DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Last Survivor Dio as a human in Puzzle & Dragons Dio as a Vampire in Puzzle & Dragons DIO in Puzzle & Dragons High DIO in Puzzle & Dragons DIO in Monster Strike High DIO in Monster Strike Dio's Vampire Transcending Humanity variant in JOJO'S PITTER-PATTER POP! Dio's Tyrant Who Leads the Dead variant in JOJO'S PITTER-PATTER POP! DIO's Ability to Dominate the World variant in JOJO'S PITTER-PATTER POP! DIO's The Greatest High variant in JOJO'S PITTER-PATTER POP! DIO's Evil Presence variant in JOJO'S PITTER-PATTER POP! DIO's Alone in Stopped Time variant in JOJO'S PITTER-PATTER POP! Dio in Jumputi Heroes DIO in Jumputi Heroes High DIO in Jumputi Heroes DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Real 4-D: DIO's World

The World's Gallery

The World tarot card The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run Part 7 The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 9: The JOJOLands The World on JoJonium's volume 17 cover The World drawn by Masakazu Ishiguro for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Volume 100.5 The World in JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: OVER HEAVEN The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future Shadow DIO's The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future The World in Jump Super Stars Artwork of The World for Ultimate Jump Stars The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle Concept art of The World for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Records The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Last Survivor The World in Puzzle & Dragons The World in Monster Strike The World in JOJO'S PITTER-PATTER POP! The World in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Real 4-D: DIO's World

Battle Records

None.

*Gabriel Van Helsing (Van Helsing) - Thread

• • Key: Post Werewolf Bitten Gabriel and Post-Fire Vampire Dio were used.
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: SBA
  • Restrictions: None.

• Raphael Sorel (Soulcalibur) - Thread
  • Key: Post-Fire Vampire Dio and Soulcalibur III/IV Raphael were used.
  • Conditions: Both are bloodlusted and in-character
  • Location: SBA
  • Restrictions: The World and Nightmare weren't allowed.

• Seras Victoria (Hellsing) - Thread
  • Key: High DIO and Servant Vampire Seras keys were used.
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: SBA
  • Restrictions: None.

*Zwei (RWBY) - Thread

Key: High DIO Key was used for Dio.

Conditions: Speed equalized.

Location: Dio's Castle

Restrictions: None.

• Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - Thread
  • Key: High School Scott Pilgrim and DIO were used.
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Battle took Toronto at night (Subspace doors are nearby).
  • Restrictions: None.

• William Afton (Five Night at Freddy's) - Thread
  • Key: Both were at 9-B.
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Freddy Fazbear's Pizarreia at night time.
  • Restrictions: None.

• Mega Man (DOS) (Mega Man DOS) - Thread
  • Keys: SBA
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: SBA
  • Restrictions: None.

• Big Jack Horner (Puss in Boots) - Thread
  • Keys: Post-Fire Vampire Dio was used.
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: SBA
  • Restrictions: None.

• Sauron (Tolkien's Legendarium) - Thread
  • Key: DIO and 2nd Age Sauron were used.
  • Conditions: Both have access to humans in the nearby village to use to their advantage in any way.
  • Location: Midnight in an open field with two castles standing 400 meters apart
  • Restrictions: None.

None.