Dire

“	You fell for it, idiot! THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK!	„
	~ Dire to Dio Brando

Background

Dire is a secondary ally to Jonathan Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood. He is a close friend of Will Anthonio Zeppeli who came to aid Jonathan by Will's request through a letter. Like Will he was a Hamon user trained under Tonpetty. He would meet his end while fighting against Dio Brando. Right before he was about to die he would use a Hamon infused rose to harm Dio which gave Jonathan the idea to use his sword to counteract Dio's flash freezing allowing him to ultimately win the battle.

Statistics

Tier: 9-B

Name: Dire

Origin: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown (Is at the very least older than 20)

Classification: Human, Hamon Warrior

Status: Deceased (Was killed by Dio Brando)

Alignment: Neutral Good (Aided Jonathan Joestar in his quest to defeat Dio Brando)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall level+ (Can harm Jonathan Joestar, who can take hits from Dio Brando. Dio can casually burrow his fingers within brick, cut several policemen in half, smash a head to bits, casually cut off a police officer's head, bend and snap a thick iron spear with ease, casually break through the wall through just walking on it, smash through the Joestar mansion's roof, break the bones of an enraged Jonathan Joestar, who can stab a spear into a stone wall and break a stone wall by kicking it, causally burrow his fingers within stone, dig through a stone pillar, crush a metal cross and was noted to be five times stronger than the combined power of Pre-Deep Pass Overdrive Jonathan Joestar and Will Anthonio Zeppeli, the latter of who can spilt a rock in half and destroy brick. Jonathan notes Dio is on a completely different level then himself during the fire. Dio is also stronger than his Stardust Crusaders self, who can redirect Hierophant Green's Emerald Splash with enough force to destroy the roof of a car and with enough force to create an explosion of this level of energy, along with being able to punch Jean Pierre Polnareff with enough force to send him flying into a wall destroying it in the process. Dio is superior to his minions, who can throw a wagon with enough force to destroy the roof of a tunnel. Dio should be comparable to other vampires, who can break stone floors and break stone walls by punching small dogs at them)

Durability: Wall level+ (Took a hit from Jonathan Joestar)

Striking Strength: Wall Class+

Lifting Strength: Superhuman (Should be comparable to Jonathan Joestar, who can pull back and lift Tarkus, who is far bigger than the average human, break off a steal chain, and lift and anvil)

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Went through similar Hamon training to Will Anthonio Zeppeli who was able to disappear from Jonathan Joestar's sight and then appear Infront of him. Should be comparable to Jonathan Joestar, who's speed matches Dio, who was said to be as fast as a leopard, who moves at around 36 mph)

Combat Speed: Supersonic (Tagged Jonathan Joestar who blocked a hit from Dio Brando who's weaker self can tag Star Platinum, who can catch a bullet that's about to hit Jotaro Kujo's head, tag and block hits from Sliver Chariot amplified by Anubis, who even while weakened and not amplified can block bullets, is superior to his Part 4-6 self, who can stop time before bullets hit Jolyne Cujoh, and stop time before bullets could hit Enrico Pucci. DIO himself can stop time before shotgun bullets hit him)

Reaction Speed: Supersonic

Stamina: Superhuman (Went through similar Hamon training to Will Anthonio Zeppeli, who early in his Hamon training he was able to run dozens of Li without need for catching his breath. Hamon can allow users to go long periods of time without food, drink, or rest and run for hundreds of kilometers with ease)

Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with Hamon (Hamon users can use their Hamon to extend their limbs)

Intelligence: Genius (Created the Thunder Cross Spilt Attack which before his fight with Dio was undefeatable. Went through similar Hamon training to Will Anthonio Zeppeli, who trained in Hamon for decades and learned from those who had five thousand years of history behind their methods. Will Taught Jonathan Joestar how to properly use his Hamon. Jonathan Joestar is able to defeat Bruford, who completed the 77 Rings challenge that has only been completed by five knights, which requires those who partake in it to fight seventy seven knights in a row while having to carry more weight each battle. Will Knew how to minimize the damage he took when an attack that would hit him from any direction was about to injure him)

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Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Human Achievements (Mastered Hamon), Martial Arts (Masters the Sendo fighting technique, the way of the hermit), Acrobatics & Air Manipulation (Hamon users can launch themselves into the air and jump up high distances), Afterimage Creation (Hamon users can create afterimages), Body Control (Hamon users can extend their limbs with Zoom Punch. Hamon users can use Hamon to confuse the bodies of others), Surface Scaling (Hamon users can focus their fingers into a specific spot to scale up oily surfaces), Weapon Usage (Used a rose to harm Dio), Water Manipulation (Hamon users can manipulate liquids with Hamon), Life Manipulation & Plant Manipulation (Can cause a wilted flower to bloom), Limited Enhanced Senses (Can feel Hamon and life energy from others), Water Walking (Hamon allows one to walk on water), Electricity Manipulation (Hamon can shock people, Joseph Joestar used this to knock out a pilot just from touching him), Fire Manipulation (Hamon users can light their arms on fire using Scarlet Overdrive), Precognition (Type 1 & 2; Hamon users can see someone’s future through touching them. Hamon users can see the future during battle), Biological Manipulation (Hamon can reorganize one's cell and make their functions go haywire. Hamon users can use Hamon to confuse the bodies of others), Reflection Manipulation & Attack Reflection (Hamon can redirect attacks through the use of objects imbued with Hamon), Longevity (Hamon keeps you in your prime much longer than usual), Healing (Hamon energy can heal broken bones, including a broken neck. Hamon can heal diseases like Gangrene), Pain Manipulation (Hamon energy can soften physical pain), Vibration Manipulation & Energy Manipulation (It is also called Ripple, as it creates vibrations that turn into energy waves), Light Manipulation (Hamon utilizes the powers of the sun allowing it to glow), Explosion Manipulation (Hamon can incur explosions), Durability Negation (Hamon can conduct through living organisms, thus ignoring durability. Can stop ones heart with Hamon), Non-Physical Interaction (Hamon can conduct over and affect Stands, and Stands are also referred to as Spirit Hamon; 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), Purification (Hamon was shown to restore Bruford’s humanity), Self-Sustenance (Types 2 & 3; Hamon can allow users to go long periods of time without food, drink, or rest), Life Magnetism (Life Magnetism Overdrive magnetizes living things to bunch them together, such as leaves), Gliding (Hamon users can magnetize leaves and use them to glid across large distances), Hair Manipulation (Hamon users can use even hair and weaponize it to block attacks), Absorption & Power Bestowal (Hamon users can transfer their life energy to other allowing those who absorb it grow stronger from it. Those affected by Ripple Hypnosis grow stronger from it), Mind Manipulation (Ripple Hypnosis allows for the user to control the mind of whoever they touched with Hamon), Animal Manipulation (Able to inject Hamon into an animal to control them)

Resistance to Poison Manipulation (Users of Hamon can expel poison from the body using blood control), Absorption & Biological Manipulation (Hamon users can resist the Pillar Men trying to absorb them into them, which Joseph describes as them using their own cells to expel digestive fluid to devour the persons cells), Corruption & Necromancy (Hamon users can expel Dio's vampiric extract which can turn one into an undead zombie out for blood), Fire (Hamon users can resist fire)

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Standard Equipment

None notable.

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Notable Techniques

• Hamon: Hamon, also know as Ripple is life energy that produces the same type of energy waves as the sun. These waves are created by breathing in a special way that allows the user to use the energy produced by blood flow throughout the body. Hamon can be used to amplify the user's strength, heal wounds and diseases, send energy through objects, walk on water, and more. Hamon is especially good at harming vampires as it is their main weakness.
• Thunder Split Attack: Dire jumps into an opponent and when they block his attack he counter attacks by splitting his legs while they are grabbed by the opponent. This makes it so the opponent can't the incoming attack from Dire by blocking with their hands
• Thunder Cross Split Attack: A similar attack to the Thunder Spilt Attack but Dire first approaches by creating afterimages. He then jumps into the opponent but unlike the Thunder Spilt Attack he crosses his arms and allowing him to attack the opponent and defend himself at the same time. Before his fight with Dio nobody has ever beaten this attack.
• Ripple Overdrive: A basic form of attacking using ripple to amplify his attacks to a superhuman degree. Dire used a Hamon infused rose to harm Dio during their battle.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Dire will usually approach his opponent and use his Thunder Spilt Attack or his Thunder Cross Spilt Attack.

Weaknesses: If he can't breath he will eventually run out of Hamon. If he where to transfer his life energy to someone else he would rapidly age until he becomes an old man. His Thunder Spilt Attack leaves him open for a headbutt. His Thunder Spilt Attack and his Thunder Cross Spilt Attack are slow in comparison to his other attacks.

Trivia

• Dire's name is a reference to the English rock band Dire Straits
• In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation Dire's English voice actor also does the voice for Jack the Ripper and Wamuu

Gallery

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  Dire as he appears in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation.

Battle Records

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