Dio Brando

* Dio Brando (Phantom Blood)
* DIO (Stardust Crusaders)
* The World
* Jonathan's Stand

— Dio Brando

## Summary

**Dio Brando**, known simply as **DIO** from Part 3 onwards, is the main antagonist of *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*. Originally a man of low birth but peerless ambition, Dio is a villain of little conscience, vast cunning, and an insatiable hunger for power.

Becoming a Vampire and later a Stand user, Dio Brando has gathered around him many minions and is responsible for many major events of the series, such as the death of Jonathan Joestar and the Joestar Family's acquisition of Stand power. Thus, he is a dominant character whose legacy persists throughout the series.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **8-B** | **8-B**, **8-B** with The World, **Unknown** with Jonathan's Stand | **8-B**, **8-B** with The World, **Unknown** with Jonathan's Stand

**Name:** Dio Brando | DIO

**Origin:** JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** 20 to 21 | 122 to 123

**Classification:** Vampire | Stand user

**Powers and Abilities:**

* Dio Brando (Phantom Blood)
* DIO (Stardust Crusaders)
* Awakened DIO (Stardust Crusaders)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 1, 2, Can survive as a decapitated head and 3.), Regeneration (High-Mid, Vampires have shown to be able to regenerate from being blown up.), Ice Manipulation (Can take away the heat of whatever he touches, freezing it instantly.), Turning (Can turn a target into a zombie with his vampiric essence, Can turn other into vampires with his blood), Mind Control (Can hypnotize others to do as he commands, Those he turns into zombies will be under his control, Can insert Flesh Buds inside a target's head to control them.), Necromancy (Can bring the dead back to life as zombies or as vampires.), Fusion (Fused his zombies with animals to create a brand new species, Fused his own head with Jonathan's body.), Biological Manipulation (His Flesh Buds can mutate the target into a strange mutant.), Can suck the opponent's blood to increase his strength, Body Control (Can control his own flesh at will and fire liquid from his body as a high speed jet cutter.), Enhanced Senses (Can hear someone's breathing and heartbeat from far away.), Life Support (Survived a century in the bottom of the ocean.)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 1 and 2, Can survive as a decapitated head.), Regeneration (Low-Mid, Regenerated a large hole in his stomach.), Turning (Can turn other into vampires with his blood.), Mind Control (Can insert Flesh Buds inside a target's head to control them.), Necromancy (Can bring the dead back to life as vampires.), Fusion (Fused his own head with Jonathan's body.), Biological Manipulation (His Flesh Buds can mutate the target into a strange mutant.), Can suck the opponent's blood to increase his strength, Enhanced Senses (Can hear someone's breathing and heartbeat from far away.), Life Support (Survived a century in the bottom of the ocean.), Enhanced Senses (Stand users can see invisible beings such as ghosts.), Non-Physical Interaction (The World can harm Stands.), The World and Jonathan's Stand have Intangibility and Invisibility, Flight (Seems to be able to move in midair at will.), Aura, Time Stop (The World can stop time for five seconds.), Clairvoyance (Jonathan's Stand allows him to use cameras to show him where the opponent is, even if he doesn't know who they are, It is also the same Stand as Hermit Purple, which can use TVs to show him the enemy, make maps appear on a TV, make a map out of dust to show him the location of relevant items and make a map out of dust to show him the opponent's position.), Mind Reading (Hermit Purple can play what the victim is thinking on a TV, N'doul had to commit suicide to prevent Joseph from reading his mind to find out DIO's plans.), Technological Manipulation (Hermit Purple can make images appear in TVs and cameras, control a falling plane and check the controls of a video-game to make sure the opponent isn't cheating.), Size Manipulation (Stands can shrink themselves so much that they fit inside a human's ear.)

All previous abilities, Recovered his abilities from Phantom Blood, The duration of his time stop has increased to nine seconds, Minor Resistance to Time Stop (Can see and think while time is stopped.)

**Attack Potency:** **City Block level** (Stronger than he would be in Stardust Crusaders.) | **City Block level** (Can deflect projectiles from Hierophant Green.), **City Block level** with The World (Can trade blows with Star Platinum.), **Unknown** with Jonathan's Stand (Hermit Purple does not focus on destruction or physical damage, and was stated to be "the weakest Stand".) | **City Block level** (Stronger than ever before.), **City Block level** with The World (Stronger than before), **Unknown** with Jonathan's Stand.

**Speed:** At least **Massively FTL** (Faster than he would be in Stardust Crusaders.) | **Massively FTL** (Can deflect projectiles from Hierophant Green.), **Massively FTL** with The World (Faster than Silver Chariot, who is 365 times faster than light.) | **Massively FTL** (Faster than before), **Massively FTL** with The World (Faster than before.)

**Lifting Strength:** At least **Class K** (Stronger than he would be in Stardust Crusaders.) | At least **Class K** (Should be superior to zombies such as Tarkus.), At least **Class K** with The World (Comparable to Star Platinum, who lifted a giant tooth.) | At least **Class K** (Stronger than ever before.), At least **Class K** with The World.

**Striking Strength:** **Class GJ** | **Class GJ**, **Class GJ** with The World, **Unknown** with Jonathan's Stand. | **Class GJ**, **Class GJ** with The World, **Unknown** with Jonathan's Stand.

**Durability:** **City Block level** (Stronger than he would be in Stardust Crusaders, Survived an explosion that was this big while in a weakened state.) | **City Block level** (Superior to his weakened state, Can tank projectiles from Hierophant Green.), **City Block level** with The World (Can trade blows with Star Platinum.), **Unknown** with Jonathan's Stand (Hermit Purple does not focus on destruction or physical damage, and was stated to be "the weakest Stand".) | **City Block level** (Stronger than ever before.), **City Block level** with The World (Stronger than before), **Unknown** with Jonathan's Stand.

**Stamina:** Superhuman.

**Range:** Melee, Several meters with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes | Melee, ten meters with The World, Several meters with throwing knifes, Universal with Time Stop. | Melee, ten meters with The World, Several meters with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes and throwing knifes, Universal with Time Stop.

**Standard Equipment:** None notable. | Throwing knifes.

**Intelligence:** Genius, Dio is an extremely good strategist, as well as being charismatic and a good fighter.

**Weaknesses:** As a vampire, Dio will die if he comes in contact with sunlight and is vulnerable to Hamon. Dio is overconfident. | Not as powerful as he was before. All previous weaknesses. The World can only reach up to ten meters. If The World suffers any damage, DIO will be damaged as well. His Time Stop only lasts a few seconds. | All Phantom Blood weaknesses. The World can only reach up to ten meters. If The World suffers any damage, DIO will be damaged as well. His Time Stop only lasts a few seconds.

**Keys:** **Phantom Blood** | **Stardust Crusaders** | **Awakened DIO**