Joseph Joestar/Abilities and Powers

Ripple
Joseph inherited the ability of the Ripple from his grandfather, Jonathan Joestar, as well as his mother Lisa Lisa. In addition, he uses techniques commonly present in stage magic to confuse his foes. After his Ripple training, he frequently combines his Ripple with other objects to perform complex and creative attacks. Later in Part III, he shows that he is able to pass the Ripple through his stand.

Attacks
During his battle with the Pillar men, Joseph had demonstrated several techniques similar to his grandfathers.
 * Ripple Hair Attack: Joseph infuses his ripple into strands of hair to make them hard enough to block incoming projectiles. He used it to block bullets fired by Santana after ripping Stroheim's hair off.
 * Overdrive: Much like any other overdrive, the technique sends a large pulse of ripple through an object. During his fight with Esidisi, Joseph used it to send the ripple through the thread of his hat and onto Esidisi's being.
 * Rebuff Overdrive: Joseph charges the Ripple into his elbows and delivers a powerful strike.
 * Zoom Punch: Similar to his grandfather's move, Joseph uses the ripple to extend his arm and strike opponents at a longer range.
 * Ultimate Ripple Overdrive: Joseph channels the ripple into his arm and does a powerful chop attack. This slowly tranfers the a ripple blast through the point hit, making it advance until blowing up. Joseph used it against Kars to cut off his saber and blow his arm
 * Near-Death Survival Technique: After he lit his scarf on fire, Joseph told Kars that he was putting his life in danger so he would be pushed beyound his own limits to find a new technique before the flame reached him. This was actually part of a plan to trick Kars, who would be too distracted to notice Joseph's plan to save Lisa Lisa.

American Clackers
In order to come up with a special attack, Jojo invented a fighting style that involved infusing the ripple into a pair of Normal American Clackers. When infused, the clackers become a lethal weapon, as the user is able to rip through an opponent's skin with them, and from there the ripple can enter the body, thus inflicting massive damage. Because of their shape and aerodynamic design, someone who is trained in their use is able to easily maneuver them around their body, even having the ability to make them seem to disappear by hiding them behind their back.
 * Ripple Clacker Volley (クラッカーヴォレイ): Joseph chucks the clackers into his opponent's direction. This can be done a number of ways, but to produce the best effect, he can hide them behind his back. From there, he can slingshot them from his back at the enemy from all directions.
 * Clacker Boomerang: Joseph chucks both pairs of clackers into a beam or pillar behind the opponent. This is in order to fool them into assuming he missed them when using Ripple Clacker Volley. One is thrown into the partition, causing one side of it to be lodged in place. The other side grabs onto the 2nd pair of clackers, and essentially flings them back towards the opponent from behind, much like a boomerang works.

Stand


Hermit Purple manifests itself as a tangle of thorny vines, which Joseph can wield as both weapon and defense. Joseph develops the stand after Dio pierces Jonathan's body with the Arrow, upon which it responded to Dio and Enya awakening The World.

The Hermit card primarily gives a meaning of solitude, introspective, or soul-searching, which could symbolize Joseph's lifelong journey. It also carries a more direct meaning of teaching or advising, which is Joseph's main role in Part three.

Secret Technique
The Joestar family's "Secret technique." Usually utilized as a last resort, Joseph invented this move to use when battling the enemy seemed hopeless. In reality, it was actually used to stall time in order for Joseph to formulate a plan. It was also used by Jotaro later in the series during his fight against Rubber Soul. The secret technique is running away.