All-Star Battle R/Dio Brando

"Weakling, weakling!! (貧弱貧弱ゥ！！)"

Dio Brando (ディオ・ブランドー) was confirmed for All-Star Battle R during the game's initial announcement trailer.

Although his moveset remains fundamentally the same as his from, a few tweaks have been made to both balance the character and fit him into the overall gameplay changes that All-Star Battle R brought along.

As the voice of Dio since the Phantom Blood anime, Takehito Koyasu reprises his role for All-Star Battle R. Like with the majority of the game's roster, voicelines for Dio were either added or re-recorded.

Gameplay
Dio Brando has 800 health and uses the Vampirism (スタンド) Battle Style. During a fight, he can use several different attacks that were featured in Phantom Blood.

Special Interactions

 * When Dio uses his Heart Heat Attack, Space Ripper Stingy Eyes, to K.O., Jonathan attempts to block the piercing attack with his hands, like he does at the end of Phantom Blood.
 * The Situation Finish for the Dio's Castle stage recreates the scene in which Dio is sent flying off the castle's balcony by Jonathan in Phantom Blood.
 * 's Heart Heat Attack against Jonathan mimicks the boxing match from Phantom Blood in which Dio sticks his thumb into Jonathan's eye.
 * Like all vampires and Pillar Men in ASBR, Dio will burn up in the sunlight of the Situation Finish for the DIO's Mansion stage.

Dialogue
Outside of the All-Star Battle Mode, Dio has unique interaction dialogue for both his match entrances and victories when facing certain characters.

All-Star Battle Mode
All missions in the All-Star Battle Mode starring Dio Brando as either the Player or Enemy, in order of appearance.

1.3.0

 * "Punch right through you!"
 * Expanded move's hitbox.

1.4.0

 * Throw Escape
 * Adjusted to standardize character advantages and disadvantages after their throw escapes.
 * "Vaporizing Freeze"
 * Fixed a case where only the attack behavior was performed without the backward movement behavior.
 * Fixed so that if the same technique hits 3 times or more, the opponent will be knocked down.
 * "5 or 6 broken ribs!"
 * Adjusted to move farther back when the attack is guarded.
 * "WRYYY!!"
 * Slowed startup.
 * Increased damage.
 * Fixed the opponent's damage reaction when aerial hit succeeds.

1.4.1

 * Reversal Assist
 * Changed number of uses from 2 to 1.