Dio Brando (ディオ・ブランドー, Dio Burandō) was confirmed for All-Star Battle R during the game's initial announcement trailer.[1]
Although his moveset remains fundamentally the same as his from All-Star Battle, 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.
As the voice of Dio since the Phantom Blood anime, Takehito Koyasu reprises his role for All-Star Battle R. As with the majority of the game's roster, voice lines for Dio were either added or re-recorded.
Gameplay
Dio Brando has 800 health and uses the Vampirism (吸血, Kyūketsu) Battle Style, which converts part of the damage he receives from non-Ripple attacks into recoverable gray health. As a vampire, Dio also has access to several moves that drain either health or Heart Heat Gauge from his opponent while restoring his own.
This section requires expansion.
Command List
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Attack type: High
Damage: 12
Attack type: High
Damage: 21
Attack type: High
Damage: 33
Attack type: Low
Damage: 11
Attack type: High
Damage: 10
Attack type: Low
Damage: 36
Attack type: Middle
Damage: 15
Attack type: Middle
Damage: 25
Attack type: Middle
Damage: 38
Attack type: High
Damage: 66
Attack type: Middle
Damage: 15 / 25 / 38 (chaining these skills together will result in damage scaling affecting the damage)
Attack type: Middle / Low
Damage: 28
Attack type: Counter
Damage: 60
Attack type: High
Damage: 24 / 27 / 30
Attack type: High
Damage: 13 + 15 (28)
Attack type: High
Damage: 10 + 20 (30)
Attack type: Middle
Damage: 60
Attack type: Throw
Damage: 47 ~ 107 (depending on number of hits)
Attack type: Low
Damage: 26 ~ 56 (depending on number of hits)
Attack type: High
Damage: 42
Attack type: Throw
Damage: 110
As a successful Counter Hit doubles the damage of only a single initial hit, the damage increase to this HHA is massive compared to most other attacks in the game. Coupled with the attack's speed and range, it becomes an excellent tool for retaliation and punishment.
If this HHA is used to K.O. Jonathan, a special animation will play where Jonathan futilely tries to block the beams and whispers "Erina..." as he falls.
Attack type: High
Damage: 170
Attack type: High
Damage: 270 / 396 / 405 (depending on HH gauge)
Attack type: Counter
Damage: 60
Attack type: High
Moveset Changes from All-Star Battle
General Changes
- Dio's run speed is faster than it was in All-Star Battle.
Medal List
Costumes & Tints
All-Star Battle Mode: Phantom Blood Dio vs. DIO Extra Battle
Win with a Great Heat Attack
Buy from Medal List
8500 G
All-Star Battle Mode: Stardust Crusaders Jotaro Kujo vs. Robert E. O. Speedwagon Extra Battle
Win with the "My Stand will be the judge!" skill
Unlocked with Special Costume A
Unlocked with Special Costume A
JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE OVER HEAVEN inside illustration
Taunts & Victory Poses
Unlocked by default
Chapter 38: The Three from a Faraway Land, Part 3, page 6
Buy from Medal List
450 G
Chapter 26: Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford, Part 1, page 9
Buy from Medal List
450 G
Chapter 27: Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford, Part 2
Buy from Medal List
450 G
Cover B of Chapter 4: Dio Brando the Invader, Part 3
Dialogue
Dio's first ten Taunt and Victory Lines are included in his Taunt and Victory Poses respectively, with two lines per pose; the first two poses of each type are unlocked by default, while the other three of each must be purchased for 450 G each. The remaining lines of both types can be purchased as a single set for 300 G. Dio's Tag Lines can be purchased as a set for 140 G.
- “I, Dio, will kill you! (このディオが
殺 る!)” - “Don't get cocky! Kuaa! (いい気になるなよ!
KUAA !)” - “Yes! I feel ripe with power! What ecstasy! (いいぞォ! 新たな力がわいてくる。いい感触だッ!)”
- “Ahhhhhhhhhh! (オウゥ! フアアアアアッ)”
- “You can't stand against my freezing powers! (このディオの冷凍法は絶対やぶれん!)”
- “I'll feast upon your pathetic visage! (青ちょびた面をエサとしてやるぜッ!)”
- “All your hopes have collapsed into thin air! (貴様ら希望は崩れ去った!)”
- “You shall be food for the pigs! (きさまを惨殺処刑してくれよう!)”
- “I can make history itself my slave if I like! (オレは歴史さえも
下僕 にできるッ!)” - “I'll send you to Hell! (地獄へ落としてやるッ!)”
- “Worthless scum! (くずめッ)”
- “Don't bother resisting! (無駄な悪あがきはよせよなァ……)”
- “You fool! I'll crush your skull like an eggshell! (
愚者 がァ! カメを砕くように頭蓋骨を陥没してくれるッ!)” - “Okay! Okay! (OK! OK!)”
- “I'll smash you to dust! (徹底的にたたきのめしてやるッ!)”
- “Wooooryyyyyaaahhh!! (
WOOOORYYYYYAAA ーーーーー!!)” - “I knew you didn't have it in you! (つめが甘かったな……)”
- “Hmph! Idiot. (フン! マヌケが)”
- “Don't get confident yet, you little worm. (図にのるなよ、たかが虫ケラが)”
- “Need another beating?! (もう一撃ほしいかッ!)”
- “I'm surpassing humanity... With your very blood! (おれは人間を超越するッ! おまえの血でだァーッ!!)”
- “I welcome you, my eternal flesh and blood! (ようこそ! 我が永遠の肉体よ!)”
- “Shed tears of joy, you fool! (うれし涙流しな……マヌケ!)”
- “I am at the peak of all creation... A new life form, sent to forge a new future! (おれは生物界の頂点………… 未来を拓く新しい生物となった……)”
- “A life without manners is a life without value! (礼儀を知らん者は生きる価値なしだな…)”
- “Hmph! With this mask, I can easily kill you or make you my slave! (フン! 殺すも生かして
下僕 にするも 仮面を被ったこのディオだけの特権)” - “Hmph... This battle's over. (フン…勝負はついたな…)”
- “You weakling! You thought you stood a chance? Idiot! (貧弱貧弱ゥ…ちょいとでもおれにかなうとでも思ったか! マヌケがァ~!)”
- “A dog cannot stand against a human! And compared to me, you are a mere dog! (
猿 が人間に追いつけるかーッ。 おまえはこのディオにとってのモンキーなんだよーーーーーッ!!)” - “Struggle all you want! You'll find there are limits to your human body! (あがいてもあがいても人間の努力には限界があるのさ!)”
- “Rework your strategy all you want. There is a limit to what you humans can do. (策を弄すれば弄するほど人間には限界があるのだよ)”
- “How dare a human like you attempt to set foot in this combat arena! (人間ごときと対等の地におりていけるか! 無礼者がッ!)”
- “I've had enough of being human. JoJo! (
おれは人間をやめ たぞ! ジョジョーッ!!)” - “I have surpassed humanity! (おれは人間を超越したッ!)”
- “Now I'll just insert a bit of my vampire extract in here to mingle with your lifeblood! (これからつまんでいるこいつにちょいと
疵 をつけ、 きさまの生命 とおれの吸血鬼のエキス とを 循環交換してやるのだからなァ~~~~~~っ!!)” - “I will live on! Eternally! And nothing can stop me! (おれは生きる! なにがなんでも生きる!)”
- “So you have chosen tragedy for yourself... (自分の選択した悲劇というわけか…)”
- “Pigs eat grass, humans eat pigs... and now I eat humans. I am the true ruler of all! (食物連鎖というのがあったな…草はブタに食われ、 ブタは人間に食われる。我々はその人間を糧としてるわけか……… 人間を食料にしてこそ「真の帝王」……フハハハ)”
- “I'll enslave the weakest, then I'll conquer this town, then London, then the world! (まずあつかいやすい邪悪な人間だけを
下僕 とし、 それからこの町の人間を! そしてロンドン! 一気に世界を! この世を手中におさめてやる! すべての人間の頂点に立ってやる)” - “You and I are the elite among the evil out there! Care to become my slave? (ごくまれに善なるタガのない人間がいる…… 悪のエリート! おれや……君がそうだ…… どうだ? このディオの
下僕 にならないか?)” - “I am beyond human! None can defeat me! I am invincible, an immortal! I can rule this world! (おれは人間を超えたッ!
所詮 人間如きにこのディオを倒せないということが証明されたぞ! 「不死身」「不老不死」。おれはこの世を支配できるッ)”
- “I don't know, how many loaves of bread have you eaten in your lifetime? (おまえは今まで食ったパンの枚数をおぼえているのか?)”
- “You weakling! (貧弱貧弱ゥ!!)”
- “Booze! I can't get enough! (酒! 飲まずにはいられないッ!)”
- “You think you can defeat me with those slowpoke moves?! (そんなねむっちまいそうなのろい動きでこのディオが倒せるかァーーーーーー!?)”
- “You vile fool! (このきたならしい
阿呆 がァーー!!)” - “Frozen in your tracks! (瞬時に「凍らせた」のだ!)”
- “If there truly exists a god that controls our fate, there couldn't possibly be a better explanation behind the ties that bind us! (神がいるとして運命を操作しているとしたら! おれたちほどよく計算された関係はあるまいッ!)”
- “The hell with humanity! JoJo! I shall exceed it! (おれは人間をやめるぞ! ジョジョーッ!! おれは人間を超越するッ!)”
- “I'll give them all a good show! (もっとも残酷な死を贈ろう!)”
- “One man's flesh becomes another's future... MY future! (そしてこの友の
肉体 は我が未来 となるッ!)”
- “Ha ha ha ha! (フハハハハ!)”—Round Win 1
- “Pfft. (フン)”—Round Win 2
Special Interactions
- When Dio defeats Jonathan Joestar with his Heart Heat Attack, Jonathan attempts to block the laser attack with his hands, as he does in the original story.[6]
- As with all Vampires and Pillar Men, Dio will burn in the sunlight during the Situation Finish for the DIO's Mansion stage.
- When hit by Giorno Giovanna's Heart Heat Attack, Dio's expression references his when Jonathan unsuccessfully punches him during their climactic battle.[7]
- When hit by Enrico Pucci's "It's an illusion." skill, Dio clutches both sides of his head and closes his right eye and the right half of his mouth, as he does when healing his head after the aforementioned attack.[7]
Dialogue
Outside of All-Star Battle Mode, Dio has unique interaction dialogue for both his match entrances and victories when facing certain characters.
- “Ah, there you are. (…来たか…)”—Default dialogue
- “The world needs only one emperor! (この世に帝王は一人ッ!)”—Dio Brando (Player 1)“How dare you take my name! (このディオの名を騙るとは…まぬけがぁ…)”—Dio Brando (Player 2)
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“With the setting of the sun, your life is over! (陽は落ちた…………… きさまの
生命 も没する時だ!!)”—Dio Brando - “Finally we meet! Thanks to the Stone Mask that awoke you, that is. (きさまの脳を目醒めさせた石仮面に対してあえて言おう。
とうとう会えたな !)”“Come, master of curses! Your life will heal my wound quite nicely. (こい!呪 い師! きさまの生命 でこの傷の薫蒸消毒 してくれよう!)”—Dio Brando - “You... You're that maggot Speedwagon, from the Joestar residence... (おまえ、ジョースター邸にいたスピードワゴンとかいうカスか…)”—Dio Brando“I knew you reeked! You smell worse than vomit! You've been evil since you drew your first breath! (やっぱりくせえッー! ゲロ以下の匂いがプンプンするぜッーーーーッ!! てめぇは生まれついての
悪 だッ!)” -
“A Stand, you say? Interesting. Try it on me! (スタンドだとォ…面白い…試してみろ!)”—Dio Brando
- “Your face... ridiculous. Are you trying to look like a monkey? (その顔は……気に入らんなぁ。猿真似のつもりか?)”—Dio Brando“That ominous aura... Are you another me the President called up? (この禍々しい感じ…… こいつも大統領が連れて来たオレ……なのか!?)”
- “I am invincible, an immortal! I can rule this world! (「不死身」「不老不死」。おれはこの世を支配できるッ)”—Dio Brando (Player 1)“You'll be the one facing the oblivion of death! (死の忘却を迎え入れるのはおまえよ!)”—Dio Brando (Player 2)
- “I knew you didn't have it in you, JoJo! (つめが甘かったな……ジョジョオー!!)”—Dio Brando
- “I have no reason to remain in this place! (このディオ…もうこの場にいる必要なし!)”—Dio Brando“Quickly becoming an Emperor of Darkness, are you? Then I'm just in time! (暴帝になりつつある貫禄… もう少しで手がつけられなくなるところだった…)”
- “How dare you make me waste time on trash like you... (カスの分際で手間取らせおって…)”—Dio Brando“Mr. Joestar shouldn't have to dirty his hands here. I'm perfectly capable of cleaning up a puke stain like you! (ジョースターさんの手は汚させねぇ。 おめーみてーなゲロ野郎は俺が片づけるぜ)”
- “Your Stand was surprising at first, but now I know it's nothing to fear! (スタンドか…ほんのちょっと驚いたが 実際たしかめてみてもう問題ではない!)”—Dio Brando
- “Interesting... Your power could be very useful. Serve me and I'll let you live. (ほお……なかなか面白い力を持っているな おれの下僕となるなら生かしておいてやろう)”—Dio Brando“That was impressive, but meaningless when time is stopped. (素晴らしい力だが、時を止めてしまえば無力だ)”
All-Star Battle Mode
All missions in All-Star Battle Mode featuring Dio Brando as a combatant, in order of appearance.
Phantom Blood
2. Land the "Pow!" throw: Zeppeli Publicity Artwork
Dio: I don't know, how many loaves of bread have you eaten in your lifetime?
2. Use the "You are a mere dog!" special: Dio Reference Sketch
3. Land the "Vaporizing Freeze" skill: Dio Color Tint C
Joseph: Ripple uses the same energy as the light of the sun! And you don't like the sun, do ya?!
2. Attack the opponent's Stand: The World Reference Sketch
3. Land the "Frozen in your tracks!" skill: Dio's Theme
4. Win with a Great Heat Attack: Dio Special Outfit A
Dio: A Stand, you say? Interesting. Try it on me!
2. Use the "Ripple Breathing" style: Dio Publicity Artwork
3. Land the "Sword of Luck and Pluck" skill: Jonathan's Theme
4. Win with a Heart Heat Attack: Jonathan Special Outfit A
Jonathan: I'll cleanse the world of your filth!
Gallery
Media
Music
Dio's theme is How Feeble! (貧弱貧弱ゥ~~ッ!!, Hinjaku Hinjaku~~!!), and can be unlocked in-game by landing the "Frozen in your tracks!" skill in All-Star Battle Mode's Dio vs. DIO Extra Battle.
Its name is taken from Dio's taunt toward Dire after completely freezing the latter's body.
JoJo Glossary
Art & Misc. Gameplay Callbacks
Chapter 36: The Three from a Faraway Land, Part 1, pages 14-15
(modified to redraw covered hair)
Chapter 44: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 6, page 14
(modified to extend the head and add sweat)
Chapter 42: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 4, page 16
(modified to extend the head and adjust shadows)
All-Star Battle Mode: Phantom Blood Dio vs. Joseph Joestar Extra Battle
Use the "You are a mere dog!" special
Chapter 40: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 2
All-Star Battle Mode: Phantom Blood Jonathan Joestar vs. Dio Boss Battle
Use the "Ripple Breathing" style
Chapter 24: Ripple Overdrive, Part 2
Misc.
Update History
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.
- "That must be five or six ribs broken"
- Adjusted to move farther back when the attack is guarded.
- "WRYYY!!"
- Slowed startup.
- Increased damage.
- When hitting an airborne opponent, this skill will now cause a groundboucne.
1.4.1
- Reversal Assist
- Changed number of uses from 2 to 1.
1.6.0
- Dash Forward
- Increased dash speed.[b]
- Crouching Heavy Attack
- Increased forward movement.
- "Useless, useless, useless, useless!" skill
- Decreased the number of button presses required to increase the damage.
- "How feeble!" skill
- Decreased the number of button presses required to increase the damage.[c]
- "That must be five or six ribs broken!" skill
- Reduced recovery time.
- Increased the knockback when hitting an airborne opponent to balance for the reduced recovery time.
2.0.0.
- "Frozen in your tracks!" skill
- No longer triggers Counter Hit on a successful activation.
- Increased damage.
- These changes affect the Assault Assist as this is the skill it uses.
- "WRYYY!" skill
- Fixed an issue where this move would not reduce the opponent's Guard Gauge.
- Assault Assist
- Fixed a bug where, when certain characters triggered this assist, they could still move and attack while Dio was on screen.
2.1.0
- Crouching Heavy Attack
- Fixed a bug where the opponent could act while the screen was darkened when this attack was Flash Canceled.
- "I'll suck you dry!" skill
- Added the ability to Flash Cancel the skill and cancel the skill into other skills and HHA.
- Reduced damage.
- Decreased startup for the anti-air ( + ) variant.
- Decreased frame advantage on block of the anti-air variant.
- Both variants of the skill now share the Same Move Limit (IPS).
- Removed the opponent's invincibility after this skill hit, meaning that it is possible to combo off this skill now.
- "Space Ripper Stingy Eyes!" HHA
- Fixed a bug where if the HHA was Stylish Guarded and the hitbox disappeared, this attack could still counterhit an incoming attack.
- Assault Assist
- Decreased stocks from two to one.
- Reversal Assist
- Increased stocks from one to two.
2.2.0
- "I'll suck you dry!" skill
- Increased the distance the first hit pulls the opponent in.
2.3.0
- "I'll suck you dry!" skill
- Reduced launching force of the final hits to improve usability in combos.
Notes
- ↑ These include Will Anthonio Zeppeli, George Joestar I, Jonathan Joestar, Dire, Dio Brando, Dio's Castle, Robert E. O. Speedwagon, and Wang Chan.
- ↑ The official patch notes list this as an increase in run speed when this isn't the case.
- ↑ In the official patch notes, the wrong move, "I'll suck you dry!", is listed instead.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R – Announcement Trailer", March 9, 2022.
- ↑ Dio ASBR page
- ↑ Chapter 38: The Three from a Faraway Land, Part 3
- ↑ Chapter 8: The Stone Mask, Part 1 to Chapter 14: Youth with Dio, Part 3
- ↑ Chapter 38: The Three from a Faraway Land, Part 3
- ↑ Chapter 42: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 4
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 40: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 2
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio (Story Arc)
- ↑ Chapter 1: Prologue