Diavolo (ディアボロ, Diaboro) was confirmed to return for All-Star Battle R during the game's initial announcement trailer.[1] He was also 1 of 15 playable characters during the Evo 2022 Demo on August 5.[3]
His moveset is fundamentally the same as his from All-Star Battle, with a few tweaks being made to both balance the character and fit him into the overall gameplay tweaks that All-Star Battle R brought.
In the English version of All-Star Battle R, Diavolo's Stand, King Crimson, is localized as "Emperor Crimson", carried on from its first official usage in All-Star Battle.
Replacing Toshiyuki Morikawa, Katsuyuki Konishi reprises his role as Diavolo's voice actor from the Golden Wind anime adaptation. Aditionally, Soma Saito replaces Akira Ishida as his alter ego, Vinegar Doppio. As with the majority of the game's roster, voicelines for Diavolo were either added or re-recorded.
Diavolo has 900 health and uses the Stand (スタンド, Sutando) Battle Style, fighting foes with King Crimson. During a fight, he can use several different attacks that were featured in Vento Aureo.
Diavolo briefly summons King Crimson to jab outward with its hand.
Attack type: High Damage: 15
Standing Medium Attack
ON GROUND
Diavolo briefly summons King Crimson to perform a downward chop.
Attack type: High Damage: 25
Standing Heavy Attack
ON GROUND
Diavolo briefly summons King Crimson to attack with an inward sweeping fist.
Attack type: High Damage: 38
Crouching Light Attack
+ ON GROUND
Diavolo briefly summons King Crimson to jab outward with its hand while crouching.
Attack type: Low Damage: 14
Crouching Medium Attack
+ ON GROUND
Diavolo briefly summons King Crimson to perform a crouched sweeping chop at the opponent's feet. If it connects, they will be knocked to the ground in a hard knockdown.
Attack type: Low Damage: 20
Crouching Heavy Attack
+ ON GROUND
Diavolo briefly summons King Crimson to perform a crouching uppercut.
Attack type: High Damage: 39
Jumping Light Attack
IN AIR OK
Diavolo briefly summons King Crimson to jab outward with its hand while airborne.
Attack type: Middle Damage: 19
Jumping Medium Attack
IN AIR OK
Diavolo briefly summons King Crimson to perform a sweeping chop below itself.
Attack type: Middle Damage: 29
Jumping Heavy Attack
IN AIR OK
Diavolo briefly summons King Crimson to punch upwards while airborne. If hit, the opponent will be launched away from Diavolo. This normal cannot hit crouching opponents, the only exception being Johnny Joestar, Gyro Zeppeli, Diego Brando, and Parallel World Diego and only when they're on their respective horses. Also, if the opponent is standing, it will wiff against all but the Pillar Men and the tallest human characters and even then, it can be difficult to hit, making it better to use against airborne opponents.
Attack type: Middle Damage: 50
Style/Specials/Etc. [Stand Off] (スタイル/特殊技/その他)
Stand On/Off (スタンドON/OFF, Sutando ON/OFF)
ON GROUND
Switches between User Mode and Stand Mode. Doing so summons or dismisses King Crimson, changing the skills Diavolo has access to.
Erasing Time
Automatically triggered when a skill marked with a ☆ activates
A special ability that is triggered automatically by skills marked with a star (☆). Upon activation, time is erased for a few seconds. The arena environment, including background characters, is completely erased, leaving behind an empty, deep crimson background that gradients downward to a dark, crumbled floor. During this brief period of erased time, neither Diavolo nor the opponent can move or act, with the opponent's animation being slowed down significantly. Projectiles will however continue at the same speed they were shot at. While Diavolo cannot move, he is invulnerable to attacks that continue into the erased time. When time returns to normal, Diavolo is able to act before the opponent. However, if their attack hits multiple times and did not finish in erased time, it will continue, making it possible Diavolo could still be hit if he attempts a counterattack, regardless of his ability to act first.
"Erasing Time" is naturally nullified if Giorno Giovanna has Gold Experience in Requiem Mode. Both skills that use "Erasing Time" will not function properly, instead rendering Diavolo completely vulnerable if an attempt is made to use them.
I've eliminated 0.5 seconds!
or ON GROUND
Replacing the standard forward and backward dash, Diavolo erases time in addition to his dash to 'teleport' short distances, granting him small bursts of brief invulnerability. Unlike other characters' forward dash, Diavolo cannot cancel his with a normal, but it can be canceled with a jump.
When Diavolo's HHA, "Epitaph", is active, this forward dash gains increased distance and can travel through opponents. It also allows him to cancel his forward dash with normals.
Rumble Mode (ゴゴゴモード, Gogogo Mōdo)
Activates when under 30% health
This mode is automatically activated once Diavolo falls below 30% health. It increases his attack power, as well as the rate at which the Heart Heat Gauge rises, while also decreasing the rate at which the Guard Gauge drops.
Normals [Stand On] (通常技)
Standing Light Attack
ON GROUND
King Crimson jabs outward with its hand.
Attack type: High Damage: 15
Standing Medium Attack
ON GROUND
Diavolo and King Crimson move forward and short distance while King Crimson performs a downward swinging chop.
Attack type: High Damage: 25
Standing Heavy Attack
ON GROUND
Diavolo and King Crimson move forward while King Crimson performs a gut punch. If the opponent is hit, they crumple to the ground.
Attack type: High Damage: 42
Crouching Light Attack
+ ON GROUND
King Crimson attacks outward with its hand while crouching.
Attack type: Low Damage: 14
Crouching Medium Attack
+ ON GROUND
King Crimson performs a sweeping chop at the opponent's feet. If hit, they will be knocked to the ground in a hard knockdown.
Attack type: Low Damage: 40
Crouching Heavy Attack
+ ON GROUND
King Crimson performs a two-hitting crouching uppercut. If it hits the opponent, they are launched into the air.
Attack type: High Damage: 15 + 38 (53)
Jumping Light Attack
IN AIR OK
King Crimson attacks outward with its hand while airborne. This normal cannot hit crouching opponents, the only exception being Johnny Joestar, Gyro Zeppeli, Diego Brando, and Parallel World Diego and only when they're on their respective horses. Also, if the opponent is standing, it will wiff against all but the Pillar Men and the tallest human characters and even then, it can be difficult to hit, making it better to use against airborne opponents.
Attack type: Middle Damage: 20
Jumping Medium Attack
IN AIR OK
King Crimson performs an aerial chop at a downward angle.
Attack type: Middle Damage: 28
Jumping Heavy Attack
IN AIR OK
King Crimson performs an aerial overhead punch downwards. If it hits the opponent, they will be bounced off the ground.
Attack type: Middle Damage: 33
Style/Specials/Etc. [Stand On] (スタイル/特殊技/その他)
Stand On/Off (スタンドON/OFF, Sutando ON/OFF)
ON GROUND
Switches between User Mode and Stand Mode. Doing so summons or dismisses King Crimson, changing the skills Diavolo has access to.
Your life is mine!
+ ON GROUND
King Crimson delivers a heavy chop downward. If hit, the opponent will be bounced off the ground. A command normal that can chain into Diavolo's skills. (Comboable)
Attack type: Middle Damage: 30
Erasing Time
Automatically triggered when a skill marked with a ☆ activates
A special ability that is triggered automatically by skills marked with a star (☆). Upon activation, time is erased for a few seconds. The arena environment, including background characters, is completely erased, leaving behind an empty, deep crimson background that gradients downward to a dark, crumbled floor. During this brief period of erased time, neither Diavolo nor the opponent can move or act, with the opponent's animation being slowed down significantly. Projectiles will however continue at the same speed they were shot at. While Diavolo cannot move, he is invulnerable to attacks that continue into the erased time. When time returns to normal, Diavolo is able to act before the opponent. However, if their attack hits multiple times and did not finish in erased time, it will continue, making it possible Diavolo could still be hit if he attempts a counterattack, regardless of his ability to act first.
"Erasing Time" is naturally nullified if Giorno Giovanna has Gold Experience in Requiem Mode. Both skills that use "Erasing Time" will not function properly, instead rendering Diavolo completely vulnerable if an attempt is made to use them.
I've eliminated 0.5 seconds!
or ON GROUND
Replacing the standard forward and backward dash, Diavolo erases time in addition to his dash to 'teleport' short distances, granting him small bursts of brief invulnerability. Unlike other characters' forward dash, Diavolo cannot cancel his with a normal, but it can be canceled with a jump.
When Diavolo's HHA, "Epitaph", is active, this forward dash gains increased distance and can travel through opponents. It also allows him to cancel his forward dash with normals.
Rumble Mode (ゴゴゴモード, Gogogo Mōdo)
Activates when under 30% health
This mode is automatically activated once Diavolo falls below 30% health. It increases his attack power, as well as the rate at which the Heart Heat Gauge rises, while also decreasing the rate at which the Guard Gauge drops.
This move executes slower than it did in All-Star Battle, making it so, if the opponent is standing, this normal will now whiff against all but the Pillar Men and the tallest human characters. When it does connect on an opponent, if they're standing, they will now be launched away from Diavolo rather than suffering normal hitstun while aerial opponents hit will now be launched farther away.
Style/Specials/Etc. [Stand Off] (スタイル/特殊技/その他)
Erasing Time
Automatically triggered when a skill marked with a ☆ activates
Diavolo can no longer move during erased time. Instead, Diavolo will be able to act before the opponent when the effect ends. The opponent's animation will now be slowed down significantly rather than fully executing at normal speed; projectile speed remains the same though. The time erased time is active is also slightly shorter than it was in All-Star Battle.
When against Giorno Giovanna with Gold Experience Requiem active, instead of moves that use "Erasing Time" still activating the sound and counter activation effects, the skills will simply not work, with "Such futility!"'s input not working at all.
I've eliminated 0.5 seconds!
or ON GROUND
The forward dash version can now be canceled into jumps, giving Diavolo more options after he forward dashes.
When "Epitaph" is active, his forward dash now has increased range and allows Diavolo to pass through opponents. As a trade off, the recovery on his dash now stays the same instead of becoming greatly reduced.
Skills [Stand Off] (コマンド技)
The passage of time resumes!
+ //ON GROUND CHARGEABLE
When not charged, this skill no longer causes a crumple. As such, when hitting an airborne opponent with the non-charged version, they no longer suffer a hard knockdown, recovering in the air instead. If an aerial opponent is hit by the charged version, there is no longer a camera effect when they are sent flying. King Crimson now travels farther forward than it did in All-Star Battle. As a trade off, the skill has more pushback; the pushback on the charged version is still slightly greater, but is much closer to ASB than it's non-charged version. When fully charged, this skill can also now cancel into a jump, even when blocked or whiffed. Additionally, instead of staying the same, the variant now deals more damage than the variant.
This is the end!
+ // or + // during "The passage of time resumes!" ON GROUND WHEN DOWNED
This skill can now be used as a follow-up to "Now the passage of time resumes!", and as such, has a new possible input command during said skill. Instead of causing a groundbounce, this skill now launches the opponent into the air, with the height they are launched depending on the strength of the attack button inputted. Also, all variants of the skill can now hit downed opponents. Additionally, the variant is now the highest damaging variant rather than the lowest.
Such futility! [☆]
(While being hit) + for 2 HH ON GROUND
The input for this skill has been changed slightly. Previously it was + // in place of + .
When against Giorno Giovanna with Gold Experience Requiem activated, performing the input for this skill will do nothing, meaning that, unlike in All-Star Battle, Diavolo cannot burn 2 bars of Heart Heat for attempting to use this skill.
Normals [Stand On] (通常技)
Standing Medium Attack
ON GROUND
Diavolo and King Crimson now move forward a short distance when using this normal.
Standing Heavy Attack
ON GROUND
Diavolo and King Crimson move farther forward than they did in All-Star Battle. The move also executes much faster. Additionally, when hitting an aerial opponent, they will be launched much farther away now.
Crouching Heavy Attack
+ ON GROUND
This attack now hits twice, causing it to deal more damage than it did in All-Star Battle. Also because of this, the opponent is launched into the air later in the animation, making it possible to now combo off of this normal with other normals instead of being limited to Diavolo's command normal and skills.
Style/Specials/Etc. [Stand On] (スタイル/特殊技/その他)
Your life is mine!
+ ON GROUND
This command normal now causes a groundbounce instead of normal hitstun.
Erasing Time
Automatically triggered when a skill marked with a ☆ activates
Diavolo can no longer move during erased time. Instead, Diavolo will be able to act before the opponent when the effect ends. The opponent's animation will now be slowed down significantly rather than fully executing at normal speed; projectile speed remains the same though. The time erased time is active is also slightly shorter than it was in All-Star Battle.
When against Giorno Giovanna with Gold Experience Requiem active, instead of moves that use "Erasing Time" still activating the sound and counter activation effects, the skills will simply not work.
I've eliminated 0.5 seconds!
or ON GROUND
The forward dash version can now be canceled into jumps, giving Diavolo more options after he forward dashes.
When "Epitaph" is active, his forward dash now has increased range and allows Diavolo to pass through opponents. As a trade off, the recovery on his dash now stays the same instead of becoming greatly reduced.
Skills [Stand On] (コマンド技)
Now I'm really angry!
+ //ON GROUND
When using the and variants of this skill, King Crimson will now move forward, giving this skill more range.
King Crimson!
+ //ON GROUND
The input for this skill has changed. Previously it was in place of . Also, King Crimson now moves forward an increasing distance depending on what attack button is inputted, giving this skill more range. It executes faster than it did in All-Star Battle as well. Additionally, this skill can now be Stand Rushed upon a successful Throw. When "Epitaph" is active, it can also be canceled with a jump when successful.
Time has been erased... [☆]
+ //ON GROUND
This skill is now a Stand Mode only skill instead of being usable in both modes.
When against Giorno Giovanna with Gold Experience Requiem active, Diavolo will still strike his pose, but now when hit, no special sound effect will play and Diavolo will take damage rather than countering the hit.
Heart Heat Attack / Great Heat Attack (ＨＨＡ / ＧＨＡ)
Epitaph
+ 2 ATK Buttons
ON GROUND
When the timer runs out for this HHA, there is no longer a cinematic that plays out. However, the same animation still plays, though it looks slightly different due to the camera angle being different than the cinematic camera. Because of this change, this recovery animation can now be canceled with any of Diavolo's skills to lessen how vulnerable he is when the HHA ends. Additionally, the opponent's Stlish Evade is no longer disabled while this HHA is active.
Pinnacle of Eternity
+ 3 ATK Buttons or ON GROUND
This GHA deals significantly more damage than it did in All-Star Battle, even at the lowest level.
Medal List
Costumes & Tints
Costumes
Normal
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1. Use the "Star Platinum, The World!" style: 1000 G 2. Land a 20-hit combo: Star Platinum Publicity Artwork 3. Land a Great Heat Attack: Jotaro 4 Color Tint C
Entrance Dialogue
Jotaro 4: I sense... You've got some connection to the Arrow, don't you? Diavolo: Who... Who are you? You know about the arrow? About me?
Victory Dialogue
Jotaro 4: Good grief, no one linked to that Arrow is a decent person.
Defeat Dialogue
Diavolo: A friend of Polnareff's... But no, it's over. I've erased every last trace of my past!
Golden Wind
Boss Battle (★★★★)
Unlock Conditions: Clear two panels on the same page.
Giorno starts in Gold Experience Requiem mode. The player starts with 50% health. The opponent's Heart Heat Gauge continuously refills.
Secret Missions
1. Land the First Attack: 1000 G 2. Land the "Can you escape destruction?" skill: Gold Experience Requiem Reference Sketch 3. Land the "You will never reach the truth!" skill: Gold Experience Requiem 3D Model 4. Win with the "USELESS!" skill: Giorno Special Outfit A
Entrance Dialogue
Giorno: You think you can survive this without getting annihilated, boss? Diavolo: I'm not even going to give you enough time to regret the fact that you're dead!
Victory Dialogue
Giorno: Your end will be never ending! That's the power of Gold Experience Requiem!
The player's attack power is increased. The opponent's Heart Heat Gauge continuously refills.
Secret Missions
1. Land a 5-hit combo: 1000 G 2. Do a normal attack with Stand on: Sticky Fingers Publicity Artwork 3. Land the "This isn't my arm" skill: Bucciarati's Theme
Entrance Dialogue
Bucciarati: This evil nauseates me! The way you use innocents simply for your own profit... Diavolo: You better go away now, Bruno Bucciarati... Approach me, and you'll die.
Victory Dialogue
Bucciarati: I'll never forgive you! You betrayed me again!
The opponent's Heart Heat Gauge continuously refills. The player's attack power is decreased.
Secret Missions
1. Use a Heart Heat Attack: 1000 G 2. Land the "The passage of time resumes!" skill: Diavolo Reference Sketch 3. Land the "This is the end!" skill: Rohan's Theme 4. Win with a Great Heat Attack: Rohan Special Outfit A
Entrance Dialogue
Rohan: Why do you want to hide your past so bad? It just makes me want to read it all the more! Diavolo: You want to expose my past, too? Then I have to get rid of you!
Victory Dialogue
Diavolo: A Stand that can read memories and experiences? I'll eliminate everything that could threaten me!
Defeat Dialogue
Rohan: I see... There's someone else in your mind! I think this has the makings of a true masterpiece!
Boss Battle (★★★★)
Unlock Conditions: Clear four panels on the same page.
The player's Heart Heat Gauge does not fill while their Stand is active. Each round lasts only 60 seconds.
Secret Missions
1. Attack the opponent's Stand: 1000 G 2. Call 3 Assists in a single round: Spice Girl Publicity Artwork 3. Use the "I've turned it soft!" skill: Trish's Theme 4. Win with a Great Heat Attack: Trish Special Outfit A
Entrance Dialogue
Diavolo: My daughter... I've been waiting for you to call your Stand. If I can take your Stand, I can control your body as well! Trish: Me? I'm the one who's possessed?!
Victory Dialogue
Trish: You used tension to force Mista's bullet back at him... I'll never give you the arrow!
Diavolo's theme is They Called Him Diavolo (そいつの名はディアボロ, Soitsu no Na wa Diaboro), and can be unlocked in-game by buying it from the Gallery Shop for 1000 G.
Diavolo's Theme
Its name comes from the title of the story arc where Diavolo makes his first proper appearance, They Called Him Diavolo.
The main antagonist of Part 5: Vento Aureo. He is the user of the StandKing Crimson, boss of the gang Passione, and a person with a dual personality. He has the pride of an emperor, but is also very secretive. He tries to kill his own daughter along with Team Bucciarati, but suffers a never-ending death at Giorno's hands.[4]
User of the Stand Emperor Crimson, boss of the Passione mob, and a schizophrenic. He is fiercely proud, but also very guarded. He tries to wipe out his own daughter along with the Bucciarati mob, but suffers a never-ending death at the hand of Giorno.
Diavolo's Stand. It can erase time and "skip" the events that would have occurred, leaving only the outcome intact. With Epitaph, the second face on its forehead, it can see into the future. The range of the Stand itself is roughly two meters, and its means of attack are limited to the Stand's own fists.
Diavolo's Stand that can erase time and obliterate events that would have occured, leaving only the outcome intact. With Eulogy, the second face on its forehead can see into the future. Its physical attacks are incredibly powerful, too.
An Italian mafia gang of which Diavolo is the boss. Translates literally to "Passion" from Italian. The gang controls most of Naples, including hotels, the port, undertakers, construction and transport industries, restaurants, and so on.
An Italian mafia gang of which Diavolo is the boss. Most of Naples, including hotels, the port, undertakers, construction and transport industries, and restaurants, are all under its control.
Adjusted hitbox to fix issue of move not hitting when opponent was against a wall.
Fixed bug where King Crimson would occasionally attack in the wrong direction.
1.6.0
Standing Medium Attack [Stand Off]
Reduced knockback on hit.
Standing Heavy Attack [Stand Off]
Reduced knockback on hit.
Crouching Heavy Attack [Stand Off]
Increased forward launching power when hitting an airborne opponent to increase comboing difficulty.
Jumping Medium Attack [Stand Off]
Decreased size of hitbox.
Decreased time hitbox is active.
Jumping Medium Attack [Stand On]
Increased time hitbox is active.
Jumping Heavy Attack [Stand On]
Made attack hitbox appear faster.
"I've eliminated 0.5 seconds!" dash special
Delayed when Diavolo becomes invulnerable when using this skill.
"The passage of time resumes!" skill
Reduced the amount of knockback on hit for and versions to make it easier to punish when guarded.
"This is the end!" skill
Added some homing on the opponent for all versions.
Increased startup time.
"Time has been erased..." skill
Fixed bug where King Crimson would sometimes not attack and only Diavolo's animation would play if a attack was attempted after this skill was activated.
2.0.0
"This is the end!" skill
Increased the duration of the hitbox for the and versions.
The version of this skill will now automatically orient towards opponents.
"Such futility" skill
Fixed a bug where if an opponent canceled their attack into an HHA or GHA while this skill was in effect, the the opponent's cinematic animations would be slowed down, leading to the audio and visuals desyncing.
ON GROUND 
ON GROUND 
ON GROUND 
+ 
ON GROUND 
ON GROUND 
Taunt Lines
1000 G
Reference Sketch
Buffs
Nerfs
Neutral
Normal Costume
Jotaro 4 Color Tint C
Gold Experience Requiem 3D Model
Giorno Special Outfit A
Bucciarati's Theme
Land the "The passage of time resumes!" skill
