Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28702329-20181215114648/@comment-39303455-20200403153057

RayMiku wrote: [KING CRIMSON] can indeed skip stopped time. As stated above, DIO's time stops happen in 0 seconds, so, no second is skipped. In other words, if DIO stops time at 21:25:48, when time resumes, it'd still be 21:25:48, it's just that DIO can instantaneously perform the same amount of actions he'd normally would be able to in 10 seconds. This is why when they are explaining how [THE WORLD] works, they refer as "seconds" instead of seconds, and talk about how weird it is to refer to them as such, since, literally, no seconds are passing. It's more of a way of explaining how much they can actually move inside stopped time instead of an actual measurement...

[KING CRIMSON] on the other hand, skips actual time. So, if Diavolo activates its power at 21:25:48 when time continues normally, it'd be 21:25:58, so, 10 seconds later. Whatever [THE WORLD] does to Diavolo (be it with its ability to stop time or with his base strength) within this window of time is erased and skipped, since Diavolo is immune to any kind of damage while he is skipping time. Diavolo can't attack either, but that's not really the topic here. The topic is wheter [KING CRIMSON] negates [THE WORLD], and it can.

So if we were to put Diavolo vs DIO. If DIO stops time before Diavolo can predict it and skip it, DIO wins, since Diavolo can't skip time once he is trapped in timestop. If Diavolo skips time though, every time DIO stops time within these 10 seconds will be negated, and he would also lost any memories of these past 10 seconds. This doesn't mean DIO is condemned to lose though, not at all. When Diavolo is skipping time, he can see the actions of everyone trapped in skipped time. He can see where they are and what they are doing, and he can reposition himself in order to donut them in classic Diavolo style. However, if DIO stops time at the 9 second mark of Diavolo's ability, DIO could move to a completely different spot in those 10 seconds, something that Diavolo wouldn't be able to see, effectively confusing him. Alternatively, DIO could stop time exactly when Diavolo is done skipping time, which would absolutely leave Diavolo in a dangerous position: open for attacks and close to DIO.

It would be an interesting fight, where the stand user play a bigger role than the stand itself, since it all comes down to who attacks first and how they time their attacks, quite literally.

TL;DR: [KING CRIMSON] can negate [THE WORLD] but both stands can completely destroy each other, depending on how the users play their cards. Couldn't agree more