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I don't recall Epitaph ever predicting Diavolo killing someone except for Bruno and Giorno. Giorno is the obvious exception with GER and Bruno was confused and couldn't see very well. A lot about King Crimson's introduction is contrived, but not necessarily impossible with how his Stand is shown to work.

Time skip can still be a useful tool to disorient or confuse your enemy, even without necessarily avoiding an attack. It's pretty much impossible to predict what fate has in store for someone, we can't say with certainty it's impossible for Diavolo to get behind Bruno. I know that's kind of a cop out but a lot of things in Jojo are contrived.

It's important to remember that Diavolo can't control what predictions he gets from Epitaph. It could be advantageous, or it could be disastrous, but it doesn't always show his death or his opponent's. It could just show damage or positioning.