Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28702329-20181215114648/@comment-33951421-20190429173034

During time skip, Diavolo is immune to any and all damage, the only exception being self-inflicted damage like slitting his wrists. Of course, he can't attack anyone during time erase, however he can still affect objects not fated to be affected after the skip and he can blind his opponents with his own blood.

As long as Diavolo can predict DIO's time stop, yes, time skip can completely counter DIO. The reason DIO would beat Diavolo is because his regeneration and abilities as a vampire combined with one of the strongest and fastest Stands in the entire series, means that Diavolo will eventually lose. He needs to perfectly read and counter all of DIO's time stop multiple times to get past DIO's regeneration while DIO only needs one time stop and one hit to kill Diavolo. In terms of abilities, King Crimson >>>> The World/Star Platinum and it's only thanks to DIO's physiology that he can beat Diavolo.