Board Thread:Manga Discussion/@comment-33204772-20190109170729/@comment-31404278-20200924013651

Time Stop does help, but The World doesn't have the AP to really kill Dio during it, even while Time is Stopped. The World is likely on par, or just slightly stronger than Star Platinum. SP was able to damage DIO's body pretty decently, but couldn't one-shot him, and could only kill him via hitting a ""Jonathan spot"". Now take that AP, but have it go against a Dio with better durability, and much better regen and pain tolerance.