Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28702329-20181215114648/@comment-39747363-20200422223035

If we talk about a fight, DIO would definitely win, the combination of time stop + super senses + regeneration + intellect level genius and expert in stands, would give him the victory, there is no way that Diavolo will surprise him, once he leaves the "world of TE" DIO would know that he has someone close to him (less than 2 meters) and would go on to use the time stop (which is feasible since he managed to activate it when SP attacked him by surprise), that speaking of DIO pre-absorption of Joseph's blood, if it is post-Joseph its scaling regeneration to part 1, where it can regenerate brain damage, Diavolo would literally have no way to harm it. The real question would be if Jotaro could beat him, it is possible that he uses the time stop before TE and Diavolo cannot dodge it, like the GER stone, or that Jotaro suspects after TE (due to memory loss that suffers) and use the time stop immediately afterwards, or use his superior speed to dodge or cover himself, although I see this as unlikely because he doesn't know where he was attacked from.