Talk:The World/@comment-34837428-20170321054120/@comment-5067531-20170412192909

It is really unclear, but some points in the story(particularly when he was trolling Polnareff in the staircase scene) seem to imply that the only requirement for Dio to be able to trigger The World again is that he has to drop out of stopped time, once he dropped out, he can jump right back in, this normally would have an expense of consuming his stamina, which is why Jotaro can't spam the ability nearly as much, but Dio's vampiric regeneration means he has virtually infinite stamina.

The World is a Stand who's ability would slowly kill its own user, and this actually happens to Jotaro as he develops a heart condition by part 6 due to overusing Star Platinum: The World while fighting off evil Stand users, Dio is the exception because he has a healing factor, this would apply to any vampire, zombie or even the Pillar Men, but Dio was the one to develop such an overwhelmingly powerful Stand.