Talk:Nukesaku/@comment-24300265-20161219131804

But is Nukesaku really dead? He wasn't exposed to hamon or sunlight that we know of, and he is explicitly stated in the manga proper to be a vampire, which can't be killed by head injuries (as we see from both VI and DIO himself, though head wound do massively inconvience them till they can heal, though Nukesaku's body was left relatively intact and could've pulled itself back together given time). We don't even technically see him die as he's still clearly alive and panicing after being sliced into pieces by DIO.

Also the other obvious piece of bomb shell that he, despite having no stand, could see and damage (albeit just barely) Star Platinum with his teeth. Does this mean that vampires and by extension Pillarmen could ALSO have seen and damaged stands with their physical attacks? And keep in mind..this was NUKESAKU....what if it was DIO? Or Wham? Or Ultimate Kars?

Since stands are a pure form of hamon in part 3, it would make sense that vampires and pillarmen could damage them, since they drain hamon to survive, and unless the user knows how to turn their hamon into destructive ripples (such as Joseph with Hermit Purple), it won't harm them. (heck the fact that DIO refused to touch Joseph even with the World appears to confirm that hamon will actually affect stands as well, though it could simply be DIO be extra cautious despite his talking down about the ripple).