Board Thread:Manga Discussion/@comment-200.7.54.135-20131003030420/@comment-5919632-20131003204934

Wans't the Ripple only effective against creatures weak to sunlight (Zombies, Vampires and Pillar Men) ? Not sure if he could use it effectively against stand users. There's even the rule that "only a stand can hurt another stand".

Sure, you can allways punch someone to oblivion or shoot cola at the enemy like those racist cops, but remember that Joseph NEVER had any direct encounter with any enemy, only with stands.

Tarot Cards:

Gray Fly was hidden; Polnareff had a one-on-one battle with Avdol; Tennile jumped in the water with Jotaro when he was found; Forever trapped him with Strength; ZZ never gave time for anyone to react to his attack (Jotaro had to dig a tunnel to attack him); Steely Dan had Lovers inside Joseph; Arabia Fats's car was hidden (and Joseph was the only one not to notice it at all); He never found out about Mannish Boy; Midler was far away from the battle.

Egyptian Gods:

N'Doul was miles of distance; Oingo and Boingo weren't even noticed;  Mariah RAN AWAY LIKE HELL; Daniel had Polnareff's soul by the time he revealed to be a stand user; He was run over by a truck against Hol Horse and Boingo and their crazy prediction;  Telence had Kakyoin's soul.

Devo, Hol Horse, Anubis, Alessi, Rubber Soul, Kenny G, Vanilla Ice and J.Gail never met Joseph

The problem is that, in the end, he didn't even have the opportunity to use the hamon. If he did encounter the users, I'm sure he would have send the ripple straight to their faces.

The only times he really could, he ended up using it (Nena's Empress and Dio).

The first, however, was attached to him, so his ripple wouldn't damage part of his own body. And Dio saw through his Hermit Purple-infused Hamon before he came in contact with it.

In Part IV he didn't even know Akira was in the boat to kill him and only ever encountered Shizuka, but I'm not sure if he could have located her in the water with the ripple instead of bleeding himself...at least, not in his age.