| The World |
Basic Information
The World (commonly referred to as "TW" by the playerbase) is the Stand of DIO, the main antagonist of Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders. The World also appeared briefly in Stone Ocean. The World is a close-ranged Stand with immense power, incredible speed and precision similiar to Star Platinum. Because it is a close-ranged Stand, it performs poorly in long-ranged fights. However, with its ability to stop the hands of time for 5 seconds make up for it, making it a dangerous Stand to fight. In-game however, it is not as powerful as it is in the series. The World is a E Tier in Rarity and D Tier in PvP, it's shiny is also a E Tier in Rarity.
How to Obtain
The World is obtained by using an Arrow on Standless with a 2% chance of obtaining, and it's shiny is a 1% chance. It can also be obtained from Whitesnake: Alternative Universe's disc throw, with a chance of 1/3 of obtaining it. Another way to obtain The World is by Trading (This applies to every ability in the game except for Triange Flushed KC:AU).
Evolutions
- The World/The World OVA + Vampire Mask = Vampiric The World/TWGH
You reject your humanity, turning you into a Vampire. But, instead of losing your Stand, The World turns into a much more powerful version than its previous counterpart. You are now capable of regenerating health by sucking your opponent's blood, and also using vampiric abilities.
- The World + Shiny Arrow = The World OVA (1/50 chance)
Has a high chance of failing. There are no differences other than its appearance and rarity/demand.
- The World/The World OVA + DIO's Diary = The World Over Heaven/OVA
By reading the paths of the Diary, you ascend your The World into its Over Heaven form.
Appearance
The World is a tall humanoid Stand with a very muscular build. It bears a striking resemblance to DIO in terms of appearance. It wears a headpiece covering its face to the end of its nose, slanting at a steep angle from the base of its forehead to a peak situated above the rear of its head by about half its height, leaving the face of an inverted triangle visible to the front; somewhat similar to the Red Crown of Lower Egypt. It wears small, simple twin diving cylinders on its back, connecting via short, twin-ridged cables to the rear of its mask; perhaps secured by thick, ridged or puffed straps running from the rear of its waist over both its shoulders to its front. The back of both its hands bears the shape of a simple clock face. Its chin, the base of its abdomen, its crotch and its knees are topped by heart shapes. Plates on its shins, its footwear bears curved, sharply-pointed toes, similar to those of DIO's outfit in Part 3.
Moveset
Combos
Easy Combos
- H + R
- V + J
Medium Combos
- Y + R + F + E
- R + F + E + T + Y
Hard Combo
- R + T + Y + E + F + T
- R + T + E + 2x M1 + R + F
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Good damage output.
- Good durability.
- Can parry and stun players.
- Great combo potential.
- Has access to Time Stop.
- Knife Throw is spammable during Time Stop for easy chip damage.
- Good mobility.
- J does great damage when landed on a target's back.
Cons
- Time Stop is nearly useless if opponents are too far away or are airborne.
- Time Stop is predictable due to a cutscene playing along with the user shouting "The World!".
- Struggles against zoners.
- Weak stand jump.
- Block can be broken and projectiles completely ignore the parry effect.
- Can easily be overwhelemed if not used correctly, as some moves have some end-lag.
- Time Stop can be canceled by Gold Experience Requiem's Return To Zero.
- Struggles severely against stands/specs with greater mobility.
Trivia
- The World OVA has its own unique timestop audio.
- The World is the Stand that DIO wields in Stardust Crusaders.
- The World was previously considered an okay stand, but now has been made more viable due to the recent rework.
- The World previously had Time Smite for its Y move, which was instant when landed on a player via cursor.
- Unlike other projectiles, knives are aimed with the cursor.
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