The World

"The World's true power, as its name suggests, is to reign supreme over the entire world!"

—DIO, Chapter 253

The World (ザ・ワールド（世界） Za Wārudo) is the Stand of DIO, featured in Stardust Crusaders.



Appearance
The World is a humanoid, golden stand, wearing a headpiece that covers its face from below the place 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. It also has two diving cylinders situated on its back via straps going over the torso. Not only that, but there are several hearts located on its body, including the knees and pelvis.

In the colored manga, The World is completely yellow. In the anime, it is grey-skinned, has green heart motifs and has golden clothes.

Obtaining
The World is obtained through a stand arrow with a slightly more rare chance.

Abilities/Moveset
(E - MUDA Barrage)

The World assaults the target with an array of extremely fast punches or kicks, doing 3 damage per hit.

(R - WRRRYY Punch)

The World strikes the enemy with a fast, incredibly powerful punch.



(Y + Cursor - Impaling Thrust / "SHINE, KAKYOIN!")

The World stops time very briefly and thrusts its fist into the target with incredible force while saying "Die Kakyoin!!" this sends the target flying in the direction in which they were facing. This move deals 50 damage. This move will not work in stopped time. Can go through epitaph.

(F - "Za Warudo, Stop Time!")

The World stops time while the player shouts "Za Warudo!" (via DIO's audio). This freezes all users in the server for up to five seconds, but this will not apply to Star Platinum users, as they can move within the stopped time for 3 seconds. This also applies to Star Platinum: The World. Other stands such as Made in Heaven or Gold Experience (Requiem) can simply eliminate your time stop, causing time to resume. Simply pressing F will end your Time Stop early. It can be hard to kill with this if the opponent has A or higher durability.



Other Forms
In AED, the World has several other forms that are both canon, and non-canon, including:


 * The World: Alternate Universe
 * Vampiric The World
 * The World OVA
 * The World Over Heaven
 * Devil The World
 * Oreo The World
 * The World's Greatest High
 * Shadow The World
 * Virtual Shadow The World
 * Neo the World