JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future/Shadow Dio

Introduction

In 1888, Dio Brando, via the power of the stone mask, had become transformed into an invincible vampire, and killed Jonathan Joestar's father. JoJo (AKA: Jonathan), set out to stop Dio from fulfilling his ambitions, and in the process, learned how to use Hamon (a special breathing technique which allows the user to channel natural energy), which can destroy vampires. After tracking Dio down, and cornering him in his abandoned mansion, JoJo had succeeded in destroying Dio... Or so he had thought. Dio, before he could be completely destroyed, severed his own immortal head, preventing the loss of his life.

One year later, in 1889, JoJo is married, and for his honeymoon, decides to go on a steamship trip to America. Unknown to JoJo, one of Dio's zombies stows away on the ship, carrying Dio's severed head. During the trip, Dio's surviving zombies massacre the passengers, and lure JoJo, to Dio. Once in range, Dio uses his eyes to shoot a pressurized beam of fluid, piercing JoJo's throat, and preventing him from using Hamon. Dio then attempts to take JoJo's body as his own, but once again, JoJo destroys his ambitions by causing the ship's engine to explode, just as he is assuming control of the body.

One hundred years later, in 1989, Dio (who had escaped to safety in a near-by coffin) was brought up from the bottom of the sea by salvagers...

Shadow Dio, is the form of Dio who has assumed control of Jonathan Joestar's body, but is not used to it yet, reducing his powers and ability to control himself correctly. He is an offensive character with few defensive options and combos. His main trait, is that many of his moves will allow you to setup cross-ups, and even use his unblockables. To spite being unused to the body, in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, he is ranked as highly as regular Dio on tier lists.

As a rule of thumb, never underestimate Shadow Dio's gameplay.

Moves List

Match-ups

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