| “ | Well, I guess now you can see the difference in our fighting experience. Once your opponent started boasting their victory, they've already lost! This is how Joseph Joestar does things! I guess I just get better with age. And! A Stand can only be defeated by a Stand! Your next line is: "Stop, anything but that!"
— Joseph Joestar
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Summary[]
Joseph Joestar is the main protagonist of Battle Tendency, a core ally in Stardust Crusaders, and a supporting character in Diamond is Unbreakable. Joseph is the second to be named JoJo of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. Joseph Joestar is the grandson of Jonathan Joestar.
In Battle Tendency, Joseph is a hotheaded, impetuous, and confrontational young man. In Stardust Crusaders, Joseph has considerably mellowed out, having lost much of his aggression and laziness. In Diamond is Unbreakable, his advancing age has weakened his mind and he appears to have become somewhat senile.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: 8-B | 8-B | Unknown, Unknown with Hermit Purple
Key: Pre-Hamon Training | Post-Hamon Training | Stardust Crusaders
Name: Joseph Joestar, JoJo
Origin: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Gender: Male
Age: 18 (Battle Tendency), 69 (Stardust Crusaders), 79 (Diamond is Unbreakable)
Classification: Hamon User | Hamon User | Hamon User, Stand User
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery (Clackers), Genius strategist, Energy Manipulation and Light Manipulation (Hamon creates waves of energy similar to the light from the sun), Heat Manipulation (Hamon is hot enough to melt flesh), Water Manipulation (Hamon can control liquids and walk on water), Sleep Manipulation (Hamon can knock a target out by phasing through their brains), Vibration Manipulation (Can phase the ripple through a target to attack through them without harming them), Statistics Amplification, Forcefield and Attack Reflection (Hamon can charge objects with energy to create a forcefield around them and deflect attacks), Magnetism Manipulation (Hamon can be used to stick to walls)
All previous abilities, Heat Manipulation (Hamon is hot enough to melt flesh down to the bone), Enhanced Senses (Hamon users can find an enemy's location by sensing the vibration from their bodies), Magnetism Manipulation (Hamon can be used to stick to walls and make objects stick together), Healing (Hamon can heal wounds, including a broken neck and a rotten leg), Elasticity (Can stretch his limb with Hamon), Statistics Amplification, Forcefield and Attack Reflection (Hamon can create energy barriers to shield the user's body)
All previous abilities, Enhanced Senses (Stand users can see invisible beings such as ghosts), Non-Physical Interaction (Hermit Purple can harm Stands), Hermit Purple has Intangibility and Invisibility, Size Manipulation (Stands can shrink themselves so much that they fit inside a human's ear), Clairvoyance (Can use cameras to show him where the opponent is, even if he doesn't know who they are, Can use a TV to show him the enemy, as well as using it to find out what the opponent is planning, Can make maps appear on TVs, Can make a map out of dust, which will tell him the location of an item he can use to defeat the opponent Can make a map out of dust to track the opponent's position), Mind Reading (Can play what the victim is thinking on a TV, N'doul had to commit suicide to prevent Joseph from reading his mind to find out DIO's plans), Technological Manipulation (Can make images appear in TVs and cameras, Uses Hermit Purple to control a falling plane, Hermit Purple checks the controls of a video-game to make sure the opponent is not cheating), Can use Hermit Purple to swing around buildings, Can channel Hamon through Hermit Purple, Can wrap his entire body with Hermit Purple and fill it with Hamon, to damage whoever touches him
Attack Potency: City Block level (His Hamon could melt part of Straizo's head, A a vampire, Straizo should be more durable toa Dio Brando's decapitated head, Tore Santana's body in a half, Santana is massively more powerful than vampires such as Dio or Straizo) | City Block level (His Hamon is massively improved from what it was previously, Melted Esidisi's arm down to the bone, Harmed Wamuu's legs, Broke one of Kars' blades and heavily damaged Kars' arms, Esidisi, Wamuu and Kars are all massively more powerful than Santana, who is massively more powerful than vampires such as Dio or Straizo) | Unknown (Can still use Hamon, but it's unknown if his Hamon is as powerful as it was when he was younger), Unknown with Hermit Purple (Hermit Purple does not focus on destruction or physical damage, and was stated to be "the weakest Stand")
Speed: At least Massively FTL (Dodged, blocked, and deflected attacks from Straizo, As a vampire, Straizo should be comparable to Dio Brando, Dodged an attack from Santana, Santana is massively more powerful than vampires such as Dio or Straizo) | At least Massively FTL (Blocked a kick from Wamuu and landed a hit on Kars, Wamuu and Kars are both massively more powerful than Santana, who is massively more powerful than vampires such as Dio or Straizo) | Massively FTL (Blocks an attack from Silver Chariot), Massively FTL with Hermit Purple, Catches DIO)
Lifting Strength: At least Class K (Held back an attack from Santana, who is massively more powerful than vampires such as Dio Brando or Straizo) | At least Class K (Blocked a kick from Wamuu, who is massively more powerful than Santana, who is massively more powerful than vampires such as Dio or Straizo) | Unknown physically, At least Regular Human with Hermit Purple (Can be used to swing around buildings and lifts both Polnareff and Kakyoin)
Striking Strength: Class GJ | Class GJ | Unknown
Durability: City Block level (Can survive attacks from Santana, who is massively more powerful than vampires such as Dio Brando or Straizo) | City Block level (His Hamon is massively improved from what it was previously, got hit by a projectile fired by Wamuu) | City Block level (Took hits from Star Platinum, which was amplified to be several times stronger), Unknown with Hermit Purple
Stamina: Superhuman | Superhuman | Superhuman
Range: Extended melee, Higher with Hamon and Clackers
Standard Equipment: Clackers, Yarn
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Joseph is one of the greatest strategists in all of JoJo's Bizarre Adventures, being able to outsmart a Hamon Master such a Straizo, as well as being able to easily read opponents just by looking at them, has outsmarted the Pillar Men, who are capable of mastering any language just by hearing a conversation for some minutes and were the creators of the Stone Mask, Skilled enough to kill a fly between a man's fingers without hurting his hand, Has shown to be able to use the opponent's weaknesses to his advantage, such as the fact that Vampires have no reflection, Shown to be skilled at using his clackers, even though he had just came up with the idea of using them some hours prior, Replicates a trick Wamuu had used against him seconds earlier. Old Joseph figured out a way to use his non-combat Stand in combat, Has used the opponent's powers against them, Tends to cheat instead of playing fair, and was stated to be really good at it, Helped Jotaro to outsmart an opponent that could read their minds, as long as it is a yes or no questions, Found out DIO's ability with the help of Kakyoin)
Weaknesses: His Hamon depends on his breathing rhythm, if he can't breath or the rhythm is interrupted, he can't use Hamon. While he can use Hamon, Joseph had no Hamon training. | His Hamon depends on his breathing rhythm, if he can't breath or the rhythm is interrupted, he can't use Hamon. | All previous weaknesses. If Hermit Purple suffers any damage, Joseph will be damaged as well.
Others[]
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