Though his perfect opponent is of course Hit
Even though most of the attention on fighting game mods has been going to Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite & Beyond lately, there’s a new challenger in town that should make both Dragon Ball and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fans pretty happy.
Dio has now unofficially joined the roster of Dragon Ball FighterZ via an impressive new mod that brings the JoJo villain to the tag fighter with his own unique moveset.
For an extra special Christmas present, Kongmeng dropped the trailer and actual mod for Dio now, and he can do some really crazy stuff.
After around a year of work, Dio can now take on the likes of Hit and Goku with abilities unlike anyone else in the game.
Dio of course fights alongside his Stand, The World, but he essentially has two different modes when fighting alongside his big yellow friend or by himself.
That means two entirely separate sets of normals and specials at his disposal, and Dio can cancel any of his applicable normals into the Stand ON mode at the cost of half a bar of meter.
Dio
5LLL with and without Stand in one combo:
5M > 2M > 3H > SD > j.M > delay j.H, 5LLLLLLL > j.S (Stand On), air dash j.L > delay j.H, 5L > 5L > 5L > SD > j.M > double jump > j.L > j.4L > j.M > j.H > j.236L-S, Air DR, Lv.1 pic.twitter.com/sG1t6tCKhk
— Xiao (蕭) (@yxiao1988) December 25, 2024
Kongmeng even went through the trouble of giving Dio another unique mechanic called Stand Rush where the baddie can freely act while The World is attacking at the cost of a bar.
And of course it wouldn’t be Stardust Crusaders Dio without the ability to stop time as well.
Dragon Ball players have been going a bit nuts with this new mod in the hours Dio’s been available so far and showing off his wild combo capabilities.
DIO??????? #DBFZ pic.twitter.com/2Xf02hOUN6
— Venom (@Lord__Venom) December 25, 2024
Kongmeng based this version of Dio on his appearance in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle and Capcom’s Heritage for the Future, so fans of either of those games should see some familiar moves reworked to fit into DBFZ.
This is also just kinda making us want a real JoJo’s fighting game from Arc System Works like they already did with Persona 4 Arena.
You can check out the trailer for Dio in Dragon Ball below, and more information about the mod can be found on Kongmeng’s Gamebanana page.