The Grateful Dead

Lore

Background

“When we truly think “I’ll kill you!” from the bottom of our hearts… by that time, the deed has already been done!”

The Stand of Prosciutto, an assassin from La Squadra Esecuzioni. It rapidly ages living things for it. The warmer a victim’s body, the faster they weaken; keeping cold can slow the effect.

Abilities

Ungraceful Aging

Aging affects allies and enemies. Your neck and shoulders droop as stacks rise, and your attacks and dashes steadily weaken. Near 100 stacks, attack speed is reduced by up to 60% and dash power by up to 80%. At 100 stacks, players die immediately; PvE mobs cannot be killed by the stack cap. Each punch adds two stacks; Withering Mist adds two stacks every five seconds. After six seconds without more Aging, lose one stack every two seconds. Cleansing or death clears Aging.

Withering Mist [TOGGLE]

Surround Grateful Dead with aging mist, Everyone nearby except you gains Aging and takes a little damage, including allies. Use again to stop

Cooldown: 1.5s

Rotten Grasp

When piloting, Grateful Dead holds an enemy for 4 seconds, applies up to 8 Aging stacks, then throws them left. You can still turn or leave pilot mode while it holds them. Otherwise, you grab them yourself for 2 seconds, apply up to 16 stacks, and drop them. Use again during either hold to release early.

Cooldown: 12s

One-Armed Barrage

Balance on one arm and pummel anyone in front of you with the other. You can turn, but cannot move during the barrage. Every third hit on the same target adds 1 Aging stack.

Cooldown: 23s

Senior Citizen [TOGGLE]

Age yourself to gain EX over time. Your attacks become 60% slower and your dashes lose 80% of their power. Use again to return to normal. This form cannot kill you; Aging from enemies still builds up separately.

Cooldown: 1s

Awakening (EX) moves

On The Train [3 Bars]

Spread Withering Mist much farther for 20 seconds. Activates the mist if not already running.

Cooldown: 30s

Ice Pack [3 Bars]

Toss a bag of ice for someone else. Touching it clears Aging and protects them from Aging and Withering Mist for 30 seconds. Ragdolling knocks it off. Unclaimed bags disappear after 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 40s

Ability scaling

What Ability changes

Withering Mist range and aging stacks per tick scales with ability, up to 50% larger range and stacks applied per tick. Senior Citizen EX meter gain and age stacks scale off ability, up to 50% more meter gain and 33% less aging stacks. Ice Pack duration and unclaimed ice lifespan scale off ability, up to 50% longer.

How to obtain

Rarity and arrow rolls

Epic stays in the Mysterious Arrow pool, the Lucky Arrow rolls Epic at 42.5%, and the Bizarre Arrow excludes Epic. These are rarity-level odds, not odds for this exact Stand.

See the Stand arrows guide for the full arrow table, crafting costs and reroll rules.

Current tier as of the November 15, 2026 check: Epic.

Update notes

Dated developer entries

2026-10-17 — Stands with grabs, including The Grateful Dead, were partially recoded to work with NPCs; testers were asked to check them.
2026-10-06 — Aging and Senior Citizen still slow attacks but no longer increase their M1 stun.
2026-10-05 — Fixed Withering Mist and its aura staying frozen after a Time Stop; it now cleans up properly if toggled off while frozen.
2026-10-04 — Fixed a Grateful Dead pilot control soft lock.
2026-10-04 — Fixed vampire and sub-spec moves applying Grateful Dead Aging when they should not.