Lore
Background
“I, Diego Brando, shall seize the corpse!”
The Stand of Diego Brando from another universe. It is a close-range power type with terrifying precision, and its time stop lets Diego fire a volley of knives while his opponents are frozen in place.
Rarity labels
The Stand carries two tier labels at once: Evolution and Pinnacle, alongside PHYSICAL, TIME and Part 7. This page uses Evolution, because it is listed under Evolution / Quest / AU Stands rather than with the arrow-pool Stands; the Pinnacle label is why other tier lists may count it there instead.
Abilities
M1 Light Combo & M2 Attack
The light combo and the M2 attack have animation clips but no written description of either, so this page does not describe their damage or reach.
Barrage
Unleash a rapid flurry of punches on your opponent.
Cooldown: 23s
Knife Throw
Throw two knife volleys toward your cursor, following aim through wind-up and between volleys even while unsummoned.
Cooldown: 25s
Hole Puncher
Time-skip forward and punch a hole clean through your opponent’s guard.
Cooldown: 30s
Arsenal
Tap to step back and toss a handful of firecrackers that burst together in the air with a blinding flash, burning enemies and setting off gasoline, or hold with your Stand out to have it throw barbed wire that binds the enemy in front of it or lies on the ground to trip whoever walks into it. No cooldown is listed for either variant.
Awakening (EX) moves
Tandem Flank [2 Bars]
You and your Stand barrage together from both sides.
Cooldown: 45s
Stand Jump [1 Bar]
Use your Stand’s power to launch high into the air.
Cooldown: 2s
Deadly Shots
Draw your revolver for 1 EX bar and fire one heavy round at your cursor, then tap the move again after it hits while your Stand is out to have The World smack the target down at the cost of another bar and a 26-second cooldown. The follow-up damage has no published value, so none is listed here.
Cooldown: 7s
Time Stop / Quick Time Stop [HOLD] [4 Bars]
Freeze time. Higher Ability makes it last longer; at 100 Ability the base duration doubles. Other time-stop Stands can overwrite it.
Cooldown: 22s
Quick Time Stop (held)
Holding Quick Time Stop cuts the original time-stop duration in half in exchange for no startup.
There is also a clip for Overwriting Timestop with no move text, so it is not counted among the five EX moves above.
Ability scaling
What Strength and Ability change
Knife Throw’s damage scales 80% with Strength and 20% with Ability, and Deadly Shots’ damage scales 40% with Strength and 60% with Ability.
How to obtain
Opal Roka evolution
Use an Opal Roka on The World: a 10% chance to swap to this Stand, a 10% chance to lose your Stand, and no change otherwise. It sits with the Evolution / Quest / AU Stands, outside the arrow roll table.
See the stand evolution guide for the full Opal Roka breakdown, and the Stand arrows guide for the arrow tiers, crafting costs and reroll rules.
Update notes
Dated developer entries
- 2026-11-14 — Two new The World: Alternative Universe (TWAU) moves added in the launch patch notes.
The current kit carries Knife Throw and Arsenal, the two base moves it did not have at the earlier snapshot, and Deadly Shots now sits in the EX block with its own bar cost.
Related Stands
Stands that share this Stand's rarity or part.