JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The 10 Most Powerful Stands (& The 10 Weakest) (2024)

Hirohiko Araki's groundbreaking shonen JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has taken the anime community by storm. Never before has a story gone in so many wild directions with so many unique and varied powers. Stardust Crusaders becomes a formative chapter for the series since it's when Araki introduces Stand powers into this world.

A Stand is a "fighting spirit," which can display itself as anything from a swordsman to a plate of spaghetti. These characters have radically different abilities, but their users often apply their own creativity during battle. Even Stands that seem weak can become devastating when paired with an amazing strategy, so it's best to avoid judging any Stands by appearance alone.

Updated on December 27, 2023, by Ajay Aravind: Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has accomplished what so few shonen series can do. The ongoing saga of the Joestar family has no end in sight, and Araki’s manga has recently entered Part 9, The JOJOLands, with a spunky new JoJo named Jodio Joestar. It’s this constant creativity that’s helped keep JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fresh for so long. Each new chapter in the continuing JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure saga brings new allies, enemies, and Stands into the picture, some of which boast ridiculous power while others barely serve a purpose.

Strongest Stands In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Green Day's Mold Can Dissolve Humans Into Waste (Golden Wind)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind includes some of the biggest threats in the entire franchise. By its end, Rome has experienced some borderline-cataclysmic disasters. Cioccolata is one of the more wild and unpredictable enemies Giorno and company encounter on their way to Diavolo.

One of the strongest Stands in JoJo, Cioccolata's Green Day, exudes a sinister mist-like mold that reduces most of the city to human waste. Much like Purple Haze, Green Day could destroy the world under the right circ*mstances, and JoJo could only keep it around for a limited period.

Metallica Can Manipulate The Iron In Blood (Golden Wind)

There's no shortage of Stands in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure that weaponize different elements in the world. However, Risotto's Metallica proves particularly fatal due to basic human anatomy. Metallica is a Stand that can manipulate iron, which includes external forces where crude metals become deadly weapons.

Metallica’s power also applies to the generous amount of iron that's in a human's blood. Risotto can use Metallica to turn their target's blood into sharp blades and put them in excruciating pain, making them a human pin cushion — except from the inside out.

Sticky Fingers Produces Strategic Rips In Reality (Golden Wind)

One of the most interesting elements in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind is that Bruno Bucciarati feels a lot more like the series’ “JoJo” than its actual protagonist, Giorno Giovanna. Bruno benefits from a versatile Stand, Sticky Fingers, that produces rips in reality that can be used for transportation or strategic evasion.

This makes Sticky Fingers useful in both an offensive and defensive capacity. It’s a Stand that has limitless potential when it’s in the right hands, and Bruno Bucciarati has effectively used Sticky Fingers to gain control of his own gang.

Heaven's Door Can Rewrite A Person's Knowledge (Diamond Is Unbreakable)

Rohan Kishibe is a manga artist, and many fans speculate he is an author insert character for Hirohiko Araki himself. One of the strongest Stands in JoJo, Kishibe's Heaven's Door has the unprecedented ability to rewrite a person's motivations and history. If Heaven's Door successfully makes contact with its target, then it can open them like a book and write in commands or take things away.

These commands can range from teaching the individual a completely new language to forcing them to fly backwards or even erase their memories. The diverse abilities of Heaven's Door, combined with Rohan Kishibe's quick wit, make him a terrifying foe to fight in any situation.

Purple Haze Produces A Lavender Mist That Consumes Its Target (Golden Wind)

Purple Haze is the Stand of Pannacotta Fugo, the brains of Bucciarati's squad. Fugo is introduced in Golden Wind as a quiet intellectual who often explodes over trivial annoyances. Fugo's Stand wonderfully illustrates his intense fighting spirit, and the ravenous Purple Haze conjures a rabid, unpredictable chaos.

Purple Haze's special ability, Killer Infection, is also an especially lethal maneuver. As Purple Haze strikes its enemy, Killer Infection consumes its target, only to dissolve them into goo within 30 seconds or less. Purple Haze is only ever seen fighting once in Golden Wind before Fugo's early exit, largely because Araki knew it was too powerful to stick around.

Star Platinum: The World Is Overpowered And Can Stop Time (Stardust Crusaders)

Star Platinum, the absolute icon of Stardust Crusaders, is controlled by perhaps the most famous JoJo: Jotaro Kujo. Throughout Stardust Crusaders and well into Diamond is Unbreakable, Star Platinum proves to be one of the most powerful Stands, whether it's through its crushing melee force, its pinpoint accuracy, or even its legendary ability to stop time.

Jotaro Kujo is a silent, muscular, and intimidating Stand user. He's often able to act calm under pressure and deliver on all of his tough talk. Between Jotaro's cool presence and Star Platinum's incredible power, it is hard to imagine many Stand users more powerful than Jotaro.

King Crimson Can Exploit The Time It Erases (Golden Wind)

King Crimson is a contentious presence within the JoJo'sBizarre Adventure fandom, mostly because of the cryptic nature of its powerful abilities. In essence, King Crimson erases time, which allows it to act and react to the time that was just erased. In the manga, this is hard to visualize. However, the JoJo anime properly emphasizes the formidable powers of Diavolo's King Crimson.

One of the strongest Stands in JoJo, King Crimson keeps even the most powerful Stands on high alert. In fact, King Crimson and Diavolo were unstoppable for decades. The only proven way that King Crimson can be defeated is through a Stand that's received the evolved upgrade of the Stand Arrow.

Gold Experience Requiem Restores Anything Altered By Time Effects (Golden Wind)

Gold Experience Requiem is like King Crimson, but in reverse and with extra cosmic perks. Its abilities revolve around returning things altered by time effects back to their original state. Additionally, whoever is hit by Giorno's Gold Experience Requiem while in this time-space is forced to experience their own death repeatedly.

These new realities become automatic and not even the user knows that they're causing this eternal, existential chaos. With this universe-breaking Stand, Giorno Giovanna defeats King Crimson and becomes the undisputed Boss of Passione.

Made In Heaven Can Regulate And Speed Up The Flow Of Time (Stone Ocean)

As the overarching antagonist of Stone Ocean, it stands to reason Enrico Pucci has one of the strongest Stands in JoJo. However, Made in Heaven is not the original version. Pucci's first Stand is known as Whitesnakes, which evolves into C-Moon and, ultimately, Made in Heaven.

At this point, Enrico Pucci has become an overpowered enemy, making it next to impossible to defeat him. Like many others in the series, Made in Heaven can regulate the flow of time. The difference is that it can accelerate time to such speeds that opponents are left behind almost instantly. Another of its abilities is the so-called "Universal Reset," which can theoretically restructure the cosmos itself.

Crazy Diamond Can Manipulate The Fabric Of Living Matter (Diamond Is Unbreakable)

Josuke Higashikata's Crazy Diamond is rather similar to his nephew Jotaro's Star Platinum. It's a remarkably powerful Stand, capable of overwhelming the strongest of combatants. In addition, Crazy Diamond's movements are near-flawless, allowing Josuke to attack from a great distance using projectiles.

If these were its only two features, Crazy Diamond would've never become one of the strongest Stands in JoJo. It can manipulate the fabric of living matter, from food to people and everything in between. Josuke Higashikata commonly uses Crazy Diamond to reverse any injuries experienced by his allies — the problem is that he can't use this unique power on himself.

Weakest Stands In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Bastet's Major Drawback Can Hamper Its Own User (Stardust Crusaders)

Stardust Crusaders is the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure saga that introduces Stands — it's responsible for some wild swings while Araki continues to figure out how these powerful forces work. Mariah has a Stand named Bastet that bears a major resemblance to an electrical outlet.

Stardust Crusaders has such an abundance of enemy Stands that Bastet feels more like a throwaway gag. Its power can technically become frustrating, but it still pales compared to most Stands. Contact with Bastet turns the individual into a magnet that slowly grows more powerful, a disadvantage that can also afflict the Stand's own user, Mariah.

Achtung Baby Lacks Any Sort Of Physical Power (Diamond Is Unbreakable)

Diamond is Unbreakable introduces JJBA fans to the humble community of Morioh as well as Josuke Higashikata and his unusual gang of friends. Diamond is Unbreakable pushes JoJo more into episodic slice-of-life territory, particularly when Joseph Joestar and Josuke discover an invisible baby, they make an honorary member of the family.

Shizuka Joestar has the Stand Achtung Baby, which doesn’t have a physical form of its own and is instead permanently bonded to Shizuka. That being said, this invisibility is more annoying than helpful. As one of the weakest Stands, Achtung Baby lacks any physical power and can’t attack anyone.

Hermit Purple Can Capture Vague Glimpses Of The Future (Stardust Crusaders)

Unfortunately, one of the titular JoJos has one of the weakest Stands in the story. With the ability to glimpse the future by attacking a Polaroid camera or television screen, the elder Joseph Joestar can use his Stand to jumpstart Stardust Crusaders' hunt for the malicious DIO, but it fails to do much else.

Some speculate that Hermit Purple is how Joseph always knew what his opponents were thinking back during Battle Tendency. This helped give Joseph his winning catchphrase, "Your next line is...." However, this fan hypothesis remains merely a theory.

Moody Blues' Main Ability Makes It Vulnerable To Attacks (Golden Wind)

Moody Blues allows its user, Leone Abbacchio, to replay past events with a significant amount of detail. While this ability is impressive for information gathering and detective work, it doesn't make for a powerhouse in its own right, often requiring the aid of other characters during fights.

While broadcasting the replay, Moody Blues is even more vulnerable to attacks — which wouldn't be a big deal if Moody Blues was a big fighter, but it isn't. This is disappointing, since the character this Stand belongs to is very interesting. Unfortunately, Leone Abbacchio's combat potential just isn't very strong.

Cinderella Does Not Have Any Fighting Skills Whatsoever (Diamond Is Unbreakable)

Cinderella is not a combat Stand, but rather a cosmetic one. Its user, Aya Tsuji, is a beautician who works hard to give people the bodies they want. Her Stand allows her to change others' appearances, often only for 30 minutes. In some rare cases, she can permanently change their appearances, depending on client approval.

Even with Aya Tsuji's ability to remove entire limbs, Cinderella isn't a fighter, preferring to help people realize their true selves. Unfortunately, Cinderella's user Aya becomes a victim in the scheme of Yoshikage Kira, who ultimately kills her.

Mr. President's Room Doesn't Even Protect Against Stand Attacks (Golden Wind)

One of the weakest Stands in JJBA, Mr. President belongs to a tortoise named Coco Jumbo, proving that even animals can have Stands. Mr. President is not a combatant, but a room housed within the red gem of a key. Mr. President and Coco Jumbo are essential in helping Team Bucciarati survive Golden Wind.

When the key is placed upon Coco Jumbo's back, a person may place their hand upon the key to enter the room — a small pocket dimension of sorts. Obviously, this Stand is not very helpful in a fight, since going into the room doesn't even defend against the effects of other Stands.

Cheap Trick Can Only Lie To Or Threaten Its Victim (Diamond Is Unbreakable)

As its name suggests, Cheap Trick is nothing more than a poor imitation of what a Stand should be. Belonging to Masazo Kinoto, Cheap Trick spends most of its time fused to the owner's back, gradually worsening his sense of trust in other people. This Stand attacks Rohan Kishibe, who's initially taken aback by its sudden appearance.

Even Masazo Kinoto's death doesn't resolve this problem — Cheap Trick remains bound to Rohan's back. Unfortunately, the Stand's only notable ability is its desire to kill anyone "using" it. All it does is lie and threaten the user until they die or somehow get rid of it.

Tower Of Gray Is Annihilated Without Much Effort (Stardust Crusaders)

Gray Fly's Stand manifests on the airplane in the middle of a flight, and attempts to defeat or stall Jotaro's crew from reaching Cairo. Although it has caused many domestic and international accidents, killing hundreds of people at a time, Tower of Gray is one of the weakest Stands in JoJo.

Tower of Gray has speed and flexibility on its side, allowing it to move faster than Star Platinum. It also possesses an extremely potent mandible, allowing the Stand to stab through humans without expending much effort. All things considered, however, Tower of Gray is no match for Kakyoin and Hierophant Green.

Talking Head's Many Features Are Useless In A Real Battle (Golden Wind)

Tiziano's Talking Head is unquestionably one of the weakest Stands in JJBA, even if it temporarily bewilders Team Giorno. Its only plus point is that it can be controlled from a distance, keeping the user Tiziano safe from potential retribution.

Talking Head effectively replaces a target's tongue and "lies" on their behalf. It doesn't even interfere with the nervous system, which means the victim can find other ways to convey truthful information. Talking Head has influenced the movement and pliability of the target's tongue, but even this nifty feature doesn't make much of a difference to the battle's outcome.

Khnum Has No Personality Or Additional Abilities (Stardust Crusaders)

Khnum is arguably the weakest Stand in all of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Its ability is Transfiguration, allowing its user to take the appearance of another person. The problem is that Khnum gives its wielder no additional abilities. Furthermore, its user Oingo is often played for comedy rather than any serious drama.

Oingo's only attempt to attack the Joestars ends due to his own bad luck and literally no other interference. Khnum itself has no personality or additional abilities, making it the weakest Stand in terms of both capability and lethality.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

TV-14

The story of the Joestar family, who are possessed with intense psychic strength, and the adventures each member encounters throughout their lives.

Release Date

October 4, 2012

Creator

Hirohiko Araki

Main Genre

Animation

Seasons

5