Diavolo

This but unironically. Only thing Diavolo was shooting up was testosterone, how else did he go from twink to hunk so quickly?

Diavolo is actually a great villain in a vacuum. The problem is that because Part 5's story and plot structure is so awful, Diavolo never has a chance to be used properly. I mean, the final "battle" has him hiding in the background while the heroes forget he exists and focus on SCR instead. Anybody would look like a terrible villain if that happened to them.

I'd argue that Kars is actually so much more than he's on the surface. His entire reasoning to genocide his people was because they refused to move forward and live in the present. When Kars first made the stone mask, he tested it on himself rather than a slave or force it on someone. And when he presented a path for the future to his people, they turned on him.

If anything, I'd argue that Kars is one of the top tiers next to Kira and Valentine

funny > diavolo > pucci > kira > dio > kars

as far as main villains go he is by far the worst. Doppio was honestly a lot more compelling than he was.

Diavolo is one of the best because he's also the most personal.
>Bruno
>Abacchio
>Narancia
>Polnareff
He killed the most main characters and did it over the course of the whole story, so barring the Narancia one all the deaths had time to settle in.
DIO and Kira didn't kill anyone important, Pucci did it at the end. The only comparable villains are Whamm and Valentine.

VtC
Virgin to Chad

valentine exists

god tier design
god tier power
god tier alternate personality
shit tier actual personality
shit tier motivation

honestly I would have found him more interesting if Diavolo was the fake and Doppio was the real persona. And his motivation is utterly lame and makes very little sense if any at all.

>The problem is that because Part 5's story and plot structure is so awful, Diavolo never has a chance to be used properly.
No, that is a problem with King Crimson. It's an all-or-nothing Stand that either donuts or loses. There isn't any room for counterplay, as shown with Silver Chariot and the blood droplet trick.

honestly, his motive/goal in the series (killing Trish) is so fucking stupid it makes you wonder if Diavolo is genuinely insane

Any villain other than Dio is shit.

it's a dude who wanted to maintain control of his fate by hiding his identity.

he's literally a schizophrenic with two personalities so yes, he is insane. his motive makes no sense on purpose. Not saying that's good writing though, it definitely diminishes his character.

Even if you gave Diavolo a different power it would have the same problem if the story was the same.

>is so fucking stupid it makes you wonder if Diavolo is genuinely insane
He is absolutely genuinely insane.

He's actually not insane, because Doppio has a real soul. There's nothing wrong with Diavolo's brain.

> because Doppio has a real soul.
Was this confirmed by word of god?

No it was actually in the manga.

Oh right, the whole body swap thing.

Still has to be something wrong with his brain though. Or, at the very least, Doppio's brain.

>literally developed another personality
What do you think?

I think if it was meant to be a mental illness, Bruno would have had the same problems when he was in Diavolo's body.

True, I guess.

Honestly, I still like the idea that Diavolo is basically just a stand that got a soul.