Rikiel - and his stand, Sky High
Rikiel is one of the sons of DIO who suffered from a condition since age 16 where stress causes his eyelids to droop, profuse sweating, and breathing difficulties, making his life difficult with no help until he was drawn to Enrico Pucci and awakened his Stand, Sky High. Sky High appears as a beetle on Rikiel’s arm and grants control over ‘Rods’ (Skyfish), invisible fast creatures that feed on body heat, allowing manipulation of bodily functions and curing his condition.
Durability
- Gets hit by rocks hard enough to embed in his face (source) ([Durability])
- Gets hit by Stone Free hard enough to knock over a motorcycle (source) ([Durability])
- Is set on fire for a brief period (source) ([Durability])
- Survives two full body beat downs from Stone Free by using Rods to stay conscious, though extremely injured (source) ([Durability])
Speed
- Rods are fast enough to be invisible to the naked eye, appearing only for a few hundredths of a second on video (source) ([Speed])
- Rods avoid Stone Free’s strings while moving at unseeable speeds (source) ([Speed])
- Rods redirect rocks thrown by Hermes/Kiss to miss Rikiel (source) ([Speed])
- Rods dodge a flurry of punches from Stone Free (source) ([Speed] (Link to Stone Free’s RT for scaling))
Body Heat Consumption
- Brief exposure to a Rod causes one of Pucci’s teeth to fall out (source)
- Forces eyes shut and causes Jolyne’s eyes to bleed (source)
- Causes Hermes’ hand to swell, controls her finger movements, and later causes a finger to rot and fall off (source)
- Causes one of Emporio’s kidneys to malfunction (source)
- Twists Jolyne’s ankle (source)
- Controls Hermes’ speech (source)
- Damages Jolyne’s lungs and Hermes’ thyroid gland (source)
- Can kill by attacking the brain stem (source)
- By targeting Jolyne’s open mouth, causes her visual perception to slow down (source)
- Rikiel uses Rods on himself to numb nerves in head and body to remain conscious and pain-free (source)