Tusk

"It's truly, truly been… a very long roundabout path…" - Johnny Joestar (Joni Jōsutā, ジョニィ・ジョースター)

Summary

Tusk is the Stand of Johnny Joestar, the main protagonist featured in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run. Unlike other Stands featured in A Bizarre Day, Tusk is a Stand consisting of ACTs. In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Stands with ACTs are Stands that develop over time until they reach their final form/act.

This Stand can be obtained by using a Holy Corpse part on Spin on Standless to get Tusk ACT1. After obtaining Tusk ACT1, the user would need to keep on using Holy Corpse parts on Tusk, each one evolving their Tusk into its next ACT, until they evolve their Tusk into its final evolution: Tusk ACT4.

The Shiny variant of Tusk ACT4 is simply called Neo Tusk and can be obtained by using a Holy Corpse on Tusk ACT3 with a 12% chance.

• Tusk ACT1
• Tusk ACT2
• Tusk ACT3
• Tusk ACT4

Appearance

Tusk ACT1
"Let's deal with these guys first, then we'll talk."
Destructive power	E
Speed	E
Durability	B
Health	187.5 HP
Blocks	25% of damage

As for ACT1, it resembles a small animal. Its head is of equal or slightly greater size than its body, and it floats with two short, vague, and inarticulate arms and one such leg.

Its posterior is marked somewhat irregularly by small stars, behind which dark circles radiate to their points; while four tendrils droop from the base of its trunk to the approximate length of its leg, bearing heart shapes.

On its head, it bears two long, mammalian ears; small, reflective black eyes, under a brow of a troubling angle; a large star at the top of its forehead, behind which a dark circle radiates to its points, and from the center of which a string links with the tip of a cone fastened to the region of its nose. 

Movesets/Abilities

• Abilities
• Movesets

Type of Ability	Name	Description
Passive	Crippled	The user cannot roll.

Key	Name	Description	Damage	Cooldown
	Fingernail Shot	Using ACT1, the user fires a nail shot at their cursor, dealing a good amount of damage to whoever is hit.	Good Damage20 damage per nail	8 seconds
Hold	Rapid Fingernail Shots	Using ACT1, the user fires up to 10 nail shots at their cursor, with each nail dealing a good amount of damage. This move can be extended for a longer amount of time by holding R. The move's cooldown also increases for every shot you take.	Good Damage20 damage per nail	5 seconds
	Dark Determination	ACT1's user gains a damage buff and glowing eyes for a brief period of time. You can only use this move once per life. While active, the damage per fingernail increases from 20 to 30 and One-Two Strike Damage per uppercut and elbow increases from 15 to 20.25.	No DamageN/A	N/A
	One-Two Strike	The user of ACT1 channels their stand's energy throughout their arms and uppercuts anyone in the way, followed by an elbow. Both deal a moderate amount of damage.	Moderate Damage15 damage per uppercut 15 damage per elbow	25 seconds
	Herbal Tea	You pull out a cup of tea and drink it, recovering a moderate amount of health.	Good Healing Strength20 HP healed	15 seconds
Hold	Fingernail Glide	Using the stand as a mobility tool, the user glides along the ground briefly using their spinning nails.	No DamageN/A	5 seconds

Battle Strategies

Pros and Cons:

Pros

• Rapid Finger Nail shot can deal godly amounts of damage if all nails hit, and it's likely that it could one-shot your opponent.
• Healing move.
• Dark determination buffs all your attacks' damage.

Cons

• User cannot roll.
• 1 mediocre close ranged move, making it exclusively a zoner.
• Long cooldowns.
• Fingernail Glide's speed is slow, making it unreliable for combat.
• Extremely low health, even though its durabilty is B.

Appearance

Tusk ACT2
"Chumimi~in..."
Destructive power	D
Speed	D
Durability	C
Health	225 HP
Blocks	50% of damage

Mechanically, ACT2 possesses small, sturdy torso and arms, greater in proportion to its head. From its head hang two barrel-shaped objects.

A barrel-like unit the size of its head is suspended at the base of a short, flat spine.

Tusk is primarily pink in all media featuring it. This appears to be sort of like a robot.

Movesets/Abilities

• Abilities
• Movesets

Type of Ability	Name	Description
Passive	Crippled	The user cannot roll.

Key	Name	Description	Damage	Cooldown
	Aimed Triple Nail Shot	ACT2's user shoots 3 nail shots aimed at their cursor, each dealing a good amount of damage.	Good Damage20 damage per nail	5 seconds
Cursor on target +	Direct Nail Shot	ACT2's user shoots 2 nail shots to anyone on their cursor through the chest, dealing a good amount of damage.	Good Damage20 damage per nail	25 seconds
	Homing Triple Nail Shots	ACT2's user shoots 3 nail shots in a straight line in front of them. Although the nails are slow, each nail moves toward your closest enemy, dealing a great amount of damage.	Good Damage20 damage per nail	12 seconds
	Spin Jab	ACT2's user jabs anyone in front of them, with their arm infused with the power of Spin. This will deal a moderate amount of damage and very weak knockback.	Moderate Damage15 damage	6 seconds
	Herbal Tea	You pull out a cup of tea and drink it, recovering a moderate amount of health.	Good Healing Strength20 HP healed	12 seconds
Hold	Spin Nail Glide	ACT2's user uses the combined power of their stand and Spin to glide along the ground, like ACT1. This is slightly faster than its previous form.	No DamageN/A	6 seconds

Battle Strategies

Pros and Cons:

Pros

• Direct Nail shot is a guaranteed hit if the enemy is stuck/stunned.
• Homing Triple Nail Shot is will hit your enemy no matter the circumstances.
• Healing move.

Cons

• Spin Nail Glide speed is slow, making it unreliable for combat.
• User cannot roll.
• Spin Jab has a weak knockback and low damage.
• Low durability.
• 1 mediocre short ranged attack, making it almost exclusively a zoner.

Appearance

Tusk ACT3
"The long way is always.. The best shortcut."
Destructive power	D
Speed	D
Durability	D
Health	240 HP
Blocks	50% of damage

ACT3 bears sharp spikes growing from both the underside from its small, truncated, disc-shaped hands, similar to that of D4C: LT's left hand. It also has three of those same spikes on its 3 toes, on its feet.

On its dark, spherical shoulders it bears the large, bold outline of a star; and from its upper lip to the rear of its head runs a tall, blade-like protrusion resembling a Mohawk.

Although it is distinctly more human in shape, its head is still embedded into its body, foreshadowing Tusk ACT4's head placement.

Movesets/Abilities

• Abilities
• Movesets

Type of Ability	Name	Description
Passive	Crippled	The user cannot roll.

Key	Name	Description	Damage	Cooldown
	Nail Shots	ACT3's user shoots 4 nail shots at their cursor, each dealing a good amount of damage.	Good Damage20 damage per nail	8 seconds
	Aimed Shot	ACT3's user shoots a nail that deals a great amount of damage to anyone it hits. This move is aimed by cursor.	Great Damage30 damage per nail	25 seconds
	Herbal Tea	You pull out a cup of tea and drink it, recovering a good amount of health.	Good Healing Strength20 HP healed	15 seconds
	Wormhole Shot	ACT3's user uses their newest ability to create a wormhole and shoot a nail from it, redirecting to anyone nearby. This nail deals a moderate amount of damage.	Moderate Damage12 damage per nail	17 seconds
Hold	Nail Glide	ACT3's user glides along the ground using their nails and spin at a faster rate than ACT1 and ACT2.	No DamageN/A	6 seconds

Battle Strategies

Pros and Cons:

Pros

• Nail Glide's speed is decent.
• Healing move.
• Can quickly deal godly damage if all nails hit.

Cons

• Cannot roll.
• No short ranged attacks.
• Wormhole Shot is weak compared to other moves.

Appearance

Tusk ACT4
Destructive power	A
Speed	B
Durability	A
Health	300 HP
Blocks	75% of damage

ACT4 has a somewhat humanoid shape, broad or square build; of articulated legs, arms, hands, and fingers. Its head is mounted in the front of its chest, and from the bottom of its chest hangs to its ankles a vestment comprising strings of vertical concave ellipses. Like its user, Johnny Joestar, it wears a horseshoe on its forehead.

For its Shiny version, Shiny Tusk ACT4 is a bit different in a sense that its color scheme is overall less vibrant when compared to its original design. The eyes are light blue instead of yellow.

Movesets/Abilities

• Abilities
• Movesets
• Darkest Determination

Type of Ability	Name	Description
Passive A	Interdimensional	This passive is NOT enabled by default. You must use Self Nullification Blow to gain this extra passive. Tusk ACT4's infinite spin energy prevents its user from being affected by gravitational moves or moves which affect movement speed. Your attacks are also unable to be reflected.
Passive B	Infinite Rotation	Because of the infinite rotation you produce, none of your attacks are able to be reflected back.

Key	Name	Description	Damage	Cooldown
Hold	ORA Barrage	Tusk ACT4 pummels the opponent with a barrage of 80 Extremely fast punches, each dealing a superior amount of damage. You gain superarmour while using Tusk ACT4's barrage, and are able to move and jump normally.	Devastating Strength6.5 damage per punch	7 seconds
	ORA Punch	Tusk ACT4 strikes the target with a great spin-imbued right hook, sending the target flying forwards for one second. The target is also dealt an extra 1 damage every second (for 10 seconds).	Incredible Strength45 damage   Pitiful Damage (Overtime Damage)1 damage	13 seconds
	Rotating Nail Bullets	The user fires a fast spin-charged nail bullet at your cursor. Each bullet deals a pitiful amount of damage. You can fire up to 5 consecutive bullets before a short delay kicks in. For every nail you fire, you gain another nail 10 seconds after.	Pitiful Damage15 damage per nail	8 seconds
	Nullification Blow	The user pauses and charges spin energy into their left hand, firing a single concentrated shot at the target. Anyone hit takes a great amount of damage and is disabled for 1.5 seconds.	Great Damage22 damage per shot	25 seconds
	Lesson Five	Tusk ACT4 uppercuts the enemy. If it hits, the enemy is knocked into the air. Tusk then barrages the opponent 35 times before landing a final strike that allows it to rotate inside the target's body and discharge an immense amount of spin energy, knocking the opponent back, dealing an incredible amount of damage in total. Do note that the cooldown for this move is active starting from when you spawn, meaning that you cannot use it immediately. Note: You must be at 1/3rd of your maximum health or lower to be able to use this attack. You will also become invincible for the duration of the attack.	Incredible Damage (Uppercut)40 damage Pitiful Damage (Barrage)1 damage per punch Great Damage (Final Strike)30 damage	N/A
	Nuclear Fission	Tusk creates a miniature atomic bomb by splitting atoms with its infinite rotation. The user launches a fast, black projectile at the target. On impact, it initially deals a pitiful amount of damage, but it soon creates a large explosion which deals great AOE damage. This attack (including the explosion) bypasses block, but can be dodged. The explosion also damages the initial target(s) shot. The cooldown for this move is active starting from when you spawn, meaning that you cannot use it immediately.	Pitiful Damage (Impact)8.5 damage   Great Damage (Explosion)35 damage	25 seconds
	Darkest Determination	The user focuses and channels their infinite spin energy, switching the functions of certain attacks.	No DamageN/A	3seconds
Hold	Nail Traversal	The player places their hand on the ground and channels their spin energy, allowing them to glide across the floor for 8 seconds. Coming into contact with an opponent will deal moderate damage to them, and give them about 0.75 seconds of stunlock. If you get knocked back your glide will be canceled. You can ram into the same target multiple times.	Moderate Damage12 damage on contact	15 seconds

Key	Name	Description	Damage	Cooldown
	Gyrating Nail Bullets	Similarly to Rotating Nail Bullets, the user fires a spin-charged nail bullet at your cursor. Each nail bullet now deals moderate damage, and is 25% faster. The stacks and recharge times per nail are the same.	Moderate Damage19 damage per nail	7 seconds
	Self-Nullification Blow	Tusk ACT4 turns around and strikes its own user with infinite spin. This grants you a health-draining debuff which lasts for 10 seconds. By the time the debuff wears off, it will have dealt roughly 50% of your maximum health. After using this ability, the player is able to move during Time Stop by holding the V key. Even if the debuff wears off during stopped time, you will still be able to move.	Pitiful Damage (Self-Damage)6 damage per second	N/A
	Infinite Rotation Bullet	The player pauses and uses Tusk ACT4 to charge a nail with infinite spin energy, then fires it at your cursor. Targets hit are "marked" with the golden rectangle. Opponents hit with this attack twice will have 70% of their max health subtracted, resulting in an instant kill for anybody under 70% health and immense damage otherwise. This move has a very small area of effect that can apply the debuff. For bosses, this attack will subract 20% of their max health, instead of 70%. Notes: The target does not have to be marked by you in order for your projectile to kill them. This move uses a separate cooldown to Nuclear Fission. The cooldown for this move is active starting from when you spawn, meaning that you cannot use it immediately.	Great Damage (First Nail)38 damage Godly Damage (Second Nail)70% of health	30 seconds

Battle Strategies

Pros and Cons:

Pros

• Great damage output.
• Incredible ranged attacks.
• Good mobility.
• Infinite Rotation Bullet can end fights in a minute.
• Can bypass any counters.
• Extremely versatile.
• Can exploit a TS.
• Has a beatdown that can be use at low heath.

Cons

• Reduced melee attacks.
• Requires good aim.
• ACT4's glide can be punished by Sticky Finger's Zipper Glide.
• Weak beatdown.

Combos:

• ACT1's Combos
• ACT2's Combos
• ACT3's Combos
• ACT4's Combos

• T + R
• T + E + R + F

R + T + E

E + F + R

Z (Bump into the enemy multiple times) + E (hold)

Z + V + H (repeat)

Z + T (5x)

Z + E ( Press and hold) + H + V ( Press and hold ) T

Z+Y+E (Hold) + R+ H

Z + Y + V + H + E(Hold) + H + F + V + H + Z + Y + E(Hold) + R + V + T(5x)

(Low HP) Z+E+F

R + H

V (Hold) + H + Z + E + R + H

T (spam) + V (hold) + T (spam) + Z (hit multiple times) + E + R

V(on) + H + V(off) + H + Y

Easy Combo: E(hold)+R+T(x5)

Z + E + R + H

V+H+T(5x)+E+R+F(Low Health)+H+E+R

V+H+T(x5)+Z+V+Y+E+R+H+V+H+T(x5)+Z+R+E

Trivia

• Tusk ACT1/2/3
• Tusk ACT4

• Tusk's ACT1, 2, and 3 are one of the stands that have received pose music recently and will play a fan-made theme made by Friedrich Habetler when posing.
• Tusk ACT1's quotes are: "I want to know the power of the spin! If I don't everything will end here!", "I'll call them Tusks!" and "These are no longer nails... They're 'Tusks'!"
• Tusk ACT2's quotes are: "Even if my spin falters, I won't die!", "Shut up!" and "What a joke!"
• Tusk ACT3's quotes are: "Now I know where to shoot!", "What the heck kind of attitude is that?" and "If I can get the Corpse. I can get my negative back to zero!
• Tusk ACT3 has an H move but it doesn't work.
• Tusk ACT1 and Tusk ACT3's Fingernail Glide has a blue color glide effect, while Tusk ACT2 and Tusk ACT4's Fingernail Glide has a green color glide effect.
• Tusk ACT3 is the only Tusk ACT that has no close-ranged move.
• Tusk ACT1 and Tusk ACT2 used to have the same pose.
• Tusk ACT1, 2 and 3 are the only three stands to have the pose key as G.
• Due to keyboard input errors, Tusk ACT1 is immune to Chariot Requiem's R.

TA4's Z move (Nail Traversal) as well as its (v)/T, (v)/Y, and (v)/H moves can be used without Tusk ACT4 out.

Tusk ACT4 had received a hefty nerf to its barrage but a buff to its projectiles.

Tusk ACT4 used to be able to float in the air while posing, this, however, has been changed.

Tusk ACT4 coincidentally spins while posing due to a glitch with the model.

Tusk ACT4 is the only Tusk ACT that cannot glide mid-air, but could damage people.

As of the v3.0.0e update, Tusk ACT4 got a remodel (Note: this remodel is still not entirely finished, as the stars on ACT4's body and shoulder pads are yet to be added.)

A Developer has said in the official ABD discord server that Tusk ACT4 is going to get a move similar to Star Platinum's (now removed) Star breaker with the keybind being V+E

Tusk ACT4 users do not ragdoll when dying. Instead it dies the normal way because of a rig error. This counts for resetting.

Tusk ACT4's Nuclear Fission (H) can bypass King Crimson's Future Sight.

Tusk ACT4 will play "Tusk" By Fleetwood Mac when posing.

Tusk ACT4 along with C-Moon Chariot Requiem and Joseph Hamon are the only stands that can jump while barraging.

After Tusk ACT4’s beatdown, the user will say: "Arigato...Gyro”. Which translates to "Thank you...Gyro"

Tusk ACT4 quotes are: "Who will be the sacrifice?", "I'm ending it all here!" and "It's truly... been a roundabout path."

Tusk ACT4 is registered by the game script as an Over Heaven stand.

Tusk ACT4 R by far has the most knockback in the game.

Tusk ACT4 F is actually now the only beatdown in game, though it does lower damage then any other beatdown which existed.

Gallery

• Tusk ACT1:
• Tusk ACT2:
• Tusk ACT3:
• Tusk ACT4:
• Misc:

ACT1's Fingernail Shot.

ACT1's Rapid Fingernail Shots.

ACT1's Burning Determination.

ACT1's One-Two Strike.

ACT1's Herbal Tea.

ACT1's health after using Herbal Tea.

Fingernail Glide.

Tusk ACT1's Pose.

ACT2's Aimed Triple Nail Shot.

ACT2's Direct Nail Shot.

ACT2's Homing Triple Nail Shots.

ACT2's Spin Jab.

ACT2's Herbal Tea.

ACT2's health after using Herbal Tea.

ACT2's Spin Nail Glide.

Tusk ACT2's Pose.

ACT3's Nail Shots.

ACT3's Aimed Shot.

ACT3's Herbal Tea.

ACT3's health after using Herbal Tea.

ACT3's Wormhole Shot.

ACT3's Nail Glide.

ACT3's pose.

Tusk ACT4 using ORA Barrage.

Tusk ACT4 using ORA Punch.

The user of Tusk ACT4 using Rotating Nail Bullets.

The user of Tusk ACT4 using Nullification Blow.

Tusk ACT4 using Lesson Five.

The user of Tusk ACT4 using Nuclear Fission,

Tusk ACT4 using Nail Traversal.

The user of Tusk ACT4 using Darkest Determination.

Tusk ACT4 using Self-Nullification Blow.

The user of Tusk ACT4 using Infinite Rotation Bullet.

The effects of Self-Nullification Blow.

Tusk ACT4's pose.

Tusk ACT1 using Holy Corpse.

Tusk ACT2's old Pose.

Tusk ACT3's old Pose.

Tusk ACT4's old model.

Tusk ACT1 in the Manga.

Tusk ACT2 in the Manga.

Tusk ACT3 in the Manga.

Tusk ACT4 in the Manga.

Audio Gallery

• ACT1
• ACT2
• ACT3
• ACT4

Movesets:

Tusk ACT1 using Fingernail Shots: Tusk ACT1 using Rapid Fingernail Shots: Tusk ACT1 using One-Two Strike: Tusk ACT1's nail's sound effect:

Voicelines:

"I'll call them Tusks!" "I want to know the power of the spin! If I don't everything will end here!" "These are no longer nails... They're 'Tusks'!"

Movesets:

Tusk ACT2 using Aimed Triple Nail Shot: Tusk ACT2 using Direct Nail Shot: Tusk ACT2 using Homing Triple Nail Shots: Tusk ACT2 using Spin Jab: ACT2's nail's sound effect:

Voicelines:

"Even if my spin falters, I won't die!" "What a joke!" "Shut up!"

Movesets:

Tusk ACT3 using Nail Shots: Tusk ACT3 using Aimed Shot: Tusk ACT3 using Wormhole Shot: Tusk ACT3's nail's sound effect:

Voicelines:

"What the heck kind of attitude is that?" "If I can get the Corpse. I can get my negative back to zero! "Now I know where to shoot!"

Movesets:

Tusk ACT4 using ORA Barrage: Tusk ACT4 using ORA Punch: Tusk ACT4 using Rotating Nail Bullets: Tusk ACT4 using Nullification Blow: Tusk ACT4 using Lesson Five: Tusk ACT4 using Nuclear Fission: Tusk ACT4 using Nail Traversal: Tusk ACT4 using Self-Nullification Blow: Tusk ACT4 using Infinite Rotation Bullet:

Voicelines:

"It's truly... been a roundabout path." "Who will be the sacrifice?" "I'm ending it all here!"

Miscs:

Tusk ACT4's Stand out audio: