>I'm not saying he wouldn't use time erase to get close, what I am saying is he wouldn't use it near constantly without break in between if the opponent wasn't actively in sight or swarming him with poisonous bugs, it'd allow much more wiggle room for her to figure a method of attack.
Why wouldnt he? He knows he's fighting an enemy, he knows the enemy seen him and the absolute last thing he wants would be the enemy to escape, factor in the fact he's 300m away and absolutely needs to get in close to cqc as fast as possible with the least amount of possibility to allow the opponent to escape. There's literally no reason why he wouldnt spam Time Skip, especially when he has done exactl that before. Plus Epitaph is there telling him hey she's gonna piss off if you aint quick.
>Also while she can create dummy humans out of bugs she can do that with herself also by covering her body from head to toe in bugs and crouch or move around while having her bugs maintain her silhouette so that people just hit bugs not her, she used it to avoid getting shot and trick people into thinking she has abilities she doesn't have.
Yes but Epitaph, he can simply just see her doing that in the vision or see himself attacking and it ending up only being dupes. Both are possible, especially as Epitaph went as far too show him Nero turning invisible and where he was. Same thing here in concept.
>Also again, keeping track of his position at all times is crucial since she will play the range game and actively put distance between them while feeling out for changes, so if she felt him getting too close she would again make bug clones and hide herself in one too, so epitaph would show him hitting her bugs she's hiding in and move on.
Yes but how is she going to make up that distance? He's going to abuse time skip to make that extremely difficult for her, (doesnt help everything is essentially extreme slow-mo while time is skipped in his perception while he himself is not, allowing him to quickly cover distances and move and get into position comparatively to his oppoent). Keeping track of his position is still difficult even if it's helpful due to intangibility in time skip and disorientation of the bugs.
>Also the bugs don't have to touch KC, KC just has to touch the bugs, not even just an attack but casually or by accident and she'll likely realize that something else is in play.
That's literally not how that works, if King Crimson doesnt actively touch the bugs himself then bugs phase through him. That's how Stands work so accidentally isnt a thing, unless he actively does so but simply ***** up in doing that. And why would King Crimson do hat? Diavolo's main goal would be to get to his target, not waste time attacking insects, he doesnt need to as killing them isnt beneficial to his goal so he'd probably just opt out to avoid em and phase through the bugs via time skip if they become a nuisance and for the dupes, Epitaph covers that.
>Also as for the clothes trope thing, that's kinda fair, but Diavolo can sometimes interact with physical things in Time erase so I don't think it's a huge stretch to say some bugs in his boxers (or thong owo) might just stay there, or even if they don't she has other ways to locate him.
Case and point, see Pucci, his clothes were fine even though they shouldve been destroyed by mih. I mean he can selectively interact with things in erased time but things cant interact with him, they just phase through him, nothing in the world can interact with him as they technically dont exist (or was it him that doesnt technically exist? It's one of.), anyway unless he's actively interacting with them then it should be a non-issue, although there does exist a contradiction to this ability but that was before Araki gave him that power so I'm gonna chalk it up to early power inconsistency given the intangibility in erased time thing has been confirmed multiple times over since its debut and even abused in the final arc and mentioned in JoJoveller. Also I'm pretty sure he'd feel a centipede in his pants, innuendo not intended. Maybe an ant or fly or something small on his leggings maybe but he'd feel an insect i his clothes, in fact I hope that's a general thing. Also nah, Diavolo doesnt wear a thong, Giocolata does though and Araki confirmed Fugo does, why, I do not know but he felt the need to confirm it.
tbh I dont really think her knowing where Diavolo is would matter much, he probably honestly doesnt give a shit either. In character his highest priority would be to close the distance as fast as possible then kill before she can escape, we know he tries to do this due to his statements in the Nero fight, wanting to prevent Nero from escaping at all costs, even going to the point of taking heavy damage if it would incentivise Nero to not escape. Same went with Bruno's gang. And even despite all these bugs, she'd be hard pressed to actually land a lethal blow on him due to time skip intangibility (can also inhibit wounds if used right as Diavolo is getting wounded, see Bruno, think Aerosmith too, may have to check). We also know he can spam time skip plus Epitaph is extremely helpful here, it'd tell him exactly what Hebert will do before she does it, it'd also tell him what are dupes and if she uses a dupe. Also the forecasted trails are extremely helpful, he'd be able to see exactly where Hebert hides and tries to go to due to it but due to the tempoary spatial effect, his vision would be uninhibited by obstacles so he'd be able to see exactly where Hebert would go so hiding would be difficult.