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Hey everyone, today we’re going to be doing a least to most intelligent ranking. This is one I wanted to revisit, partly because it was one of the more polarising lists the first time round, and also because we have new characters to add to the list. We have 5 tiers. Let’s get into it.
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Intro 0:00
Not very intelligent 0:15
Average intelligence 1:55
Above average intelligence 4:37
Highly intelligent 8:08
Extremely intelligent 9:20
Outro 11:26
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Pinhead would be very intelligent… If you've watched all the movies you'd see it too
“The Demogorgon being the only none human character” Nemesis and Druge have left the chat
Skull Merchant Above Wesker? Kinda Wack Ngl
Regarding Pinhead's intelligence, that might depend on if you're talking about book vs movie/comic. It's a bit hard because to some extent, they're three different people. The one we're dealing with is Elliott Spencer here, though.
Even down to comics and the movie, Elliot has would probably be above average intelligence. He was a captain in the British Army, and was considered a great gentleman before the Battle of Flanders. So he had a charismatic air, knew how to keep up with his weaponry.
When he became Pinhead, he likely gained otherworldly knowledge on top of his experiences as a human. He's had decades to practice and perfect his craft.
something you may want to consider about nemesis is that he knows how to use big power weapons such as the flame thrower
I think Amanda should be in the Above average category. It's some smarts to make a death trap that's fool proof. Many of the inescapable traps she made take a good amount of engineering.
The chain/nail bomb trap. Making several bombs takes some brains, and chaining someone in ares that aren't fatal (not including the jaw one) takes a little knowledge of human anatomy.
Then the angel trap, designing and making that intricate trap would require a whole lot of planning and knowledge and even of she didn't make it she did rig it to kill the victim. Rigging a trap itself would need some level of knowledge. And not to mention the times she outsmarted victims of the games in Saw 2, and how she survived the traps in Saw 1 and Saw 2.
Yeah she needs guidance and gets persuaded but doesn't mean she isn't dumb.
doctor playing chess looks funny in my head
I always viewed Myers as high INT low WIS, bcuz he knows how to use panic to his advantage, however his method of pursuit is either waiting god-knows how long in one place, or brute forcing his way to the target while tanking every shot
Not so wise imo
I don't think clown can be considered less intelligent than huntress. The literally has a child's mind and doesn't understand the concept of feeding the kids she kidnaps. I'm pretty sure clown would know people atleast need food.
I really don’t understand why you put the skull merchant above Albert Wesker…
‘Oni just wanna smash things …. And so he smashes things ‘ XD I don’t know why but that got me chuckling
Education and intelligence are two different things and don't compare.
Demogorgon the only non human??
What about Nemesis and Dredge? 😅
Alot of these miss really key aspects or concepts. Legion and Pig are ranked unreasonably low on the premise of recklessness, despite that being lack of self-control, not lack of intelligence. Additionally, Huntress is "average", despite letting little girls she kidnapped die because she couldn't understand the basic concept of hunger.
Characters like Huntress and Oni seem to be ranked purely based on their skill in combat, not by their actual intellect, which rubs me the wrong way.
Pinhead, I agree, is hard to gauge how intelligent he is, but I feel like the reasoning of "being the leader of the Cenobites" is rather flawed. Rather radical example, but Adolf Hitler was undeniably a good leader. The problem is that he was kind of a fucking moron, on top of being a horrible person.
This also applies to Plague.
Skull Merchant kinda falls in the same tier as Trickster, where she honestly just got lucky/had plot armor. Had the characters used any common sense, Adriana would've been suspect #1, since she was directly profiting off of the deaths of each and every CEO.
No way you nemmy is dumb
Dredge cannot be ranked on intelligence in my opinion, It isn't really a living thing, Dredge is more or less the embodiment of dread.
i actually wanted to do some quick googling on how smart nemesis actually is and to be honest he's both incredibly smart and not very smart at the same time, this is because nemesis possesses much higher intelligence than other tyrants but not humans but that doesn't mean he's stupid, within 4 months he's shown to understand the entire English language and how to say basic words most notably stars, follow out specific routines set by his superiors at umbrella, know how to handle advanced machinery properly such as aiming and firing rocket launchers, rationalise and deduct etc as mentioned before this was all done before even reaching 6 months old so even though he's pretty dumb right now, his ability to pick up, adapt and understand everything around him is at a much much much faster rate than humans
Great list, although i would argue hillbilly being a higher intelligence. hes, crafty, smart, and i believe to be of a higher intelligence.
Thank you for the S tier content king ❤
"Bubba just seems confused" that’s so true, i remember watching the movie and that scene where he gets in his room, sits down and put his head in his head like "what’s going on?!" i felt bad for that big guy
Am I the only one that thinks bubba sounds like a sped kid when he uses the chainsaw?
I disagree about Nemesis
I’m going to have to argue that Doctor is the most intelligent one over Blight. A massive part of Psychology comes from intelligence tests, you cannot tell me this nerd didn’t just sit down and take them on repeat to one up the professor in his lore.
And yes. As part of our curriculum we have to test intelligence tests.
-From, a psych major.
I think almost getting caught doesn't necessarily say anything about a killers intellect, rather them having trouble controlling themselves and thinking ahead and of possible consequences if they for example kill one person rn. It feels more like lacking impulse control which a lot of psychopath have. They can still be very intelligent
Cool video and I love the content. I definitely agree with most of this. I always thought wesker was intelligent. There's his domination factor and manipulating ppl but he's also a virologist. He's clearly book smart too. I just always thought that was good. Ppl who can start biowarfare are always terrifying
Tiers rename:
Dumb as a rock
Normal Brain
Active Brain
MegaMind Brain
Galaxy Brain
Yeah, I think when Nemesis is called a “highly intelligent bioweapon” the important word is Bioweapon. Nemesis is highly intelligent- for a bioweapon. compare him to a normal zombie or something like a licker, and yeah, he’s pretty smart. He can follow orders, use weapons, and say at least one human word.
i really think amanda should be higher on the list, after all shes built most of the contraptions in the saw movies once jigsaw succumbed to his illness and they show a high engineering level so she deserves more credit :]
I would argue blight is as intelligent as nemesis, only because after the entity messed with blight, the serum dumbed him down to being a mindless monster
The only time pyramid head isn't punishing people for their guilt he is in the 'great sleep' or whatever the lore called it so he probably isn't very intelligent outside of punishing
can you do battle royale 2 with the new killers and demo please he is a good boy
I thought it was about in the game not in the lore
0:22 wtf is the dredge then??
I don't think Plague is intelligent, not highly intelligent
She's just devoted, which other devoted people see as trustful and become devoted to her as well
I think what others mean by nemesis being intelligent is the fact that it’s his intelligence in like a subjective way. He uses predictability and different weapons in the games (both og and remake) but I think he fails in anything basic and worthwhile. But I do think he should be higher on the list (not by much though, he is still low tier)
Did you miss trapper?
Clown is actually very intelligent. He s able to kidnap people and made homemade potions. He also needs to use his mind to catch survivors because of his power.
Take a shot every time something is said about intelligence. Probably not a good idea if you wan't to stay sober.
Take a sip everytime this man says the word "intelligence"
Do this the same video but with survivors tag me
what is executioners reasoning lmaoo
I wish they would add Jigsaw himself. He would certainly be the most intelligent
I think Freddy and Pinhead Extremly intelligent
I still feel Clown needs to be a tier higher. It was established in his lore that he was a fairly liked individual and blended in perfectly despite his homicidal tendencies. Being able to craft a persona to fit your goals is frankly a smart thing to do.
Wasn’t spirit top of her class using their school uniforms
Nemesis is actually one of the smarter tyrants out there, he fails at doing his job by killing Jill because he likes to toy around with his prey before eventually killing it because he wants to try out his new weapons and just make his job more fun lmao