These videos of top X officers of Dynasty Warriors are underrated. As a hardcore Dynasty Warriors fan, I approve these great lists overall. Keep going!

Guo Jia was almost perfect in the novel. Every single stratagem he used or suggested were successful. Basically, he's like the only strategist in the book that has naver failed. And the only time Cao Cao did not heed Guo Jia's advice was about Liu Bei ['If you let the enemy off today, they will become a threat to you for a long time.'] And we all know, that Cao Cao deeply regreted about his decision for the rest of his life. Some may say, that Guo Jia never failed only cos' the time span he served Cao Cao was way too short. I guess that's fair to say, but we'll never know for sure what would have happened if this brilliant mind would live longer. Then again, in real history, couple of ideas that he came up with were actually someone else's [mostly Cao Cao's himself] and vice versa...some ideas that were attributed to other people were actually of Guo Jia intelligence. But in folklore it's a common practice to mix things like this.

Great channel man, and I respect the way you stay positive responding to comments disagreeing with you.

This is literally the best video I've ever watched

As you known, Pang Tong was not presented during The Battle at Chi Bi and Fa Zheng was a token evil teammate of Shu Han.

I love Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu, your list is great

This was so fire 🔥

Your ranking of smartest characters is by far the best one i see. Great to see underrated characters get the acknowledgment they deserve. If there is anything that bug me in this video then it would be the placement of Lu Su. I personally would rank him higher, at least around top 11.

Your list gets an A+ from me.. Got the top 10 right.. And got all the intelligent characters overall

Good list!

I'm sorry but there's no way Jia Xu beats Zhou You. Just. Nope lol

Warning: This list would trigger two individuals who deem that they’re number one and the idea of the Sleeping Dragon, Zhuge Liang, being the number one most intelligent character in Three Kingdoms lore Zhou Yu: Why does Zhuge Liang has to get all the glory, huh?! Aaah! If God made me, why did he have to bring Zhuge Liang in this world as well? Aaah! Sima Yi: IMBECILES! Only fools would claim that Zhuge Liang is the most intelligent man in this realm!

I’m glad you had Zhou Yu at 4 he’s always been my favorite character since Dynasty warriors started.

Damn good selection

I think Cheng gong needs a shout

Amazing video and I agree on all 20 of the smartest in dynasty warriors and no doubt that sima yi and that sleeping dragon are the two most smart man in history

I love your smartest character tier list and I think I will switch Fei Yi with someone else below his rank and put Chen Gong in this list

I am biased for xu shu he is just too humble

I think Sima Zhao should be at least number 10 or so since he is historically: almost unified China, take down longterm threats even his father couldn't, completely take power over Wei, mitigate the PR disaster of killing the emperor. in game: talk Liu Shan into agreeing, almost fuse Wei meritocracy and Shu benevolence, see through flaws of other people's plans and mitigated damage.

Wasn't expecting an NPC like Fei Yi on the list! I'm relatively new to your channel and I enjoy pretty much every video so far, Great job bro! I think I would've put Liu Bei on here as well as he may not have been the smartest in terms of strategy but he's very much intelligent emotionally, similarly to what you said about Cao Cao, Liu Bei was able to win Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang and so many other talented officers over to his cause despite the fact that he LITERALLY had nothing to start his kingdom with and is basically always on the run. I know all this also has to do with the fact that he's very virtuous and all that but I personally would've put him maybe somewhere in between no.20-16 or something like that. Either ways these kinds of lists are always debatable LOL. I'm digging the DW content on here bro, keep them coming!!

Chen gong should be here he was a mastermind Lu bu just wouldn’t listen

I am happy that Jiang Wei was not listed in this Good ranking overall

What about sima shi im interested in your opinion on him

Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, Liu Ye, Jia Xu, Sima Yi... ngl Wei is kinda stacked xD

I definitely think Fei Yi was a genius, Zhuge Liang was smart cookie but he really shouldn’t have gotten so involved with the army. Cao Cao was one of the his generation’s brightest minds. Hard for me to pick a #1. I would say Fa Zheng seeing as how he was able to get one over Cao Cao but he died just as he was being successful

great vid lol, might be a bit off topic but what scene was the Fa Zheng and Jia Xu one in the intro ?

i would def switch nr 2 and 1

Zhong Hui would have been a good honorable mention. While he was a pompous and arrogant individual, he was very well educated and extremely resourceful. Even the RTK games rate his Int in the low 90s. I can see not putting him in top 20, though I’d maybe give him Zhen Ji’s spot.

Fei Yi I agree

This is a solid list, but the “intelligence” level basis for me is quite inconsistent, probably because you took into consideration multiple types of intelligence like eq (to which for me I would exclude) That’s just my opinion though. Additionally, since I am Wu biased, I feel that Lu Xun should be higher since he did carry later Wu in general and not only in Yi Ling (Sun Quan just wont listen to him), also, his son Lu Kang (whom he prolly trained) is one of the last people to keep Wu together before falling bcuz of the stupid Sun descendants. It needs to be said. Lastly, since I am a Zhou Yu fan particularly, I am happy with his placement, I can prolly add a few explanations just my 2 cents (pls correct me if I’m wrong) 1. He is also a predicter - He predicted Yuan Shu’s declaration and allocated thousands of soldiers and people to Sun Ce and away from Yuan Shu, one of them is Lu Su. 2. His 2-part plan would’ve actually worked if he didn’t get injured - His DW9 hypothetical DLC explained this fairly well, Shu would have never existed if Zhou Yu’s 2-part plan worked. If anything, Zhuge Liang was banking on Zhou Yu’s recklessness for his 3-part plan to work, and indeed he was right, Zhou Yu was injured. 3. I wouldn’t heavily emphasize him in Chibi, but more in Nanjun - Just like how I credit Zhuge Liang in Wuzhang Plains, to put a strain in the enemy while his dying? I think DW8’s Nanjun level is enough to explain this. 4. He is the governor of Soochow - Not only military and advisory work, but also political work. 5. Two (or more?) people had to succeed him after his death - Cheng Pu succeeded him in his military position and Lu Su succeeded him in his adviser (and political) position. Side notes: -Why did I not give Zhou Yu as much credit in Chibi? Bcuz fire attack was Huang Gai’s plan, heck the fake surrender getting beaten up is Huang Gai’s plan. What I can give credit to Zhou Yu is overall command and synchronization of plans and their execution. -This is just an add-on but I don’t remember where I read this, probably from Baidu, he became lieutenant general at the age of 13, makes a lot of sense since he is from a military background family (superior Zhou family) -Idk if I would consider this, but he’s musically talented. I didn’t put it here just cuz he can play instruments, I put it here bcuz he’s critical and all up perfectionist about it. He could honestly mentor someone on music too.

Only one I disagree with is I believe Lu Su should be higher but I dont think I should base my opinion on the tv series. I believe he isnt as prominent in the games by comparison

Oh I forgot to mention ma su lol

Number 1 and 2 are more joint 1st as they where both as smart as each other really

Yue Ying is the one who actually created and invented most of the things Shu used in combat. She also helped Kongming devise a few strategies for different combat environments. She should be higher on the list in my opinion. Yes, the list is your opinion and not mine. She just doesn't get the credit she deserves. Probably because it's also said she was very ugly.

Chen Gong when it comes to strategy is top 7..but his arrogance and lack of awareness hurts him

I think you should including Li Ru and Yuan Shu And actually Chen gong is more intelligent than cao cao

Wait what about jang Wei?

my personal opinion is that this list is somewhat wrong, now I know that you take game informations into it but in historical point of view I think that cao cao is the smartest from this list, (not big fan of his here) the things that man did in his life is just amazing, yea zhuge liang did know military strategy but that is the only thing he was good and best you can say but he was terrible person, he did not even care about his wife, he saw her as just a object to be there so for me is 1 cao cao, 2 sima yi, 3 fa zheng and 4 zhuge liang but again I am saying that is my opinion on things I know and think

When shall we expect a coc stream 😏 I see you come back active you can’t hide from me 🌲👀🌲

Wei Yan snubbed for a top 3 spot 😭

Why am I not in this list?

I'm sorry but These list are so wrong If i had to make my own Top 20 I'll add characters like Ju Shou, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, Zhuge Jin, Cao Ren Also, Lu Meng, Lu Su should be higher... Zhou Yu is smarter than Jia Xu

Bto in my opinion Sima shi and guan ping was pretty smart oh don't forget about cheng gong lubu officer

Chen gong is the teacher of 4 guys in the list and he still didn’t make it ? 😂

TBF, Liu Bei spend most of his life with a very short retinue until he was in Jing. In comparaison, Cao Cao and Sun Quan quickly got their most important advisers and generals.

Shu had the best people... but the worst leaders

Pang De must be in first five!

Edit: omg where is Chen Gong? 😮😮😮 I don't think it's fair to consider "charismatic" as "smart" in this case. Having Cao Cao above someone like Pang Tong is kind of weird. Cao Cao was pretty mid as a strategist, he got outsmarted many many times. Also while I appreciate the recogniton for Zhen Ji having her above Yue Ying also feels quite unfair. Well you do love your Wei, can't blame some personal preference ^^

Xu shu top 5, in the romance of the three kingdoms and theory in more realistic history he was a genius only behind sima yi and zhuge liang, other than that I'd say this was a great list lmao

Lubu should be top1 hahaha

No cheng gong :(

Sima yi repealed zhuge liang 7 times so I would simply swap 1 and on the list.. something else worth noting zhuge liang picked Jiang Wei as his successor lol😂.. mean while the sima clan won the day so no.. I put yi above liang

Zhen Ji over Lu Meng and Deng Ai, bruh

20. Sima Shi 18. Jia Chong 18. Lu Meng 16. Chen Gong 16. Deng Ai 15. Zhong Hui 12. Cao Cao 12. Jiang Wei 12. Lu Su 10. Xu Shu 10 .Fa Zheng 8. Xun You 8. Zhou Yu 5. Xun Yu 5. Sima Yi 5. Lu Xun 3. Pang Tong 3. Guo Jia 1. Zhuge Liang 1. Jia Xu

Zhuge Liang was a manipulator and abused alliances. He gave Pang Tong the horse of Liu Bei which was obviously a setup, since Pang Tong was much more intelligent and threatened Zhuge's position in Shu. I wouldn't put that pos in the top ten.