- "What is essential is using your head, there is no need for meaningless head-on fighting."
- ― Galdino/Mr.3 (One Piece)
- "Imagination is the basis of tactics, those who do not learn to exploit it will be the first to die in a war."
- ― Goblin Slayer (Goblin Slayer)
- "No scenario? I see every scenario, I see 50 scenarios, that's what it does Carl - it puts me 50 moves ahead of you."
- ― Eddie Morra to Carl Van Loon (Limitless)
- "There's a plan in everything kid. And I love it when a plan comes together!"
- ― John "Hannibal" Smith to his team (The A-Team, 2010)
The power to be an extremely skilled strategic user and apply this skill to one's objectives. Sub-power of Combat Perception, Combat Specialism, Optimal Finesse and Setup Fighter. Lesser version of Tactical Genius.
Also Called[]
- Adept/Expert/Intuitive/Master/Professional/Skilled/Talented Analytical Thinker/Planner/Tactician/Strategist
- Analysis/Planning Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
- Chessmaster
- Cunning/Tactical/Strategic Intellect
- Strategic Analysis
- Tactic/Strategy Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
- Tactical/Strategic Battle Manipulator/Grandmaster/Mastermind/Officer
- Tactical/Strategic Mind
- Tactical/Strategic Planning
Capabilities[]
They possess an exceptional strategic genius and can apply their skills to various objectives. Their intuitive ability allows them to create strategies and plans that are multiple steps ahead of their opponents. Not only can they develop complex plans and strategies for battles, but they can also apply their cunning intellect to excel in activities like strategic games. Their mind is capable of cold calculation and meticulous construction of optimal strategies that yield the most efficient results.
They have an innate ability to anticipate obstacles and opportunities, enabling them to take the best actions in any situation. They can adapt and prepare for future events by considering numerous scenarios, outcomes, options, and paths. This allows them to handle any situation effectively and be ready for whatever may occur.
Additionally, users of this ability often become exceptional analysts, analyzing various components, textures, and effects. They possess a highly analytical mindset, enabling them to understand and anticipate their enemies' moves, always staying two steps ahead.
Applications[]
- Action Mastery: to know when to act, how to act, know why it is a good reason to act that way.
- Adaptive Mind: to be able to adapt mentally to any situation or event.
- Battlefield Adaptation: to adapt to the area/environment they happen to be fighting in.
- Calculation Mastery: to be highly skilled in a calculating information, variables, outcomes, decisions, choices, etc.
- Cheating Mastery: to use any means necessary to win, no matter how unfair or morally sound.
- Computer Perception: to be able to process and analyze information at the same speed as supercomputers.
- Counterstrategy Mastery: to possess extensive knowledge and skill in countering other people's strategies.
- Deduction Mastery: to be highly skilled in a deducing information, variables, outcomes, decisions, choices, etc.
- Detail Detection: to be aware of every detail in every plan and/or strategy.
- Enhanced Charisma: to be influential enough to move large crowds of people.
- Enhanced Instincts: to be able to process the world in the most efficient manner possible to find the most efficient/practical solutions to any/all kinds of problems that the user faces, using both logical and illogical sense and strategies.
- Enhanced Intelligence: to be able to process information at a much faster rate, make more complex connections between ideas, and solve problems more efficiently.
- Enhanced Memory: to be able to remember and recall information inhumanly well.
- Enhanced Perception: to have advanced analytical and observational skills as well as a keen eye for details.
- Enhanced Preparedness: to be ready for any possible and/or unforeseeable situation.
- Enhanced Wisdom: to be insightful in every single decision that one could make.
- Infinite Resourcefulness: to be able to make the most out of any/all resources, to handle and/or accomplish virtually any goal.
- Game Mastery: to be completely aware of every aspect and rules of the game to win at any and all games.
- Hypercompetence: to be mentally and physically capable to accomplish every single task and handle any situation.
- Efficacy Mastery: to take action and plan with absolute efficacy.
- Improvisation Mastery: when push comes to shove, the user can think on their feet.
- Intellectual Combat: to use one's intellect to outsmart an opponent in physical combat.
- Leadership Mastery: being able to lead any team for any situation they may come across.
- Opportunity Sense: to be able to see the opportunities of winning in any situation.
- Path to Victory: to find the means to bring victory to oneself or others.
- Pattern Sense: to perceive and understand the patterns of any situation and behaviors of any individual.
- Probability Computation: to be able to see the variables of any situation and predict any potential outcome of an event.
- Psychological Mastery: to possess a deeper and intuitive understanding of the psychological behavior of everyone they meet and knows how to manipulate it.
- Reaction Mastery: to know when to react, how to react, know why it is a good reason to react that way,
- Response Mastery: to know the optimal actions to take in any situation and pick the right response for any possible outcome.
- Rhetoric Mastery: to be able to convince anyone and everyone about anything using their flawless eloquence and rhetoric skills.
- Tranquil State: to stay calm and collected in any situation and think with perfect clarity in all difficult events.
- Trapping Mastery: to possess the ingenuity and know-how to traps for their targets in any plans they may scheme.
Techniques[]
- Ambush Mastery: Possess incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in ambush tactics.
- Assassination Mastery: Possess incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in assassination.
- Counterstrategy Mastery: Possess incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in countering.
- Infiltration Mastery: Possess incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in many types and ways of infiltration.
- Manipulation Mastery: Possess incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in manipulation.
- Rescue Mastery: Possess incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in rescue.
- Security Mastery: Possess incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in security.
- Special Operations Mastery: Possess incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in special operations.
- Stealth Mastery: Possess incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in stealth tactics.
- Thievery Mastery: Possess incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in theft and heists.
Associations[]
- Accelerated Probability
- Causality Perception
- Combat Specialism
- Computer Perception
- Hypercognition
- Leadership Mastery
- Mortal Physiology
- Numerical Precision
- Omnicompetence
- Prescience
- Sport Mastery
- Soldier
- Subordination Manipulation
- Super Soldier
- Superior Human Physiology
- Trickster
- War Manipulation
Limitations[]
- Cannot outsmart Omniscience, Omnicompetence or Omnichronal Perception.
- May take time and careful thinking.
- Might be overwhelmed by a sense of guilt if they use tactics that sacrifices or uses the lives of their own allies and friends.
- Weak against users of Unpredictability.
- Immensely vulnerable to Absolute Unpredictability.
- Can still be outsmarted by a better user of this.
- Weak against Strategy Manipulation.
- Still limited by available resources & how well they can employ them.
- Users may still be overcome by monstrously overwhelming force('s) & out-of-context/scale opponents or issues, even if they employ otherwise flawless strategies.
- Even the famous Zhuge Liang probably would have found it out of his paygrade attempting to plan against the nigh-omnipotent Mad Jim Jaspers.
Known Users[]
See Also: The Chessmaster and The Strategist.
Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa[]
- Narukami Sakaki (Absolute Duo)
- Jin Woon-Hwi (Absolute Sword Sense)
- Akatsuki Ousawa (Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero)
- Inaho Kaizuka (Aldnoah.Zero)
- Esdeath (Akame ga Kill!)
- Chelsea (Akame ga Kill!)
- Zuou (Akame ga Kill/Hinowa ga Yuku)
- Akugetsu (Akame ga Kill/Hinowa ga Yuku)
- Shamon (Akame ga Kill/Hinowa ga Yuku)
- Kyoukotsu (Akame ga Kill/Hinowa ga Yuku)
- Kei Nagai (Ajin: Demi-Human)
- Sato (Ajin: Demi-Human)
- Eri Nakamura (Arifureta Sekai Saikyou)
- Nagumo Hajime (Arifureta Sekai Saikyou)
- Shizuku Yaegashi (Arifureta Sekai Saikyou)
- Armin Arlert (Attack On Titan)
- Zeke Yeager (Attack On Titan)
- Azumi (Azumi)
- Various Characters (Berserk)
- Lotus Whomalt (Black Clover)
- Zora Ideale (Black Clover)
- Zagred (Black Clover)
- Various Characters (Bleach)
- Kisuke Uruhara
- Sōsuke Aizen
- Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto
- Shunsui Kyōraku
- Mayuri Kurotsuchi
- Baraggan Louisenbairn
- Various Characters (Bungo Stray Dogs)
- Osamu Dazai
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Ranpo Edogawa
- Yukichi Fukuzawa
- Ogai Mori
- Louisa May Alcott
- Seiya Ryuguin (Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious)
- Keyaru/Keyaruga (Redo of Healer)
- Various Characters (Chrono Crusade)
- Sister Kate Valentine
- Edward Hamilton
- Viscount Lerajie
- Duke Duffau
- Ewan Remington; Manga only
- Aion
- Noihara Shinnosuke (Crayon Shin Chan)
- Various Characters (Code Geass)
- Lelouch vi Britannia
- Cornelia li Britannia
- Ikki Kurogane (Chivalry of A Failed Knight)
- Finn Deimne (DanMachi)
- Hedin Selland (DanMachi)
- Liliruca Arde (DanMachi)
- Bell Cranel (DanMachi)
- Ryuu Lion (DanMachi)
- Asfi Al Andromeda (DanMachi)
- Hermes (DanMachi)
- Freya (DanMachi)
- Contractors (Darker than Black)
- Ryo Asuka/Satan (Devilman)
- Oda Nobunaga (Drifters)
- Hannibal (Drifters)
- Lulu Bell (D.Gray-man)
- Satou Pendragon (Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody)
- Light Yagami/Kira (Death Note)
- L (Death Note)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
- Piccolo Jr.
- Vegeta
- Hit
- Hermit (Edens Zero)
- Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)
- Mavis Vermillion (Fairy Tail)
- Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Tōka (Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest)
- Goblin Slayer (Goblin Slayer)
- Gaeun Lee (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Guido-Hyun (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Hyun-woo Kim (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Kang-lim Choi (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Varioua Characters (The Heroic Legend of Arslan)
- Varioua Characters (Hero Killer)
- Engen/Smiling Man
- Chain
- Ihwa/Hero Killer
- Rachel Sinclair
- Rias Gremory (Highschool DxD)
- Sona Sitri (Highschool DxD)
- Seekvaira Agares (Highschool DxD)
- Cao Cao (Highschool DxD)
- Azazel (Highschool DxD)
- Diehauser Belial (Highschool DxD)
- Falbium Asmodeus (Highschool DxD)
- Ajuka Beelzebub (Highschool DxD)
- Yuuto Kiba (Highschool DxD)
- Ravel Phenex (Highschool DxD)
- Rudiger Rosnekreuzer (Highschool DxD)
- Indra (Highschool DxD)
- Taikoubou (Houshin Engi)
- Hisoka Morow (Hunter X Hunter)
- Various Characters (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Various Characters (Kingdom)
- Various Bookkeepers (Konjiki no Gash Bell!)
- Kang Jinhyuk (Max Level Newbie)
- Felix Aaron Thenardier (Madan no Ou to Vanadis)
- Tigrevrumud Vorn (Madan no Ou to Vanadis)
- Maguro Kurokami (Medaka Box)
- Tatsuya Shiba (The Irregular at Magic High School)
- Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Cheon Yeo Woon (Nano Machine)
- Various Characters (Naruto series)
- Jubei Kibagami (Ninja Scroll)
- Kim Suho/Lloyd Frontera (The Greatest Estate Developer)
- Sora (No Game No Life)
- Hanbei Takanaka (Oda Nobuna no Yabou)
- Various Characters (One Piece)
- Hitsugi Yakouin (Omamori Himari)
- Punitto Moe (Overlord)
- Various Bookkeepers (Zatch Bell!)
- Gaku Yashiro (Erased - The Town Where Only I Am Missing -)
- Lee Jaha (Return of the Mad Demon)
- Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade)
- Naofumi Iwatani (Rising of the Shield Hero)
- Various Characters (Genjitsushugi Yūsha no Ōkoku Saikenki)
- Lute Gunsmith (Gun-ota ga Mahou Sekai ni Tensei Shitara)
- Takehito Morokuzu/Gakuto (Prison School)
- Various Characters (My Hero Academia)
- Naraku (InuYasha)
- Kaiju No. 9 (Kaiju No. 8)
- Satou Kazuma (Konosuba)
- Various Characters (Kingdom)
- Kiyokawa Hiroto (Kou 1 Desu ga Isekai de Joushu Hajimemashita)
- Satsuki Momoi (Kuroko no Basket)
- Seijuro Akashi (Kuroko no Basket)
- Various Characters (Legend of the Northern Blade)
- Shiroe (Log Horizon)
- Various Characters (I'm Standing on a Million Lives)
- Yotsuya Yusuke
- Glenda Carter
- Touya Mochizuki (Isekai Smartphone)
- Various Characters (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Nie Huaisang (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
- Aruka Schild (Needless)
- Migi (Parasyte)
- Shogo Makishima (Psycho-Pass)
- Shishio Makoto (Samurai X/Ruroni Kenshin)
- Kai Watari (Shinju no Nectar)
- Yuji Sakai (Shakugan no Shana)
- Juzo Okita (Space Battleship Yamato)
- Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?/Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?)
- Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Bjorn Jandel (Surviving The Game as a Barbarian)
- Tenji Mikasa (Tomodachi Game)
- Yuichi Katagiri (Tomodachi Game)
- Various Characters (Hell’s Paradise Jigokuraku)
- Gabimaru
- Yuzuriha
- Aza Chōbē
- Askeladd (Vinland Saga)
- Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Various Characters (Yu-Gi-Oh series)
- Tatensahi Sarashiki (Infinite Stratos)
- Ha Dowan (Reality Quest)
- Jack the Ripper (Record of Ragnarok)
- Loid Forger/Twilight (Spy x Family)
Cartoons/Comics[]
- Roger Smith (American Dad!)
- Cyril Figgis (Archer)
- Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Unalaq (The Legend of Korra)
- Various Characters (Ben 10 series)
- Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
- Tim Drake/Robin/Red Robin (DC Comics)
- Alfred Pennyworth (DC Comics)
- Dick Grayson (DC Comics)
- Darkseid (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Alexander "Lex" Luthor (DC Comics)
- Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics)
- Oswald Cobblepot (DC Comic)
- Black Manta (DC Comics)
- Maxwell Lord IV (DC Comics)
- Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow (DC Comics)
- The Batman Who Laughs (DC Comics)
- Joker (DC Comics)
- Vandal Savage (DC Comics)
- Zatanna (DC comics/DCSHG)
- Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
- Pepper (Dogs in Space)
- Cobra Commander (G.I. Joe)
- Baroness (G.I. Joe)
- General Hawk (G.I. Joe)
- Conrad Hauser/Duke (G.I. Joe)
- Danshiell R. Faireborn/Flint (G.I. Joe)
- Laird James McCullen XXIV/Destro (G.I. Joe)
- Hiccup Haddock (How To Train Your Dragon)
- Viggo Grimborn (How To Train Your Dragon)
- Johann (How To Train Your Dragon)
- Admiral Trench (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
- Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Star Wars)
- Grand Admiral Thrawn (Star Wars Rebels)
- Megatron (Transformers)
- Optimus Prime (Transformers)
- Shockwave (Transformers)
- Soundwave (Transformers)
- Bumblebee (Transformers)
- Radley Crown/Blue Falcon (Hanna-Barbera)
- Hank McCoy/Beast (Marvel Comics)
- Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven The Hunter (Marvel Comics)
- Callisto (Marvel Comics)
- Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)
- Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Marvel Comics)
- Susan "Sue" Storm/The Invisible Woman (Marvel Comics)
- Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Marvel Comics)
- Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
- Kang the Conqueror (Marvel Comics)
- Monet St. Croix/M (Marvel Comics)
- Alex Wilder (Marvel Comics)
- Karnak (Marvel Comics)
- Nick Fury (Marvel Comics)
- Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Marvel Comics)
- Rocket Raccoon (Marvel Comics)
- Tony Masters/Taskmaster (Marvel Comics)
- Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin (Marvel Comics)
- Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)
- Erik Lansherr/Magneto (Marvel Comics)
- Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
- James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- Sage/Tessa (Marvel Comics)
- Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)
- Morty (Rick and Morty)
- Marco Diaz (Star vs The Forces Of Evil)
- Pitch Black/The Bogeyman (Rise of the Guardians)
- Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Mackiel Roy "Macroy" (A.R.Hicks Series)
- Super Commando Dhruva (Raj Comics)
- Kion (The Lion Guard)
- Sally Acorn (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Amy Rose (IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Nu Hai (Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny)
- Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)
- Peggy Carter/Captain Carter (Marvel Cinematic Universe/What If ...?)
- N'Jadaka/Erik Stevens/Killmonger (Marvel Cinematic Universe/What If ...?)
- Flik (A Bug's Life)
- The Watcher (Marvel Cinematic Universe/What If ...?)
- Ginger (Chicken Run)
Literature[]
- Chris Gordon (Demon Accords)
- Boromir (The Lord of the Rings)
- Keill Randor (Last Legionary)
- Edward "Eddie" Morra (Limitless)
- Brian Finch (Limitless TV Series)
- Nancy Drew (Nancy Drew)
- Michael Corleone (The Godfather Trilogy)
- Vito Corleone (The Godfather Trilogy)
- The Hardy Boys (The Hardy Boys)
- Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
- James Bond (Bond 007)
- Professor James Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes Novels)
- Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes Novels)
Live Action Movies/Television Series[]
- Adrian Chase/Prometheus (Arrowverse)
- Tobias Whale (Arrowverse)
- Looker (Arrowverse/Black Lightning)
- Gustavo Fring (Breaking Bad)
- Walter White (Breaking Bad)
- Chucky (Child's Play)
- Cal/Madman (Runt Film)
- Achilles (Troy)
- Hector (Troy)
- Odysseus (Troy)
- Maximus (Gladiator)
- Sgt. Colt Howards/Mace (C.O.P.S.)
- Michael Scofield (Prison Break)
- Ryan Wilder/Batwoman (Arrowverse)
- Admiral Trench (Star Wars)
- Darth Vader (Star Wars)
- Darth Sidious (Star Wars)
- Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Thrawn (Star Wars)
- Sontarans (Doctor Who)
- Daleks (Doctor Who)
- The Doctor (Doctor Who)
- The Master (Doctor Who)
- John "Hannibal" Smith (A-Team)
- Jason Bourne (Bourne Series)
- Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal)
- Oh Il-nam (Squid Game)
- Think Tank (Star Trek Voyager)
- Chase Davenport (Lab Rats)
- Oliver (Mighty Med)
- J. Daniel Atlas (Now You See Me)
- The MC Bat Commander (The Aquabats! Super Show!)
- Gamera (Gamera series)
- Octoroo (Power Rangers Samurai)
- Caesar (Planet of the Apes)
- Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)
- Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (X-Men Movies)
- Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Dreykov (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Helmut Zemo (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Max Lord (DC Extended Universe)
- Andrew Wiggin (Ender's Game)
- Nogitsune/Void Stiles (Teen Wolf)
- James Flint (Black Sails)
- Long-John Silver (Black Sails)
- Floyd Lawton/Deadshot (DC Extended Universe)
- Robert DuBois/Bloodsport (DC Extended Universe)
- Ajak (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Ikaris (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- John Mclver/Bushmaster (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Mike Ehrmantraut ("Better Call Saul")
- Luke (Monster Warriors)
- Dante Reyes (Fast and Furious)
- Brian Finch via NZT-48 (Limitless)
- Edward Morra via NZT-48 (Limitless)
- Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi ("Kamen Rider Revice")
Folklore/Mythology[]
- Achilles (Greek Mythology)
- Athena (Greek Mythology)
- Metis (Greek Mythology)
- Odysseus (Greek Mythology)
- Lucifer (Religion/Dante's Inferno)
Tabletop Games[]
- Albiters (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
- The Colonel (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
- Yuri Olson (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
- Skarsnik (Warhammer)
- Azhag the Slaughterer (Warhammer)
- Ursarkar E. Creed (Warhammer 40,000)
Video Games[]
- Kalrow (Asura's Wrath)
- Commander (Azur Lane)
- Kenzaki Tsurugi (Blue Archive)
- Sensei (Blue Archive)
- Protagonists (Command & Conquer franchise)
- Ryoko Otonashi/Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa)
- Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamakura (Danganronpa); via Ultimate Hope talent
- Isaac Clark (Dead Space)
- Azmodan (Diablo)
- Protagonists (Fallout); via V.A.T.S
- Avatar/Robin (Fire Emblem Awakening)
- Griffin & Kryuger commanders (Girls' Frontline)
- The Commander
- Commanders (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
- Legendary Commander
- Protagonist
- Kidou Yuuto (Inazuma Eleven)
- Admiral (Kantai Collection)
- Choukai (Kantai Collection)
- Kirishima (Kantai Collection)
- Nagato (Kantai Collection)
- Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Hifumi Togo (Persona 5)
- Ren Amamiya (Persona 5)
- Futaba Sakura (Persona 5)
- Morgana (Persona 5)
- Doctor Eggman (Sonic The Hedgehog)
- Slippy Toad (Star Fox)
- Ronyx J. Kenny (Star Ocean)
- Vanguards (Titanfall)
- Musse Egret (Trails of Cold Steel)
- Claire Reiveldt (Trails of Cold Steel)
- Giliath Osborne (Trails of Cold Steel)
- Cassius Bright (Trails in the Sky)
- Alexander the Great (TYPE-MOON)
- Archer (TYPE-MOON)
- Hakuoro (Utawarerumono)
- Strategist (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Analyst (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Worms (Worms)
Web Animations/Comics/Series/Original[]
- Dominic Deegan (Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire)
- Various Characters (Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire)
- Doraleous (Doraleous and Associates)
- Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (Girl Genius)
- Tarvek Sturmvoraus (Girl Genius)
- Epsilon/Church (Red vs Blue)
- O5-12 (SCP Foundation)
- Roy Greenhilt (The Order of the Stick)
- Redcloak (The Order of the Stick)
- Nale (The Order of the Stick)
Known Objects[]
- NZT-48 (Limitless)
- Super-Soldier Serum (Marvel Comics)
- Super-Soldier Serum (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Quotes[]
- "To think you would use the trap set against you to entrap them... I've never seen a dramatic resurgence such as that. Truly marvelous—those are the only words I can think of to describe you."
- ― Igor to Ren Amamiya (Persona 5)
- "Whenever possible, I prefer not to use brute force, love. Trickery is smarter and works better. Armed assaults tend to be messy and are often ill-conceived and poorly executed. All that blood and...stuff. Me, I’ll take intelligent cowardice over foolhardy bravery any day."
- ― Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- "I have won many games because aristocratic Devils are immersed in rationalism and the high society that they are unable to extricate themselves from. They treat pieces as mere pieces, and even the battlefield is nothing more than a checkerboard. You should be able to understand, Princess Rias…how foolish it is to look at your own pieces as mere pieces on a chessboard. Unlike chess pieces, your servants are alive. Everyone has their own way of thinking, their own heart, and their own feelings. there is a limit to how much you can try to deny their ideas, deny their culture, and try to order them as chess pieces. That’s how simple and logical the situation is, yet the aristocratic Devils are unable to understand."
- ― Rudiger Rosenkreutzer (Highschool DxD)
- "I know a dozen ways to defeat every single one of you. I have dossier files for every "superhero" on the Planet. I've been planning this."
- ― Prometheus to the Justice League (JLA #17)
- "Whatever Penguin might be, he's anything but a buffoon. He plans his crimes with military precision. His thinking is brilliant - circuitous and multi-leveled."
- ― Bruce Wayne/Batman on Oswald Cobblepot (Batman #448)