Battle of Wits: Difference between revisions

Fights aren't always won with guns or swords: outsmarting your opponent can be just as effective. Battling this way also saves resources -- especially if it's a [[Combat Byby Champion]] of the highest-ranking members of each side. Even if not, it's easier to recover from almost being outsmarted and getting your pride wounded than almost getting outfought and getting your leg wounded. [[Xanatos Gambit|And some play it well enough to never get wounded in the first place.]]

* The [[Final Battle]] of ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]] R2'' takes place on many levels (including large-scale army maneuvers and one-on-one duels) but the most important is the battle of wits between Lelouch and {{spoiler|his brother Schneizel}}.

* Any fight in ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]''. Raw power is great and all, but the truly dangerous [[Fighting Spirit|Stand]] [[Psychic Powers|users]] are the ones who use [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|weak or peculiar abilities]] to [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|devastating effect.]]

* Any fight in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]''

* ''[[Liar Game (Manga)|Liar Game]]'''s whole plot is a battle of wits par excellence.

* ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' had this as its entire focus. Well, that and Light [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|doing cartwheels off the slippery slope...]]

* ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]: [[Advent Children]]'' sets up a battle of wits between Rufus Shinra and Kadaj. Kadaj believes Rufus to have recovered the remains of Jenova and to be hiding them somewhere, whereas he claims them to have been lost. The two keep hanging out exchanging quips and platitudes in a way that definitely suggests there is supposed to be a battle of wits going on, but they don't actually ''do'' much beyond that. Meanwhile, Kadaj's gang's brilliant plan to find Jenova consists of running around causing random trouble like the superpowered juvenile delinquents they are. In the end, {{spoiler|Rufus reveals that he's been sitting with the remains of Jenova hidden on his wheelchair the whole time.}}

* [[Spider Man|Spider-Man]]'s favorite tactic for dealing with foes stronger than him.

* Surprisingly enough, most of the battles in the ''[[Tamers Forever Series (Fanfic)|Tamers Forever Series]]'' are quite strategic in nature. The most prominent example would have to be the battle between Piedmon and Gallantmon. Which essentially involved Piedmon using every dirty trick he could think of and Takato [[Xanatos Speed Chess|adapting to and countering these moves]], all while engaged in an ''awesome'' midair duel.

* ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]'': Westley's iocane powder game with Vizzini.

* ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'':

** [[Discworld (Literature)/Going Postal|Moist von Lipwig vs Reacher Gilt]]

* ''[[Sherlock (TV)|Sherlock]]'': [[Insufferable Genius]]? [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Obsession with complex crimes? [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Similarly intelligent [[The Rival|rival]]/[[Arch Enemy|arch-foe]]? {{spoiler|Jim}} [[Arc Welding|Moriarty]]. Other people might be in danger, but the fight comes down to who can be cleverer.

* The final confrontation in [[Planescape: Torment]] can be this, depending on your stats.

* The entire focus of the ''[[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Ace Attorney]]'' courtroom sections.