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 by 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.]]

 

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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

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

 

* Surprisingly enough, most of the battles in the ''[[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.

 

* ''[[Discworld]]'':

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

 

== [[Theatre]] ==

* In [[Der Ring Des Nibelungen]]'s third opera: Siegfried, Wotan (initially disguised as a wanderer) challenges the dwarf Mime to a "Battle of Wits", with the wager being the loser's head, after the dwarf refuses to give him hospitality (all of thing was actually a scheme from Wotan who needed to give Mime an important information, the mere "Battle of Wits" was too with the purpose of Mime getting the information).

 

* ''[[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.

 

* [[Beetle Bailey]] and Sergeant Snorkel are constantly trying to outwit each other as Beetle tries to avoid work or otherwise get on Sarge's nerves.

 

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

* The entire focus of the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' courtroom sections.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* [[Grandmaster of Theft]]'s entire series is based entirely around these, from each fight to the operations & mysteries themselves.

 

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[[Category:Gambit Index]]

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