Smartest Characters.

[Sutinen]

I would have to go with Chuck.
Chuck basically saved 2 people's lives (If Lee fails it) by telling Lee that Clem has to learn how to shoot.

[rachellouise85]

I think molly is quite smart, you would probably have to be smart to adapt as well as she seems to have.

[dubesor]

Doug was the smartest.
Hershel seemed pretty smart. Andy was smart (you could see his university degree in the house). Vernon is obviously smart as he was a doctor before the apocalypse.

[Gratefully Dead]

Lee, duh. He lived through 5 episodes til the end.

Only Clem can say that as well and she just dragged Lee down. Tsk tsk.

..... but I still <3 her.

[The_Cheshire_Cat]

The one's that stayed in their WW2 style nuke bunkers and didn't come out.

[Ghositex]

Doug was the smartest.
Hershel seemed pretty smart. Andy was smart (you could see his university degree in the house). Vernon is obviously smart as he was a doctor before the apocalypse.

My cousin is the biggest dumbf*ck I've ever seen, and yet, he's a doctor... Anyway; Doug, Hershel (comics), and Molly seem to be the smartest characters of the game. Even without looking at his degree, Andy seemed to be pretty smart too.

[Kaserkin]

Doug is #1. Andy is propbably second and Vernon third, because both managed to deceive Lee pretty well. Andy also looked like a smart guy and acted like it, fixing the generator and helping Katjaa.

[DreadMagus]

Raw Brainpower?

I'd say.... in this order.

Doug
Lee
Chuck
Christa

[Zarron]

Lee's still the smartest one with us, so while we all brainlessly point guns at a door instead of barricading it, we'll let him find a way out.

[WD40]

I'd say Lee is the most logical, while still having enough creativity to find his way out of a difficult problem, making him the most usefully smart. By raw smartness it would probably be Doug, though.

[AceStarr]

In the military we would say you have two type of people

1) Common sense


2) Book smart


#1 Shall get you past many situations. (Lee,Carly,Lilly,Chuck)

#2 is good to build shit but shall put there hand in a lions mouth. (Doug,Campman,St johns)

[Zeruis]

Lilly was the smartest, imo. She could have easily survived a long time in the apocalypse. I want to know what happened to her after the prison.

[YamiRaziel]

Lilly was the smartest, imo. She could have easily survived a long time in the apocalypse. I want to know what happened to her after the prison.

Totally. She was the only one to notice supplies were missing. She was paranoid, yeah, but quite smart and adaptable.

[Zarron]

Totally. She was the only one to notice supplies were missing. She was paranoid, yeah, but quite smart and adaptable.

In everyone else's defense, Lilly was lying to them about how many supplies they had left, if I recall. Lee can tell her that nothing has gone missing, and she admits that she's been changing the totals in what she reports out to the team.

Or I could be off my rocker and misremembering.

[Christoaster]

Lee... because I played as him.

[Rock114]

Doug, followed by Lee, then Chuck.

[YamiRaziel]

In everyone else's defense, Lilly was lying to them about how many supplies they had left, if I recall. Lee can tell her that nothing has gone missing, and she admits that she's been changing the totals in what she reports out to the team.

Or I could be off my rocker and misremembering.

When is that supposed to have happen? This is the first time I hear about this...

[Zarron]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H217zmQH9M -- About 23 minutes in here; though, on re-watching, its possible she means someone is messing with the count, not that she has two separate counts.

[YamiRaziel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H217zmQH9M -- About 23 minutes in here; though, on re-watching, its possible she means someone is messing with the count, not that she has two separate counts.

The count is getting messed with, but because she's a smart gal, she's keeping a count of her own too. That's how she knows somebody is stealing supplies. So yeah, there are two counts :)

[Zarron]

Right; what I meant is that there's a count somewhere in public and the thief is manipulating that count, not that Lilly was (like I thought when I played through the game.) I first thought Lilly was fixing that count to match with what was being stolen to not worry people, but now I think what is more likely is one day Lilly thought: "Hey, didn't we have more of that?"

Then she started keeping a private list of her own. Which makes more sense and makes her seem less paranoid, but more justifiably paranoid.

[george1120]

Chuck was the smartest. He was a hobo after all. Then Molly, she knew how to survive well enough to realize she didn't need the boat. Lee was the next smartest. He was the only one who knew something was wrong with the house; although Kenny did, Lee had a much stronger feeling and was the only one who worried about Mark. No one expected any wrong of the meat the St. John's were offering either. Lee had a suspicious feeling, and that's why he left to look for Mark.

[HiggsBoson2142]

Doug is smartest with physical things, but his actions and intentions get the best of him.

I'd say Christa is the smartest in brainpower, though Omid is the best at keeping a positive attitude.

[CarScar]

Lee Everett is the smartest character BY FAR overall.

"You're still the smartest fucker among all of us!"

Not including the protagonist, there's Doug with his book smarts. There's also Christa, I suppose.

[george1120]

Lee Everett is the smartest character BY FAR overall.

"You're still the smartest fuck among all of us!"

Not including the protagonist, there's Doug with his book smarts.

I still think Chuck was smarter than Lee. Lee did not think cutting Clem's hair or teaching her how to shoot was a good idea until Chuck gave a logical reason for it. After careful thinking, I do believe Lee is smarter than Molly but definitely not Chuck.

[CarScar]

I still think Chuck was smarter than Lee. Lee did not think cutting Clem's hair or teaching her how to shoot was a good idea until Chuck gave a logical reason for it. After careful thinking, I do believe Lee is smarter than Molly but definitely not Chuck.
I think Chuck's survival instincts were more honed then Lee's at that point, and any subject concerning Clementine was seen with rose-tinted glasses.

Chuck is definitely more wise than Lee though.

[TheRickGrimes]

Lee's obviously not the smartest, as he got nipped by a walker obviously hiding behind a piece of cardboard xD

I think Doug is the smartest, and then Molly.

[CalDW19940]

Really depends. Doug knew a lot of practical tech stuff but was a bit socially awkward since he was pretty sheltered his whole life. Katjaa was pretty smart also as a mother and also for being a vet which was the closest to a doctor the group had before they met the group of cancer patients during episode 4, I'd say the doc was the smartest in that way for that.

Molly was pretty smart for knowing how to survive but never showed much academically to be honest. Chuck was pretty on par with Molly I think too but we never really found out much since he got offed pretty soon :L

Lee is a mix of both, he was a history teacher but he also learned a lot of good ways to survive depending how the player acted out. In one way you could say he was the most sociable of them since he could potentially get along with anyone or be a mute if the player chose :L

Lee also seemed to be a very strong father figure despite never having kids of his own.

[Merc]

There are quite a few different ways to take "Smart."

From a raw brain-power aspect, I'd go for Doug, followed by Kat or Lilly.

For a "Think on your feet because your life depends on it," I'd go Lee, then Kenny.

[KingOfTheDead]

Lee.

[Forsoothe]

Travis.

[YamiRaziel]

Travis.

His father was Special Forces, he knew what he was doing!

[HiggsBoson2142]

Travis.

Because just screaming and slowly walking away is the best plan ever.

[YamiRaziel]

Because just screaming and slowly walking away is the best plan ever.

Says the guy who found a hatchet on the door handles and assumed it was luck :p

[HiggsBoson2142]

Says the guy who found a hatchet on the door handles and assumed it was luck :p

"Shut, up Lilly!" -Larry

[N7.]

Lee, for sure

[TheShooter]

I will go with Molly

[JabbaDaHuttX7]

I would also go with Lee. He can get out of sticky situations and also be able to kick some serious butt. He would make for a great survivor during a zombie apocalypse given these traits... if he weren't, um, DEAD.

[aperose]

Well I think you have to define smart first, which someone did pretty well by making two categories - book smart and street smart. In my opinion, being SMART in the ZA means knowing how to survive. The book smarts (like Doug knowing how to program tv remotes) aren't really that impressive. Carley lives just as long as him even without knowing how to put batteries in (though of course, technical skills are a plus but they're just not essential and probably won't save your life).

Lilly was paranoid about the count (and right) and Kenny was paranoid about the St. Johns (and right). I think in terms of the ZA Chuck might have been the smartest for recognizing that a kid is no longer a kid. Pretty much all the rest of the characters still had a very weak spot for children. Thus, they let their guard down when it comes to them (Kenny not wanting to stop the train, Lee getting bit, etc).

I think Lilly was probably the smartest due to her being in the military and had Larry died any other way (one she felt maybe was less avoidable) then she really would not have had a weakness for anyone.

[Doctanian]

Lee
Doug
Omid
Lilly
Christa
Clementine (yes, Clementine).
Katjaa
Carley
Kenny
Ben


Lee was the smartest, with Doug as a close second. Though, making a college professor oblivious to how a universal remote works was just poor writing, I'm sorry.

Doug: "I can reprogram the remote to work for those TVs."

Lee: "You can just do that?"

Lol he sounded so amazed.

[Mornai]

I think each person is smart in their own way.

Doug is smart in the traditional sense, knows a lot about technical stuff, etc. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to get you very far in the zombie apocalypse.

Then there's the "survival smart" types. Each person seems to have adapted to the situation in their own ways. Chuck is smart in a "wise sage" sort of way. He knows what must be done to survive in this world.

Molly is smart in that she works with the walkers weaknesses, using their sluggish movement, low intelligence and overall poor mobility against them. I think she has the highest chance of survival with her methods, if she remains alone.

Lee just plain adapts to everything, always figures out how to keep going, how to keep winning and how to keep living(well...mostly). The main thing i see with Lee is that his actions and judgment are clouded when Clementine is in danger(hence why he's not careful with the walker in episode 4), and he loses everything for it. That's what i think, at least.

With regards to traditional "smartness", it would be Doug. Survival theories would be Chuck, survival tactics is Molly, and...survival action is Lee(I'm not good at this).

Out of these, i figure people like Molly would survive the longest, followed by Lee and a close second Chuck. Doug would probably die without a group to assist him.