Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20171019193715/@comment-27924662-20171021131133

Ninja Of War wrote: What about the assumed level of intelligence that most people dismiss?

Jonin and ANBU (Before they where nerfed), are considered to be elite shinobi, i.e. high-level of skill and intelligence, yet because of various reasons (plot) they are shown to be quite average, below average in most cases.

This applies to kage too. Certainly all Kage have to posses high-level intelligence, they wouldn't be in such a position if they are not. Again using versus debates as example, why do users simply dismiss this and say that characters like Sasuke and Itachi are by default smarter than Kage? Kages possess high level of intelligence but does intelligence only refers to combat experience? it could also refer to how efficiently they run village stabilize their village economy, Choose which type of squad to be sent for a mission and so on. Take for instance the fourth raikage, he doesn't seem very bright to me in combat analysis considering he actually burnt his arm despite being warned about black flames. Whereas Hokages are really very good at it for instance Hiruzen and Tobirama were able to figure out Ten-Tails abilities and Truth seeker orb in their first encounter.