Who is the most intelligent villain and who would make the best drug kingpin?

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Who is the most intelligent villain and who would make the best drug kingpin?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Sat Dec 03, 2016 10:52 pm

Who do you think applied the battle of brains over brawn the best? Choose wisely...

Piccolo Daimao
-Swallowed the dragonballs
-Killed Shenron so nobody can use the dragonballs against him
-Successfully used Tien to keep Goku from attacking
-Then break 3 of his limbs so he couldn't move

Vegeta
-Was knowledgeable on the Z-Warriors to conceal their powers on the fly and knew not to take them lightly
-Knew Gohan and Krillin would eventually come back to help Goku
-Snuck the dragonballs from under Freeza's nose by keeping a low-profile and killing his people one-by-one

Freeza
-Tricked the Saiyans into slavery
-Had almost all of them killed (except the "strong" ones) without them knowing for years

Cell
-Tricked Piccolo into letting him escape
-Then was ducking Piccolo and Tien running on feet and suppressed whenever they got close
-Played possum so he can sneak up and absorb one of the andriods (#17)
-Applied psychological warfare on #18 which almost worked
-Goaded Vegeta into letting him become perfect
-Instantly noticed the flaw in Trunks' transformation and clowned him for it

Super Boo
-Played possum by going kamikaze so he can have an opening
-Goaded the kids into fusing so he can absorb Gotenks' power and absorbed Piccolo for his maturity
-Clowned Gohan by applying mind games on him
-Almost killed Dende so they couldn't rely on his healing abilities
-Used his chopped-off antenna to absorb Gohan at the last second

[spoiler]My money's on Cell... both regards.[/spoiler]
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Post by nite_jay » Sat Dec 03, 2016 10:55 pm

Really?! I'd honestly say Cell is the worst, considering he basically snitched on himself to Piccolo.

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Post by Dr. Casey » Sat Dec 03, 2016 11:02 pm

Drug kingpin? Probably someone pre-Piccolo Daimao, when the antagonists were generally human beings. I vote Tao Pai Pai.
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Post by ShadowBardock89 » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:42 am

Best Drug Kingpin? Commander Red. Why? The RR was probably involved in the trade to get illicit funds. How else were they able to afford the upkeep and maintenance of their base and equipment?
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Post by nickzambuto » Sun Dec 04, 2016 5:29 am

Who would make the best drug kingpin? That's a very odd and specific question... just saying who the most strategic villain is, it's Vegeta and Cell. Daimao was number 1 beforehand, but they were on the next level.

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Post by RandomGuy96 » Sun Dec 04, 2016 5:53 am

Super Buu is the most pragmatic of them. With the absorbed minds of two gods, is probably the most intelligent as well. He definitely has the potential to be, both because he's immortal and because he can expand his intelligence and knowledge simply by absorbing someone.

But he would obviously have no patience for running a drug ring. The honor for "best at being a drug kingpin" should go to Red, who probably DID run something similar to a drug ring. He's the only villain with any real organizational skills. I mean, I guess you could throw Freeza in there because he ruled a bunch of planets and had a bunch of mercenaries, but he didn't appear to do any actual organizing and leading himself. He was just a really strong guy who stole other people's stuff while indulging himself in luxury. He probably had lackeys to do the boring parts.
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Post by Souheil21 » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:41 pm

i vote Frieza, since he ruled a whole bunch of planets.

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Post by Lord Beerus » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:28 pm

Super Boo, hand down. He always had a back up plan if shit went south creek. And to be great drug kingpin, you really have to have Plan B, should Plan A blow up in your face.

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Post by Dbzfan94 » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:30 pm

Lord Beerus wrote:Super Boo, hand down. He always had a back up plan if shit went south creek. And to be great drug kingpin, you really have to have Plan B, should Plan A blow up in your face.
Plus he can just absorb his opposition and gain information / resources

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Post by SaiyanGod117 » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:43 pm

I would say Frieza, since he kinda did have his own empire.

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Post by Robo4900 » Mon Dec 05, 2016 11:33 pm

Most intelligent: Dr. Gero.
Best drug kingpin: Commander Black.
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Post by ShaneisMC » Tue Dec 06, 2016 3:44 am

What others have said. Red and Freeza both literally did run empires.

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Post by Hyena_Yamcha » Tue Dec 06, 2016 7:04 am

Most intelligent : first form cell
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