The Smartest Characters in Borderlands

Today I give you my list of some of the most intelligent characters in the Borderlands universe.
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[@Anon_A._Moose]

Salvador is easily the smartest character in the series. He knows the secret of how to reload AND unlike the goliaths, can speak full sentences.

[@Xx_TRIGONOMETRYDASH_xX69420]

Lol

[@D3STRUCTOR_]

xD this one is really good!

[@jayhoustonhynd81]

i got a shock when i saw your pfp.

[@IIGrayfoxII]

But unlike Goliaths, he does not know how to make Face Gravy

[@crazyhanky8830]

But the goliaths have the quote "You're so dumb!" Would a dumb person say that? Cause i don't think so.

[@cabbagyboi9129]

Another point to Jack’s intelligence, he didn’t just hire vault hunters, he MADE a vault hunter. Two even depending on how you look at it. He took a regular, run-of-the-mill CL4P-TP and not only made it a legitimately dangerous bot, he made it dangerous enough to stand with the likes of Wilhelm and Nisha. And depending on how you look at it you could also argue he’s responsible for Timothy going from loser nerd to a badass vault hunter as well.

[@Xx_TRIGONOMETRYDASH_xX69420]

You miss spelled vualt hunter at the the end of your sentence. But good point

[@jonasz2202]

@@Xx_TRIGONOMETRYDASH_xX69420 vault*

[@TRAVISHOWRYMUSIC]

@@Xx_TRIGONOMETRYDASH_xX69420.. hear me out.....he did it on purpose. He knew you'd see it and your spellcheck ocd would get you talking to him.. he missed you lol

[@cabbagyboi9129]

@@TRAVISHOWRYMUSIC there's no proof that you're wrong

[@milogop3574]

He organised for Doppelgänger’s creation, but there’s no evidence he was directly involved in the creation process (with training and brainwashing and stuff) - he likely took advantage of some of the brainiac Hyperion scientists

[@PinkPixie019]

Rhys! He was smart enough to put himself back together after getting Jack out of his system and was able to rebuild Atlas from the ground up. He clearly has knowledge to build the Viper Drive in BL3, which I think comes from his time as a "bad guy".

[@PinkPixie019]

ALSO Zero doesn't seem like someone that would stick with someone if they weren't worth his time and effort. He must have saw something in Rhys to stay and build Atlas with him.

[@lukasvokurka9224]

I agree. And I really expected him to show up in this list. But I just want to correct you. His name is Rhys.

[@imanaxolotl7999]

however, there is a theory that rhys isn’t rhys anymore, and handsome jack fully took over his mind

[@PinkPixie019]

@@imanaxolotl7999 I'm really hoping that's not the case. I like his story arc and his redemption story that Tales gave us. I love me some crazy Jack, but I think he needs to stay dead. When games start being back "the big bad from # games ago" the franchises tend to suffer to grow over all. I like him as a cautionary Tale of power and greed, which is kind of the underlying theme of all the BL games. It's a world built on corporate greed and evil and Jack was the epitome of that. Rhys is a good story of how you can come from that, build a company and maybe not be evil. He did enjoy killing in BL 3 though. But his planet (and people) were being killed.

[@lukasvokurka9224]

@@PinkPixie019 I wouldn't be scared of that. Since Rhys did destroyed Handsome Jack's AI(Gearbox said so) and even if Jack took over his mind I wouldn't believe he 1. would help the vault hunters. He had a chance to kill them and didn't do so. 2. He would kill them even before BL3 story because I can't believe he wouldn't want to avenge his death. 3. I don't want to believe Jack would grow a mustache.

[@kaptainkoala8476]

I think it’s actually possible that both of Tannis’ backstories can coexist. It could be that as a kid she was a fan of Typhon and dreamed of finding a vault, which is why she became an Eridian researcher, but at some point in her career as a researcher determined that there were no more vaults. Being as stubborn as she is she would likely then adamantly believe that the first vault was the only one until she saw firsthand proof that there were others.

[@saaaaaaaaalt838]

It's also possible that Tannis, still technically bieng insane, made up the second story after the fact and ended up actually believing that was her motivation. Maybe her ego wouldn't let her involvement with Pandora be a chance encounter so she made up a fantastical reason how her current situation is entirely due to her own actions.

[@DamienDarkside]

I think she has utterly convinced herself that this was entirely an Eridian Plot. If she doesn't believe that she was a fan of Typhoon, purposely went to Pandora looking for Eridians and the Vault, and went for it all, it means that it is HER FAULT. Her ignorance of things that "weren't science" directly caused the death of her team. Cognitive dissonance between "Eridians defy science, they can't make sense" and "Eridians must be studied, they MUST make sense" broke her. I have once lied about an event in my life so much that I almost forgot what the truth was. I can only imagine what it would be like for Tannis. This doesn't really make her a good person because she's completely absolved herself of the responsibility of the deaths on her hands (or even justified them), but then again nobody in Borderlands is "Good".

[@Crow_Rising]

Gaige is probably tied for the biggest reason I think it's such a shame they didn't implement first person character dialogue until Pre-Sequel and the headhunter DLC for BL2. Her combination of ego, intellect, and teenage angst would have made for some really great character interactions with Handsome Jack and a huge number of other characters. The other reason tied with her, obviously, is Krieg. Krieg actually probably deserves a slot on the list of smartest characters himself. On the surface he appears to be an idiotic musclebound incoherent lunatic, but his inner voice is more than just sane. He's able to plan ahead and strategize, and is probably the biggest reason for their combined survival. His ability to read situations and come up with strategies for survival on the spot, and then somehow manage to convey this to the "other guy" in a way in which he will (often enough to survive) listen shows that he must have a high degree of intelligence and adaptability.

[@casualdiscussionenjoyer3303]

The first time I played as Krieg I was blown away the first time I heard the voice in his head, gave his character an absurd amount of depth in that one moment. I don't remember the quote because years ago but it was poignant enough to make me go woah

[@N-GinAndTonicTM]

Krieg is probably the most tragic character in the Borderlands, and it's all down to one quote. And it lies within his first B2 Trailer. It's when Maya is about to be attacked by the rats; and Krieg is trying to warn her. But the insane side of him just blurts out random threats and nonsense. Until he almost screams "TURN AROUND, PRETTY LADY!!" Like for just a moment, the insane side was able to think clearly. He's in a lot of pain.

[@Crow_Rising]

@@N-GinAndTonicTM I feel like it's less that the insane side was thinking clearly and more that he was emotionally wrestling with himself. Unlike the sane side, the insane side seems to care a great deal with keeping up his insane ramblings, to the point of it seeming to be a source of pride. However, unlike most Psychos he doesn't actually seem to want to hurt an innocent, or allow them to come to harm. It's almost like a game to him. As long as there was still a chance that Maya might simply protect herself, the insane side of Krieg kept up his stubborn incoherent bravado. The moment it looked like it was too late for that, his pride cracked and he gave in to his sane side's desire to protect her, and then didn't harm her or anyone else she deemed friendly after that. Ultimately, I think the insane side is surprisingly social despite how little he gets along with "himself". He's forged an identity for himself, and appears to just want that identity to be upheld and appreciated.

[@thatonehuman0001]

Clearly Marcus is the smartest one since we're arguably living in a figment of his imagination

[@starshot8842]

"If it took more than one shot!!.."

[@bf4k]

@@starshot8842 "you weren't using a Jakobs"

[@nnurk]

@@bf4k @Star Shot [can't hear you over endless vladof gunfire]

[@someguy15721]

@@nnurk kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaLbiWiBnaijis0

[@jirehemanuel]

​@@nnurk and all you're shot all inaccurate cus you're not using hyperion

[@GleipB]

one thing about Gaige is that the moment she realized that the robotic arm was the key to using deathtrap she just chopped her arm with no hesitation

[@kaptainkoala8476]

Also the group of Hyperion scientists that Jack killed in the pre sequel totally deserve an honorable mention. Davis Pickle was also a pretty smart kid especially considering he had been surviving basically on his own for a long time on Elpis.

[@DamienDarkside]

Springs was also incredibly intelligent with scrap and junk. She might not be Scooter level of engineer but she clearly is highly educated.

[@heresywithana]

Some characters I think are also worthy to be mentioned is (In summary): 1. Rhys -He revived atlas and all of it from the scraps left by the former atlas and hyperion, creating new technology most notably the atlas tracking guns in BL3 2. Dr. Zed -He's probably the most sane and straight-thinking person in the borderlands world, he's a medical professional good enough to support the people of sanctuary, the only downside is that he doesn't actually have a medical licence. 3. Fiona -She's able to talk her way out of most situations and predict what the outcome of her actions are in less than a second, her predictions are also basically a one-to-one copy of what actually will happen. 4. Zer0 -Not only does he speak in haiku but also is the best stealth operative that probably exists in the BL universe, he can gather information and rumors like a magnet, knowing the location of anything he needs, and pinpointing the exact location of the target he (or you) have to kill. 5. Moze -She may not be the smartest character but has decent survival and engineering skills, she survived out MIA in the wilderness for almost most of the time before BL3 and is the one repairing and modifying Iron Bear with all the equipment that you can unlock Iron Bear with. 6. Zane -He's probably the best operative next to Zer0 and can use his tools and equipment like it's an additional limb, he's survived probably over hundreds of assassination attempts. He may have a fun, kinda insane personality but that's because he knows he almost certainly can't be beat.

[@Zordonelite]

This is just a theory but Zane could also be one, the assassin that helped kill the guy that was gonna till zero in the wambam island dlc from bl2

[@heresywithana]

@@Zordonelite Zane technically is 0ne in a non-canonical universe in a DLC, but it might just be a teaser to tell that he exist.

[@Zordonelite]

@@heresywithana ya, I couldn't find the video I watch which sucks but from what I remember the person theorised that's what would have happened if Zane didn't become a vault hunter, and what he was before he become ine

[@nitesy381]

Unironically, we also can include torgue. He somehow engineered safe and practical gyrojets.

[@AllTheOthers]

I was gonna mention Zane and zer0. Just like Metal Gear's "big boss", they know who to surround themselves with and how to use the gadgets others make for them, although I'd honestly not be surprised if zer0 made his own suit, which he theoretically made before the Hyperion ones created in the pre sequel. Intelligence used to mean a lot more than just book smarts, people like Zane and zer0 would be among the greatest warriors throughout history.

[@zealous261]

9:29 "Gaige despite her young age". Love how this rhymes

[@spotry]

I have a theory about Tannis What if she was a woman of science, and went insane due to Pandora and all of her beliefs slowly being unraveled before her. However, while being insane, she managed to gaslight herself into believing she had always believed in the eridians and their technology, and she was always a fan of Typhon.

[@sillylilstella]

Yeah but definitely not what the writers were going for, unfortunately

[@DamienDarkside]

As someone who has lied about something to the point where I have to remind myself of the truth, I've always had a connection with Tannis from the first game. Even then you can see her brain trying to justify what's going on around her. That was BEFORE they Destroyer was shown. After that she's gone through so much shit I don't blame her mind being overwhelmed to the point of it unconsciously changing her memories to keep her stable.

[@hellbillyjr]

Hot take: Tina should've been on here. Bomb making is an art. She might be crazy, but like Scooter, she's a master of the craft. Between the engineering aspect, propellants and combustibles, and detonation triggers it's a lot to handle and a lot to get right You could argue simple chemistry and electrical engineering aren't the most impressive attributes in the BL universe, but she's a specialist and has been perfecting her craft since she was a kid putting badonkadonks on dolls

[@TheTehshamKhan]

Art is an explosion?

[@hellbillyjr]

@@TheTehshamKhan unironically, yes. Ted Kacinski and Tim McVeigh were artists

[@TheTehshamKhan]

@@hellbillyjr Was referencing deidara from naruto

[@hellbillyjr]

@@TheTehshamKhan lmao my bad. I saw that when I was at work gotcha

[@theshadowreborn4778]

I would just like to say about Gaige. She's a good engineer she was just shaky on the software.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

Rhys. Resurrecting a dead megacorporation from the ground up is quite a feat, especially in only 7 years.

[@D3STRUCTOR_]

You left out Claptrap. I know, I know, lot of people think he is annoying and a dum dum, but he is actually smart. He guided Vault Hunters to thier path, he can open ANY door, even super security doors, somehow as a defenseless robot he survived, now I am not sure, but he made in borderlands 3 a girlfriend for himself, also he leaded an entire claptrap revolution and made a battle machine called: MINAC.

[@thatoneguy5884]

Hector and Cassius could be on the list, because Hector knew more about the vault key than Tannis did, and Cassius created the antidote to one of the biggest pandemics Pandora has ever seen

[@WarWolfCZ]

And also Doctor Benedict too.

[@GSharp66]

Rhys is kinda of a Genius it many of the same ways Jack was, he just never had that spark that took Jack to where he turned evil instead he learned how to be a shrewd negotiator and still maintain his morals

[@deepseastonecore3017]

How often do l make jokes about chemistry? Periodically.

[@latinabayonetta]

get out.

[@IkeFanBoy64]

One thing I want to point out with Gaige is that she did make her robot arm after she cut her arm off. Now I dunno if that gives her more smart points for being able to make a robot arm with one hand while bleeding out, or it it nets less points cause she didn't make the robot arm before dismembering herself (nor did she tend to her wounds).

[@michaelknox3715]

For me, Zer0 and Zane are the smartest vault hunters in the series.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

What about Gaige?

[@Eldani-xr1rf]

Idk, zer0 is still in a weird spot. We dont even know what zer0 is. He cut off someones head once because other guy said it was a challenge to make him shut up. I wouldnt find him very intelligent to be honest.

[@hyperdude2015]

Should have put ZERO cause he has to watch what he says as he he tries to speak solely in Haiku but also he messed up that first time meeting Lorelei

[@Albatross0913]

You're the guy I come to for my Borderlands lore, thanks man have a good day

[@norrislaw1983]

Zaine, I am amazed he wasn't mentioned. He builds maintains and alters several insanely high-tech devices that few others even can use anything similar. Also like a lot of the top end mercs in other settings is smart enough to know when to move on to other locals and keep his enemies off balance. He even keeps a running list of all the major people in his profession and anyone that he has made an enemy of. He is also highly knowledgeable about the affairs of the major powers around the galaxy.

[@jdng86]

Gaige is aware she's a video game character, that requires some sort of hyper intelligence.

[@snakeywakey3893]

"You're breaking the game dude!"

[@Samkonia4728]

Rhys rebuilt Atlas from literally nothing. He should be on here.

[@finndalby9132]

In my head I always think of handsome jack and zero as the only smart ones.

[@blueshadowsoundeffects1559]

Yes

[@notapplicable6985]

Handsome jack is more emotionally intelligent, and knows how to manipulate people.

[@anthonyflieger417]

Myriad was the FIRST siren that directed it all when it came to the creation of the vaults, guardians, and how the containment of the destroyer happened. She even was the one that had the eridians wipe themselves out in order to contain the destroyer. she leaves fragments of her memories throughout bl3 you can tell she regretted what happened to the eridians, but it was better than the destroyer eating all the worlds and stars, than to lose one race of incredible beings.

[@wheelsndealz]

Tannis didn't go insane from "living on Pandora" she was literally tortured for who knows how long. That's what broke her. Not just living in isolation, something she would have been fine with as an antisocial person.

[@phantomnite]

But the echo logs in Borderlands 1 tells us that she became insane when she was all alone on pandora. I dont remember her getting tortured

[@wheelsndealz]

@@phantomnite she was tortured by Jack to get the vault key. But maybe she was a bit crazy before then if she was studying the vault key. Guess it depends on the timeline. But getting tortured definitely messed her up. She said so herself.

[@phantomnite]

@@wheelsndealz yeah, but she was already pretty crazy beforehand. Jack wasnt the cause. Being alone and her work on the eridians was

[@probablymarta2436]

felix from tales definetely should have been on this list! he taught fiona and sasha how to con, opened the (allegedly) uncrackable biometric lock on the briefcase, faked a whole vault key, made a bunch of other technical stuff and hid his plans so well that sasha and fiona had no idea he wanted to grab the money for himself!

[@NimhLabs]

Tiny Tina definitely belongs on this list. We first meet her when she is ten year old (or twelve?). She mastered the art of building bombs that Roland will let her advise him about stuff--as well as the rest of the Crimson Raiders Sure, one could argue making things explode is easy... but she still has her eyebrows. That is the difficult part... making stuff explode and stll having eyebrows afterwards. There is the other option that she naturally would have a full on wolfman syndrome of facial hair, and the only reason she doesn't is because she keeps having extreme eyebrow fires happen on her face... but well... that is more an idea for fan artwork, and not proper canon

[@phantomnite]

Yeah, she built bombs at only 13. Shes pretty smart, very similar to scooter

[@kaptainkoala8476]

@@phantomnite she never actually builds explosives though, she ties dynamite to teddy bears. She’s also functionally illiterate and on a few minor occasions actually shown to be pretty bad at everything that doesn’t involve explosives.

[@FrostPhoenix_]

Claptrap after watching this video, "you can't be serious right, I'm the greatest and smartest person in the entirety of this galaxy"!

[@obieldenook1142]

The the video and would love to see a part 2 to this. I don't know if there is one but I'll look. New to the channel, I'm afraid. Thanks for mentioning Scooter. He really is underappreciated. I would like to add one to the list, Ellie. She may be second to Scooter in mechanics but found a way to do more with her talents like turning bullies into her decoration and she masterminded the Zaford Hodunk war, which led to some of the best gear in the game for the player. Lilith I believe has a Ph.D. as well which is debatable is canon. Salvador may also know as much about guns as Scooter does about mechanics but that may also be debatable. Zer0 may be a genius in the way of self-psychology as he knows how to keep himself calm during combat and even speak haiku...just like any man loses this ability in the face of an attractive woman or the love of his life, Lorelai.

[@strelitziamystery21]

I think most of the main characters from Tales of the Borderlands were smart. Rhys and Vaghn were business smart and Fiona and Sasha were Con Artists!

[@chlorosokita596]

I wouldn't put Scooter at all in the list given that Vaughn just flat out embezzled a billion bucks from Hyperion in a matter of *seconds* and the sane part of Krieg was actually a freaking corporate lawyer.

[@fallpen8868]

Hey, glad to have your channel finally back! I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to watch your other borderlands videos and its good to see youtube actually step up for the entire hack situation.

[@MomsAgainstCatboys]

"Smart" is a rather large umbrella term for so many things: Booksmarts, Streetsmarts, emotional intelligence, calculation speed, cunning... One person can look smart because they are always asking the tough questions, while another can seems smart because they are wise to thier surroundings before anyone else. Somone can be a genius engeneer but a total idiot at holding a normal conversation. Somene can cleverly convince anyone of anytbing, but can't do basic arithmetic in thier head. Fiona and Sasha are very cunning and experts at reading people and will bullshit thier way out of nearly anything. Maya was a sage when it came to understanding things and people because her mind was always open to possibilities. Tiny Tina's imagination and creativity is second to none in the franchise. Alastair Hammerlock wrote an basted almanac.

[@owenandrew7951]

Was waiting for you to give the GOAT Gaige the respect she deserves 😤💯

[@kirasternenfeuer6198]

T.K Baha and Mr Torgue both are weapon inventors with Mr. Torgue even created the explosive element. Tiny Tina is an explosive expert. Rhys is quite similar to Handsome Jack in some ways and overall a quite smart guy as well. Just to name a few.

[@futuristicbus61]

Caption Siege Moustache. He rebuilt an extinct company and line of weapons

[@marcoscazaqui7899]

HighFive Torgue used a Jakobs revolver as base and developed explosive guns and ammo, that deserves some praise. (THAT SENTENCE HAD TOO MANY SYLLABLES! APOLOGIZE!)

[@sev1120]

Here's my personal honourable mentions that I feel could have made the list: Alistair and Auralia Hammerlock Alistair is, by far, the premier xenobiologist (that we know of) Aurelia managed to maintain the hammerlock fortune, despite her opulent spending. That indicates, to some degree, that she is business savvy at the least Troy Calypso Let's not forget that Troy was the one who was able to actually start the COV by telling Tyreen what to say. Plus, he was closer to unleashing the true destroyer than anyone else. He also deduced that Elpis was the key to Pandora Dr. Ned Try to hate him as much as you like, Dr. Ned managed to engineer a zombie virus that overran a town, and prison complex, run by a megacorporation. FL4K I'd personally say FL4K is intelligent in a "mass amounts of knowledge" sense, seeing as they did serve as the indexing unit for the grand archivist. It's likely that they downloaded the contents of what they were indexing at some point, and this sheer level of knowledge is what granted them their sentience

[@hanticleer1372]

You got to give a shout out to my man Torgue. He managed to create weapons that fire condensed mirco explosives. I'm not talking about the ones that shoot rockets. Think about the Harold, a weapon that shoots a small orb of energy which splits off into many more of equal strength. His inventions defy the very basis of our understanding of physics

[@flexprime2010]

didn't he create a laser which made explosion also?

[@anthonyflieger417]

also, another intelligent person, ya may say she is a lot of brawn, but the tiger of partalli, Amara, was not only brawn, but brains, and she knew how to make an image of herself, and well she knew how to make a business for herself to get herself to be known throughout the galaxy, also Zane can be added to the list, he basically made himself a one man army, including drones as well as defensive deployables etc. tbh a lot of smarts people can be in the list based on BL franchise, they have their owna smarts in their own way. but how you see it is based on interpretation too

[@AshAsmodeus]

@3:31 You're forgetting about the notion of the aliens sharing a hivemind. Even amongst insects irl there doesn't have to be a notion of a "grand architect" in favour of a collective unison that thinks and acts upon the collective's greater good.

[@pmcgee003]

Tannis : insane from ... living on Pandora ? No. From being horrifically tortured.

[@jaimerosas3805]

How did tiny Tina not make it on the list? She definitely smart, well maybe more crazy than smart 😂

[@wenofu477]

yes cause i mean yeah shes CRAZY but you gotta admit that she can build QUITE the powerfull bomb in 5 seconds

[@NimhLabs]

Eh... she more just behaves like the average teenage girl, from what I've seen. I mean, she is also intelligent... but she is still a child Which if anything should argue for her to be considered MORE intelligent

[@ninjapotatoproductionsf5]

I know you probably didn't want to just spam 1 family, but Ellie has made stronger vehicles than scooter ever has, and is heavily implied to be the lead architect of sanctuary 3. And on a side note has a surprising talent of getting bandit technicals with their drivers still inside to get stuck in giant crushers.

[@jedimike7622]

Moxxi and Jack definitely deserve their place on this list, but how are you going to include Scooter and Gaige for their respective specialties, yet leave out my girl Tina? She's like, 14 in BL2, and yet she's considered an expert in explosives by a professional soldier (who also made this list). Not only that, for someone as wild as she is, the evidence of her skill is fairly self evident not only in how effective her explosives are, but the fact that she still has all of her body parts. Even *good* bombmakers will have mistakes and end up missing a finger or other extremity, so the fact she has all of her fingers and toes (as far as we know) despite her many years of tinkering with explosives tells us just how brilliant she has to be in her field.

[@m.t.fguard8309]

What I find hilarious is the fact that there's going to be who knows how many people asking for the sauce for that thumbnail image 😂😂

[@md_vandenberg]

I found that exact art weeks ago by just searching "borderlands 2 gaige".

[@Samkonia4728]

Moze survived on her own in the wilderness for a long time while maintaining her mech with little to no resources, she survived despite her entire unit being killed.

[@keed_on_two_wheelz]

"Man this is one of them moments CATCH A RIIIIIIIIIIIIDE" rip buddy you caught the ultimate ride up

[@Xaltrou]

Maya she learned so much about sirens after bl2 and how the powers transferred from one siren to another after death

[@geckoo9190]

Well I think that at the ending of the pre sequel, jack 2 takes over and becomes the villain, so there are two of them, also moxxi is a talented mechanic, that kind of makes her 10 times more attractive

[@SilverScreenTimeMachine]

Are we not going to mention Nakayama and Cassius?

[@miciso666]

i was gonna say if moxx isnt on here ima be pissed. she double crossed jack like crazy. and anyone really she wants. also u kinda forgot a thing tannis. SHE IS A SIREN all along. she kinda deceived everyone by saying herself: glad no one ever saw me naked. you think they would check for tats.

[@eamandanish7629]

That thumbnail...😏

[@karlja3ger]

I think it would be fair enough to mention about Athena. Her combat skills and experience provided by Atlas' Omega squad are so impeccable that she single-handedly took down all of the Atlas, Lost Legion, Eleseer (with smartest of creatures stopping bullets with their minds), successfully defeated the Guardian and opened the Vault (that's because TPS is basically an Athena's story of her own). There are no neither Vault Hunters nor mercenaries capable of that, because in all other BL games Vault Hunters work in group of four.

[@Crim_Zen]

Moxxi also can get you infinite money in BL3. Giving her tips has a chance for her to mail you something, and those items she gives you back scale with your mayhem level... so you can turn a few thousand currency into hundreds of thousand by flipping what she sends you.

[@Thatweirdguy8619]

I feel as though Tina should have been put in this list Just on the fact of her being a whiz at explosives at such a young age and literally being stated as their local demolition expert in game

[@poppy3660]

Ellie definably deserves more credit, she does a lot of what scooter does and carries on his legacy. Also she did make a space ship out of sanctuary which is pretty talented.

[@nathankunz4761]

Is no one going to mention that Lilith is confirmed to have a doctorate

[@yknott9873]

The public service bots are made by Holloway Industries, based-on the schematic Marcie Holloway stole from Gaige's locker. And I read that Lilith has a Ph.D in Anthropology.

[@madsvigan2898]

Zer0 and Fl4k is overlooked i think In borderlands 3 Zer0 shows his smart in form of his ability to understand how to bypass high tech security, aswell as cunning tricks. While Fl4k is well a robot, who well can tame the blood thristy animals of borderlands. His smart is more in terms of taming, but Thats because he simply do not care for human life.

[@hushex5150]

There’s the EruptionFang we know and love!!

[@TheAlexDude]

One problem I have with Bl3 is that it throws the timeline out of the window, because in Bl1 Marcus(and he is like what 40-60 in Bl3) states that he has been told stories of the vault all his life by his father who in turn might have been told by his father because it's the legend of the vault, and with Typhon being the "first vault hunter" it becomes hard to place peoples ages if cryosleep isn't a thing it would make Typhon at least 150 or something. Well that is if Typhon really was the first hunter, because if the vaults were known and legends before Thypon, because someone should have gone after them before Typhon I mean the vaults "promised" wealth, power and lovers. And someone must have gone looking for them before.

[@RazielTheUnborn]

People likely did search for Vaults before Typhon but Typhon was just the first to figure it out and find the very first vault. His finding the vault coining the term vault hunter makes sense because until he did find it (considering they are in different dimensions and planets well out of reach normally) people likely believed they didn't exist and it was his finding them and what's actually in them regarding the tech and riches that caused the influx of hunters. Something similar happened in American history with gold. Until the first few people found gold deposits in the west, wasn't really anyone actually looking.

[@anthonyflieger417]

Also, another incredibly smart person, but yes he met his demise, was Tokagawa, yes he murdered his family, in order to take over the business, but thats tactfulness, and he is clever enough to also be able to lie, and make it sound friendly or truth, real in a way. In a way was insane like jack, he even recreated his version of Zero tech (essentially is what ended up killing him bc the suit overloaded when you beat him)

[@SlumpedSam]

great video but you said tht tannis is the only charcter with a doctorate degree but how bout dr. nakayama? or br.benedict from the kreigs dlc in bl3? the only other doctor is zed (who lost his license) but these two are still on level with Tannis, at least in the way of schooling. edit: i originally said zed has no degree but he actually just lost his license, there is no mention of his degree being revoked

[@phantomnite]

But Zeds a medical doctor, not a scientist like Tannis or the other two.

[@crimsonking9882]

She could’ve been obsessed with the mineral uranium because she’s insane

[@IGSA101]

I still haven't played much of bl3, but every lore video I see makes my joke of borderlands retcons 3 more accurate.

[@Jona-cn3le]

This actually reminded me that I am smart, but am afraid of it due to trauma.

[@fufufuaru]

0:11 what video is this from? I haven't seen this before

[@psychosparten049.esquire9]

This isn’t in order right? Scooter above jack..?

[@AaronBurns-qm6zu]

Dr zed

[@endplanets]

Similar to "All Eridians" you have Mr. "All Bandits" who made guns in the backyards that rival dedicated mega corporations. Also the COV I guess.

[@Malachite_strip]

The destroyer is technically the smartest. It absorbs the knowledge of the planets it eats.

[@belowcelcius5406]

I don’t think it’s a retcon for tannis I think that after she went insane she started to believe what she was telling herself and how she always believed that the eridians existed is just a side affect from losing it

[@MayYay22]

Gaige is the only right answer I am also bias

[@Meepo316]

Doc Mercy also has a docterate degree.

[@4ndrito]

Hello there

[@Meepo316]

@@4ndrito General Kenobi

[@killitgameing658]

The fact that it killed her classmate means that her engineering is good it's the software development that she's lacking in, must have forgotten a parentheses or something

[@oblivexx]

Tiny Tina explosive engineer that should be CEO of Torque in Borderlands 4 Axton with Dahl turret Mechanics. Moze with Iron Bear (I really wanted Oakenwolf to be a Legendary Skin)

[@IzzieHayashi]

Now that stranger things is in it’s fourth season. I was curious if you had Pending on it honestly think your take would be interesting for a video.

[@randombanana4023]

dr. nakayama or something he manage to create an a.i. of jack even though he died in a clumsy manner

[@gateship2]

I know he may come across as a whacky character, but I’d say Zane would have to be smart. To have survived as a hitman as long as he did requires skill sure, but also enough intelligence to use what he’s got to its maximum potential.

[@bassrecord6139]

I've heard somewhere that Tannis has several Asperger's traits

[@Riflik45]

I really expected to see zer0 and fl4k on the list.

[@xSmuggen]

Scooter is the greatest video game entrepreneur, he went out in a beautiful bang. If you played the game and didn't honor him I spit at you.

[@milogop3574]

Cassius and Typhon I think deserve spots on this list.

[@thatjackhime9639]

Tina: The explosives prodigy

[@noahdean9685]

can you do what if stories for borderlands? like what if Roland did not die!

[@graywolfdracon]

The farmer and his wife you end up doing some side missions for in BL3 are just as smart as Tannis. Their technology includes nuclear reactors and sentient turrets.

[@marcuspriest9570]

Nah that just borderlands tech in a nutshell

[@Handlelesswithme]

The whole joke of it is we are so in the future that those things are basically handy men work

[@BorderlandsBoy0]

SH4DOW-TP

[@dannytheman1313]

Maybe I'm an outlier but I need someone to bring Tannis back down to size, at least punch her once, for real every time theres a mission in BL3 shes like I need you to do something for me and don't bother asking question I'm way too smart to explain things to you. Like she's so high and mighty now at least Lilith said thanks now and then.

[@duncanhawk4500]

i think troy could be on here he was the whole back bone to everything they accomplished

[@caseymilley2187]

Doesn’t tennis go crazy because her entire science team died while on pandora and then she was tortured by Jack

[@casualdiscussionenjoyer3303]

I'm a simple man, I see Gaige in thumbnail, I click

[@サイコ-h4t]

Can you do the craziest Characters in borderlands.

[@unknown-pb3ex]

Nice thumbnail

[@the_pootisborn]

I am shocked. SHOCKED! to not see my man Nakayama in this list. He managed to make a copy of a whole humans consciousness. Now if that doesnt require smarts i dont know what does.

[@Lakosius]

Tannis has according to herself a whole drawer full with humans conciosness on drives , cant be that hard then .

[@ether6521]

Very cool

[@frostpeterson724]

Moxxie also has her own gun line.