Shikamaru vs L

Shikamaru vs L from deathnote

In a game of Shougi or Chess, who wins?

Shikimaru.

Shikamaru..

L

L is much smarter but we've never actually seen him play any of those but I think he'd be good at them because he's smarter. So I'll go with L.

L is borderline clairvoyant, shikamaru is great but my money is on Lawliet. shikamaru analyzes situations when he needs/wants to, L analyzes everything in the finest detail. his brain is like a high performance engine , that's why he constantly eats high caloric foods.

i bet L would analyze shikamaru's appearance and voice patterns allowing him to predict every strategy shikamaru knows.

L, his genius is literally unbelievable when it comes to analyzing, his analyzations really do border on clairvoyance.

L

Wolverine.

Wolverine? What?

Shikamaru. He thinks over 200 steps ahead and for multiple situations in seconds. His IQ is over 200 and that was pretimeskip. Shikamaru jizzed on L in a game of Shougi

Shikamaru wouldn't beat L in an intellectual battle.

Shikamaru is an incredibly keen analyzer, L's analyzations are nearly supernatural in brilliance.

I'll go with Shikamaru just because its a game he knows well.

and I haven't seen him lose a battle of smarts with anyone yet.

Well Shikamaru hasn't really had a battle of wits against anyone rather intelligent, L was going toe to toe with Light who is a genius himself, and L was outsmarting him at times, Light had to use a cheap way to win

and I haven't seen him lose a battle of smarts with anyone yet.

I seem to recall him losing a game of Shougi to his dad.

L

Shikamaru

L, guy is too smart.

If Shikamaru was in L's place. He would of figured out who was Kira within the first two chapters. Shikamaru has a IQ of over 200. probably around 150. at best. He can figure out over 200 steps of a battle plan in seconds. L has nothing on Shikmaru intellect