5 Smartest Villians?

Mine are:

How is the Joker,Deadpool and Lex..smarter than Doom? Deadpool and Joker especially?

1.Brainiac

1. Luthor

Doom
Mandarin
Ultron
Braniac
Thanos

Ill do 2 lists.

DC
Brainiac
Sivana
Gorilla Grodd
Lex Luthor
Darkseid

I feel like im missing someone rediculously important but I can't think of who


Marvel
Kang
Doom
Thanos
MODOK
Magneto

1. Brainiac
2. Gorilla Grodd
3. Dr. Victor Von Doom
4. Lex Luthor
5. The Riddler (The guy has to have some smarts to come up with those puzzles.)

1. Dr. Doom
2. Brainiac
3. Kang the Conqueror
4. Ultron
5. Thanos

Everyone on here has great lists.

Sivana
Thomas Oscar Morrow
Abra Kadabra
Kang the Conqueror
Tharok

Nice

Wild storm univerese , Tao,
DC univerese, Lex Luther
DC univerese , Brainiac
Marvel univerese, Doctor Doom,
Marvel universe, Thanos

Thanos
Brainiac
Dr Doom
Lex
Joker

1- The Joker
2- Riddler
3- Doom
4- Brainiac
5- Lex

   Well...that all depends. If we mean Smartest as in "Those who come up with the best and/or most effective plans" as opposed to just IQ and inventive genius...

   Baron Helmut Zemo 
   The Red Skull
   Doctor Doom
   Doctor Sivana
   Lex Luthor

   The above have all had long range or well concieved plans work out at one time or another, and usually usually prepare for many eventualities. They are hard to trap effectivly either because they have so many escape routes or have powers that they use in clever ways.

   Note : A bad writer (Bendis, Reed and many others) can and have reduced even the greatest villains to the level of comic opera boob. This list can't be held accountable if someone decides to screw the villain for the sake of the plot.

Thanos
Brainiac
Prometheus
Calculator
Ultra-Humanite

Dr Doom
Mr Sinister
Brainiac
Lex Luthor
Lobo (don't forget people that he has a genuis level intellect when it comes to war and destruction)

Calculator isn't that smart.

He's just good with info and rubix cubes.

You ever see him invent anything amazing?  Figure out who the Oracle is when she's sitting right in front of his face?  He's not even in the top 5 smartest villains from DC's present, much less all villains from all companies.

I'm surprised so few people picked Kang and Tharok.  Those guys are not only geniuses, they're considered geniuses hundreds of years into the future.

Emma Frost, before joining the X-Men.

1. Doctor Doom
2. Thanos
3. Magneto
4. Kang
5. Red Skull

High Evoltionary
Lex Luthor
Dr. Doom
Mr. Sinister
Thanos

I'll replace Deadpool with Brainiac

Really?  I could have sworn he was blissfully unaware throughout the whole thing.  I'll have to reread that.

And I need to pick up that birds of prey arc.  I like Killg%re. :-)

In no particular order. I cannot really include anyone like Joker/Doom/Luthor, because they do not have superhuman intellect.
1. Possessor (5 billion years old and has done nothing but gain knowledge)
2. Thanos
3. Brainiac.
4. The Leader (superhuman intelligence puts him above dooms human genius intellect)
5. Grandmaster 

Dr.Doom
Lex Lurther
Brainiac
Mysterio(Sommeone has got to be smart to make really cool illusions)
The Leader
Clue Master

brainiac
darkseid
thanos
doom
lex luther

1 Dr.Doom
2 Dr.Doom
3 Dr.Doom
4 Dr.Doom
5 Dr.Doom

   5.  Red Skull--he organized the attack that killed Captain America, and he organized Hydra, and he invented lethal poison gases.  
   4.  Lex Luthor--He has no powers yet he finds a way to kick Superman's butt.
   3.  Doctor Doom--I mean, he's just a genius in every sense of the word. 
   2.  Reed Richards--His inventions started the entire era of super heroes.  Tell me thats not genius. 
   1.  Kingpin--his criminal empire.  The ability to be powerless yet still pound Punisher, Spiderman, and Daredevil.  He has found a way to get the following people to help him: Daredevil, Bullseye, Elektra, Typhoid Mary, and infamously idependent Deadpool. 

How is the Joker even making people's list?

And was clearly a genius during it:P