>>101039015I'm pretty sure that Doom gets #2 spot entirely because his ego can't handle being anything less than Reed's rival.
>>101046990>>101044078Anything below Reed and Valeria tends to be extremely nebulous and dependent upon how absolutely hard writers want to wank certain characters or on if a character is even remembered.
T'challa tends to be forgotten about and most of his research is probably classified secrets of Wakanda anyway. Shuri is a recent addition that's now probably smarter than he is.
Dr Octopus used to be the premier expert on radiation to the point that Banner went to him for advice back in the day.
Osbourne is canonically smarter than Stark but doesn't give any fucks about applying it.
Peter Parker used to have a shot at being close to Reed level but he's so far behind in his education due to irl distractions that he's mostly a wildcard that will randomly create something better than most people on the list.
Xavier is a renowned geneticist.
Pym is Pym.
I don't feel like adding more atm so i'm gonna cut off here.
This is ignoring recent additions that might accidentally turn into bait if I mention them.
TLDR the list is bullshit.
