User blog comment:B214/Talk About What You Want! 3/@comment-7401186-20141104112658/@comment-1359322-20141105151854

Hmm i can't really agree on that, we haven't really seen much of Ravel's intellect, the first time we saw it was when she gave a suggestion to Issei on his Bishop form. Then the second time was when she place a magic circle in the Phenex clone Factory. Aside from those two moments, there aren't many moments to actually say that Ravel is superior than Rias in intellect.

If you ask me Ravel has simply shown more potential as a manager rather than a strategist at the moment. So unfortunately i ultimately disagree that Ravel is smarter than Rias until proven so.