Guile Heroes

Guile Heroes are intelligent heroes who will use intelligence, sharp wit and street smarts to win, typically by tricking the villain into defeat.

Just like with the Pure of Heart category, proposals should be made before adding this category. For more information on Guile Heroes, please visit the criteria. You must be whitelisted to make a Guile Hero proposal.

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NOTE: Dimwits and Incompetents cannot count for obvious reasons (which is exactly why the Fake Inept category exists on the wiki). If a hero has too many qualities that detract from their intelligence and/or heroism, then they can't count either.
Also, while Guile Heroes can pretty much be considered the good counterpart to Magnificent Baddies, the two don't exclude each other and a hero can in fact be both a GH and a MB.
Another important thing to keep in mind is that, unlike Magnificent Baddies, Guile Heroes CAN be Cowards, petty or overall unlikeable. They also don't necessarily need to be Charismatic.
Xenophobes and Fallen can count too sometimes.
Finally, Guile Heroes aren't always necessarily manipulative, but they DO stand out intelligence-wise in the work they come from.