User blog comment:Count Vlad III dracula/Sir Edward Isaac Ray Alastair Altair Christus Augustine Van Ainsworth/@comment-31128769-20171028154443/@comment-30766268-20171030084026

If your subordinates are complete idiots and you are facing against someone which his sheer power trumps all of your intelligence, then yes. Also, being vastly smarter then your opponent does not guarantee you a victory. If you can combine all of those traits together, being very smart, powerful on your own, and have an army which is not full with absolute idiots and that they do have a lot of power, and you act carefully, then you are a successful overlord.