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intelligence service should be considered a whole separate baron onSupernatural , as even vast beings like God and the Darkness have drop off out to lesser foeman by being outsmarted . Demons have been shown to survive this long mainly because they ’re smart than angels and other creatures .
These are the most powerful demons on the show , but they ’ve been ranked in order of their intelligence . This means that while a sure demon might easy have more powers than another , they can still be list lower because they ’re just not as intelligent . The ranking might surprise some fans .
Updated on August 16th , 2022 by Amanda Bruce : Dozens of demons come and go over the course of Supernatural . Most of them , however , do n’t even have name . They total into low towns , do some damage , and are sent backpacking by the main characters . If a demon is named over the course of study of the show , the audience knows that they in all probability have staying power . Those that manage to overreach their enemies over and over again are the unity that stick around the foresighted . That intelligence agency also often coincide with plenty of index .
Meg
The consultation never learn this demon ’s actual name as she just takes on the name of the woman whose body she inhabits early on in the show . When it comes to the most powerful monster in Supernatural , Meg is at the lower end of the spectrum . She ’s not commanding whole armies or using broad power to get things done . She is , however , using her news .
She was train by Alastair himself . While she was incredibly firm to Lucifer , Meg also understood the need to survive to get what she wanted . That meant if she had to team up up with the Winchesters to get back at Crowley , she would . It also meant that if she needed to work with them against the Leviathans to verify there was still a humankind for demons to inhabit , she ’d do that too . Ultimately , she sacrificed herself in a struggle against Crowley to give the Winchesters a combat opportunity subsequently .
Ruby
Ruby is n’t the most powerful demon on her own . Like Meg , she is n’t controlling vast armies , but she is unbelievably wise and knows how to act as a recollective con . Ruby frivol away everyone into thinking she ’s one of the good guys , even the Winchesters .
Ruby ’s power lies in her power to manipulate others . She managed to get Sam to break one of the seals that would bring Lucifer back to Earth , after all . Ruby had a nearly fool - proof plan early in the show , and she act out it pretty flawlessly . The ease with whichRuby betrayed Sam Winchester made her one of the most hated characters in the show .
Samhain
Being the only one of his sort , and with his release being one of the 66 SEAL holding Lucifer , Samhain was easily one of the most fabled demon ever created . His powers seemed to be greater than that of angels , asangels were shown to fear him .
As far as intelligence goes , though , Samhain was n’t all that shining . He was saucy to the extent of having henchman do the deed of releasing him while he was in Hell but other than that it seems his pride was greater . Rather than escape when he saw Sam was resistant to his king , Samhain attempted to fight , resulting in him being sent back to Hell .
Cain
Knights of Hell were among the highest level of demons one can find , but none of them exhibit much wit . For Cain , it might be because he was powered by the Mark which housed the Darkness , meaning he did n’t need to do much strategical preparation since he was so powerful .
While he was intelligent enough to devise a way to enshroud from beings from both Hell and Heaven for century without being detected , Cain made a silly move to struggle Dean . Rather than realizing that Dean would have a plan to struggle him , Cain went all accelerator blaze , ending with his death at the hand of Dean Winchester .
Abaddon
Abaddon was one of the first human souls to friend with Lucifer , apprenticed under Cain , and promptly rose to become one of the most powerful monster in Hell as a result . One of the Knights of Hell , Abaddon had access to a pretty great ability : time locomotion .
Abaddon used time travel to get disembarrass of foeman , which was both a huge power to have , but also a smart way to use it . It meant that Abaddon rarely had to deal with people get in the way . She ’s develop a drumhead for strategy that rivals few demons in the show .
Dean
While Dean did n’t expose any outright intelligent moments in his time as a Knight of Hell , he did have some tactical good sense in him . This was check when he scoped out Cole Trenton when the latter tried to attack , as Dean would work around with him to unveil if Cole had some tricks up his sleeve .
Since he was a Knight of Hell , Dean was the most potent demon active at the time , and he knew this well enough to take exception Crowley to make a move against him , having anticipated no fight back . at long last , Dean was also wise enough to get away the bind Sam had on him when he realized the ogre remedy had only partly worked .
Ramiel
Being a Prince of Hell , Ramiel could nonplus any saint other than the highest unity , and fight against other being was idiotic to him ; he certainly did cackle when confronted by the Winchesters . His smarts came from his cognition of weaponry .
Although Ramiel want to live on his own and did n’t prefer to engage in fights , he was intelligent enough to keep weapons of extreme power like the Lance of Michael and the Colt in his possession . This was probably done to stave in off any likely opposition , although he did meet his death with the Lance due to Ramiel ’s hauteur master his smarting .
Alastair
There was more to the Grand Torturer of Hell than encounter the eye , as Alastair shew he was more than just a sadistic devil out to dole out a lot of painful sensation . Fans know he was highly herculean , as Alastair hands down beat Castiel and had no fear of angels while being one of the first demons created .
However , he also relied on his intelligence , which was seen when he assume the mannequin of well - to - do human beings to bemuse off any suspicions that might have hail his way to revealing his truthful identity . Alastair keep his head working while under torture , as he was able to escape his trap by silently cook the environment .
Dagon
If there was one daemon who knew how to utilise her wits with her powers then it would utterly have to be Dagon . The Prince of Hell could ’ve captured Kelly Kline all by herself as she was much more powerful than angels and whatever the Men of Letters had to throw at her , but employed the use of scheme .
Dagon pull strings Kelly by pretending to be a friend while in reality leading her on toward Lucifer . When Kelly caught confidential information of her act , Dagon gather herself to find the location of the heavenly portal site and present an ambush of the angels to capture Kelly by utilizing her teleportation business leader and killing touch . It was only because of Jack ’s authorization that Castiel was able to wash up her .
Lilith
Stealth also devolve under the intelligence range since it requires the thought process capacity to dupe those aware of you . Lilith was a master in this aspect , even when she returned a decade after her death . She was able to devise a plan to have Ruby venture to be Sam ’s ally , all to run him to spread out up the final seal of Lucifer ’s cage .
Lilith expertly fooled Sam and Dean into believing her plan were something other than what she actually had in mind , and would assume the forms of young girls to move into any setting and influence proceedings without being caught . She falls a little lower , though , because of her move to intimidate Michael , which led to her death .
