Originally posted by: gokudagreat
thats just not true though, in multiple battles naruto makes incredibly smart tactical moves during the heat of battle: first battle against zabuza, battle against kiba, battle against gaara etc.

It is true that he doesnt know alot of jutsus, but hes young, and he will learn

I hate to make this comparison, but Naruto is like Goku in some aspects, for instance Goku is a complete idiot but when it comes to the heat of battle, he is ingenious strategically and the same goes for Naruto, he may not know alot of Jutsus or be the brightest, but he has a determination like no other and he is incredibly smart in the heat of battle, hes just rough around the edges
Yeah Naruto is a genius when it's in the heat of a battle like when he turned himself into a shuriken agianst Zabusa and when he jumped on and off his bunshin to do 1000 pain agianst Gaara. Hi relies much on instincts.