near vs L

[II C2 II]

who would you think would win they are both smart .... but who would win  

[kami haze]

L would most probably win since he is the original and it took both near AND mello to succeed him  

[II C2 II]

yes but L
has many faults
near and L i would say are almost exactly the same
they i dough they have any muscles ^_^  

[KirasSoul]

L vs Near would be a very good fight...and though I love L and admire his mental strengths, I think Near would win. He may be younger but his preformance in the last volume of Deathnote proves exactly how witty he was. He could very well out wit L.  

[II C2 II]

near would probably win but when near beat light he had L's help because l's work near was able to find out light is kira  

[KirasSoul]

Good point...Near also had help from Mello too...he even admitted he might not have caught Light had it not been for Melos sacrifice.