The Best Among Us Imposter Strategy

121603976800_.pic.jpg — **Dorothy Du (ISB G10)**

Hi! My name is Dorothy and I normally wouldn’t consider myself a “gamer girl,” but something about Among Us was so mesmerizing that I simply I could not resist. For a while, my friends and I were full Among Us addicts, playing day to night as much as I we could. Between watching people play and playing myself, I thought it would be a good idea to organize some stategies that help me when I’m imposter, hence the birth of this Among Us investigation. I hope this article was helpful!

Abstract

Overall, what I did in this ‘research’

Released in 2018 by an indie game company called Inner Sloth, Among Us has quickly risen to become one of the most popular multiplayer games of 2020. The game takes place in a space-themed setting, with three different map choices, in which players each take on the role of a Crew-mate or an Impostor. The crew-mate’s goal is to complete their tasks and vote out the imposter, while the Imposter’s goal is to remain in the spaceship and kill until the number of crew-mates equate the number of imposters. Being a good imposter requires logic, reasoning, and convincing acting skills; more specifically it requires knowing when to sabotage, what tasks to fake, when to kill, who to kill, and who to frame. This review investigates the most commonly advised imposter strategy, and the reasoning behind these strategies, to arrive at a conclusion that further enhances the readers ability to become--- the best Among Us Imposter.

Methodology:

How I conducted my study:

This study was conducted by tracking the number of strategies mentioned in various mediums (websites and youtube videos), organizing them into a table, and then picking the top 5 most mentioned strategies. Similarly worded tips in the same source count as two times mentioned, and slight variation within the strategy of the same basic concepts were regarded as one strategy. For example, some websites said it is best to sabotage lights and kill with a group, while others just say sabotage lights to kill, this is regarded as one strategy.

The table below organizes how many times each strategy was mentioned by a website/video that popped up when searching “Among Us Imposter Strategies” on google and youtube.

The 5 highlighted strategies are the most mentioned.

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There were a total of 94 imposter strategies mentioned, and of the top 5, there was a total of 57 individual tips by various sources mentioned. Percentages of the top 5 tips were found using 57.

Conclusion:

From the data we can conclude that the 5 best imposter strategies are:

Crowd Kill/kill while the lights are off (26.3%)

When you are an imposter, the most important goal, aside from killing, is to limit the crew-mates information. The best way to do that is to sabotage lights. Sabotaging lights cause the crew-mates to be unable to see the whole area on their screen while the imposter still can; this causes killing with the lights off to be much safer as it is harder for crew-mates to find the body or deduce the imposter base on locations and pathing. Imposters could also say “how were you able to see that while the lights were off” to any crew-mate accusing them of being around the body. Crowd kills (killing when most, if not all, of the crew-mates, are in one area) is also a great way to get free kills since there would be too many players around the body for anyone to use the process of elimination when deciding the imposter.

2. Fake tasks properly (21%)

Another major goal of the Imposter is to blend in with the crew-mate, and the best way to do that is by faking tasks. Familiarize yourself with tasks as crew-mate, that is to say: know what tasks require two parts and knowing the length it takes to complete each tasks so you can fake them more realistically. If possible, time your tasks so the green bar goes up when you leave (due to others around the spaceship doing tasks) to appear extra innocent.

3. Do not hard accuse (19%)

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One of the largest mistakes imposters make is hard accusing another player, when that happens, crew-mates know one of the two is definitely an imposter. The reasonable thing for crew-mates then is to vote off both players. This is due to the fact that imposters are more scared than crew-mates, thus imposters need to treat their lives as more valuable. In a 10v2 situation, the death of a crew-mate is only a 12.5% loss for the team while the death of an imposter is 50%. That is why imposters need to avoid getting themselves into situations where crew-mates can trade their lives for imposter’s, to summarize, do not hard accuse (until the final rounds 50-50).

4. Track where the other crew-mates are so you can frame them or have an alibi. (17.5%)

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Being imposter does not mean just looking for who to kill, but also who to frame and who to marinate. Keep track of where crew-mates are so you can insinuate sus by claiming to have seen them around the body. You can also use crew-mates as alibis, claiming “I’ve seen you on the left side, therefore I was also on the left side and nowhere near the body.”

5. Sabotage for final kills or to distract crew-mates from the body (15.8%)

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To become a good imposter, you need to fully utilize the functions and advantages you have—like knowing which sabotages to call in what situations. For example, if you killed a body on the left (on Skield), call oxygen so everyone moves away from the body. Additionally, sabotaging in final rounds to prevent crew-mates from having an emergency meeting can guarantee you a win even if they are very sus of you because they are unable to vote you out.

In conclusion, now that the five best imposter strategies are revealed, you have the knowledge and ability to kill all your friends (in the game of course) successfully.

So, go ahead and win as the most deceptive, logical, convincing imposter they’ve ever seen.