1. Use Sabotage to Make Friends
In real life, I don't recommend sabotaging a nuclear reactor to make friends. In Among Us, however, I positively insist that any aspiring imposter does, frequently.
You may think sabotage is a great way to kill off the entire crew, but realistically that only succeeds very rarely. Instead, it's far more productive to sabotage something just so people can see you fixing it. This is particularly relevant to the reactor and oxygen system, as it requires two crewmates (or one crewmate and a cunning imposter) to fix. Use sabotage to build friendships with unsuspecting players and make sure they remember you were there to help.
Not only do you come across as trustworthy and helpful to the rest of the crew, you can build bonds with specific crewmates while creating a solid alibi - which leads us to our next dastardly point.
2. Make a Kill, Make a Friend
Sensing a theme? Like a 1990s TV show, the power of friendship in Among Us is ridiculously strong. After killing someone, your number one priority should be getting to another player - as per the video above. When - shock! - a body is found, don't just say who you were with. Mention that you don't think it was the other person because you were with them - your unsuspecting alibi will be far more likely to back you up without second thought if you're exonerating them. The rest of the crew will trust a two-way alibi far more than a vague statement of location, even if it's far from the body.
Feeling really devious? Mention who you didn't see in your group.
3. Part of the Ship, Part of the Crew: Blend In
It's not enough to avoid being caught killing someone - crewmates need to believe you're one of them so that you're not voted out on a vague suspicion. If you think you're in view of someone, act like a normal crewmate would. Instead of randomly wandering as if you're hunting for a target - which, admittedly you are - pretend you're moving from task to task.
Don't blatantly follow someone, randomly enter or exit rooms, or perform sudden U-turns if you can help it. When there are fewer crewmates left alive, it takes surprisingly little to find yourself voted out - so don't give other players even the smallest reason to suspect you.
4. Proper Line of Sight Is Crucial
We've all had it happen to us before. You think you've got a perfect chance to kill, then bam - an innocent crewmate turns the corner right as you press the kill button. Awkward.
While it's not always an option, try to scope out the area before killing. Avoid killing in corridors and corners, as you'll get little warning if another crewmate is nearby. There are a couple of different spots - for example, Electrical on the main map - that allow you to check for witnesses before killing.
5. The Art of the Blame: Insinuate More, Accuse Less
Emergency meetings aren't just a game of survival for any imposters. If you play them smart, they can also be an opportunity for some good old-fashioned democratic murder.
If you start throwing around bold accusations everywhere, other players will quickly catch on. Change up your vocabulary and you'll find you have much more room to manoeuvre.
You didn't "see" blue running from the body, you "thought" you saw them. You were with pink, but "didn't see" black with anyone. This is a lot more subtle than throwing accusations around, making you seem less suspicious and providing the classic "I wasn't sure" excuse if you're ever called out.
1. Remember the tasks you’ve done
Once a body is discovered, everyone is going to look for the barest hint that someone is lying. So when people ask you where you were and who you were with, be ready to answer quickly, especially if no one was around to corroborate when the discussion begins.
In our Among Us games, when someone is suspicious, saying which room you were in isn’t enough. People will ask which tasks you did specifically. So rather than say, “I was in Electrical,” it’s better to be able to say “I was in Electrical doing wires” or “I was in Storage doing trash.” That’ll help keep false suspicion off your shoulders.
2. Stick with the crew, or strike it alone
If an imposter decides to kill you, there isn’t anything you can do to stop them. What you can do is try to make sure they’ll be caught in the act. Depending on the map, you’ll want to start out completing tasks in the most public areas where there’s lots of foot traffic, so you’re less likely to get picked off. Then, as the game progresses, you’ll hopefully get a better sense of which players are innocent, and you can use them as a shield while you complete longer tasks in more remote areas.
3. Keep an eye on visual tasks
In all three maps, if you perform a Medbay or Laboratory scan, other crewmates can see it, thus proving that you aren’t an imposter. That’s fairly well known, but you may not know that other tasks can prove innocence or guilt, assuming visual tasks are turned on in the game settings.
In fan-favorite map The Skeld, the empty garbage or empty chute task in Storage visibly causes trash to be vented out into space. In both The Skeld and Polus, the clear asteroids task causes a perceptible laser to appear every time you shoot. Finally, the prime shields task in The Skeld causes lights to turn on outside the ship, or to flicker after a second player completes the task.
If a player stands next to one of these tasks but nothing happens, it’s very likely that they are trying to trick you! Or, if you see a visual sign of their innocence, stick to the one person you know you can trust like glue.
4. Look out for “sus” behavior
When watching your friends in Among Us, it can be difficult to determine if their behavior is innocuous or evil: Is your friend following you because they’re doing the buddy system, or because they suspect you, or because they want to kill you? Did they run away from the group to perform a sabotage in private, or because they have one last task to complete? Being creepy in Among Us is kind of unavoidable.
Some behavior is difficult to explain away, however. If a player is standing still, away from any task, right before a sabotage event, that’s pretty suspicious. If a crewmate runs into a wall for a few seconds, they may be trying to sabotage while on the move to avoid suspicion. If someone runs behind you only to break off when a third player appears, they clearly were hoping to kill you before realizing there was a witness.
See anything like this, and it may be time to call an emergency meeting.
5. Don’t ghost-watch until you finish tasks Once you die, it’ll be tempting to follow your murderer around and enjoy the show. But do your living teammates a favor and finish off your tasks first. Among Us games are ruined when the living players fix everything against all odds, only to not win and get killed off because their ghost partners didn’t bother to finish their tasks out of spite or boredom.
The best tasks to fake if you are an imposter are:-
Cafeteria: Download Data,
Weapons: Download Data,
Upper Engine: Align Engine Output,
Admin: Swipe Card,
Admin: Fix Wiring,
Reactor: Start Reactor,
Electrical: Fix Wiring,
Electrical: Download Data,
Electrical: Calibrate Distributor,
Electrical: Divert Power to {},
Navigation: Download Data,
Storage: Fuel Engines,
Communication: Download Data