Top 10 Best Tips to Catching the Impostor in Among Us
I know, I know... Among Us lists are unusual for me, but I think it's a great game, and I'd love to share some tips and tricks for winning.It's easy enough to do tasks if you're a crewmate and kill people if you're an impostor, but if you really want to up your game, a good way to do so is by learning how to catch the impostor.
It's simple. You can see the impostor kill on cams, you can see them vent, and you can see pretty much anything as long as it's in one of the hallways.
This is practically the most important tip of all. It's sometimes extremely easy to catch the impostors by doing this. I remember one time when two other crewmates and I had a medbay scan with nine people left. The three of us did it with two other people watching us.
Then, all five of us exited medbay and ran to admin, where we found two bodies. Immediately after that, we knew who the two impostors were because they were the only ones not in medbay. It was an easy win. Additionally, keeping an eye on where people come from is a big way to win. If you see someone running in the opposite direction from you in a hallway and two seconds later you find a body, you know it was them because they just came from the crime scene.
This is vital because sometimes you can see where someone vented or if someone killed another person. Then it's just a matter of getting to the body or the place where they vented. However, this can sometimes not work because you can't see the hallways.
Normally, when there are two impostors, they'll defend each other. For example, if Black and Orange are the impostors and all the evidence points to Black, Orange might say, "Black is innocent, I was with him the whole time." If Black is not innocent, you know Orange is the other impostor because they were lying.
Also, a common blunder is when someone self-reports a body and then says, "Where?" in the chat. It's ridiculously stupid.
If you aren't in a room, you can only see dark outlines of what's in there. You can never see people inside unless you go in. However, you can see an outline of a vent being opened and then closing.
This has never happened to me, though maybe it has and I just didn't notice.
For example, everyone has to do keys at the start of the game on Polus. If someone doesn't, they're either not doing tasks or they're the impostor. Either way, vote them out. Impostors often don't look at what tasks the crewmates have. They just walk up to any spot and pretend to do a task. If you see someone "doing a task," check if others have that task. If not, vote them out.
There have been countless times in YouTube videos where crewmates have done this.
Like the tip about paying attention to what people type in the chat, when one impostor makes a blunder, the other will defend them or vote with them. If two players vote for someone who's obviously innocent and one of them is clearly the impostor, the other one probably is too.
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Slowly get bits of absolute proof that each person is innocent. Did you see Green and Yellow do garbage or medbay scan? They're innocent. Check them off. Were you with Pink and Orange for the entire game until bodies were reported? Check them off too. If you're Cyan and Brown and Red are dead, determine which two of Lime, Purple, and Blue are impostors. Easy!
This is important! If the body is in medbay and someone says they were in cams, they would not be clear.
This can definitely go wrong, but if you and two other players stack up in a corner, it can seem like there's only one person there, depending on the hats and names. If the impostor sees you, they might think, "Oh, one person alone in a corner! Excellent!" and go into the corner to kill. Then, surprise, there are still two people alive who will report the body and vote out the impostor.
Yes and no.
Yes - It is a good way of fishing out the impostor.
No - It requires speed and accuracy to survive it.
It's always great to play with a friend because you can know what they are and worry about one less person. Plus, you can stay together, so the impostor won't get near you. However, this is also risky because it makes you an easy target for the shapeshifter.
Among Us is tricky for a crewmate. If you're alone, you become a target for the impostor. In pairs, you become a great target for the shapeshifter. In a big group, the impostor might stack kill, making it difficult to figure out who did it. I suggest playing with two other friends.