Among Us

Among Us

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Imposter for dummies
By GuyWithAHat
NOTICE! THIS GUIDE IS OUTDATED AND WAS PUBLISHED BEFORE AMONG US WAS EVEN POPULAR!
Just read the section and you'll be golden!
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I wanna be good at imposter!
How to be a better imposter:
Step 1: Don't kill or vent in front of people
Step 2: Make sure nobody knows where you've been, this is life and death.
Step 3: Make sure to sabotage every now and again to split up the crewmates.
Step 4: When you find your victim, and you are completely off-radar, kill them.
Step 5: Run to a safe place to hide or a nearby vent.
Step 6: Do not kill & report, this is most likely to get yourself killed, if nobody comes to report the body (let's say 20-30 seconds), then it might be safe to report.
Step 7: Don't be an ass and call out your imposter partner, that's just mean.
Step 8: When you are dead, you are still able to sabotage, closing doors and sabotaging is still and option, and do your partner a favor by helping him get his kills by closing doors or sabotaging.
Step 9: Also, when you are called out for some BS reason, don't say " ah you got me, 'name' is my partner, good luck!' " and then immediately leave. that's just for people who don't like to have fun.

Here's also a nice little mini-guide on how sabotages work!
Edit: I forgot to mention that sabotaging comms can also blind the task bar, this is very useful because when you're being watched faking a task, you can sabotage comms, wait 1 to 4 seconds, and then go.
  • Sabotaging comms: (Skeld) Cameras and admin table are blinded
  • Sabotaging comms: (Mira HQ) Door logs and admin table are blinded
  • Sabotaging comms: (Polus) Cameras, admin table, and vital monitor are blinded

  • Sabotaging Reactor/Oxygen: (Skeld) Oxygen is your best bet since there's a bigger split up in groups.
  • Sabotaging Reactor/Oxygen: (Mira HQ) Oxygen is your best bet since there's a huge split up in groups.
  • Sabotaging Reactor: (Polus) Splits up the group in a huge radius, including a vent for a sneaky kill (more info on that later)

  • Sabotaging Lights: (Skeld, Mira HQ, Polus) Blinds fellow cremates, but keep in mind they can still see in a very small radius!

  • Sabotaging Doors: (Skeld) provides a small window of alone-time with a potential victim, keep in mind the doors will automatically open after 5 seconds
  • Sabotaging Doors: (Polus) provides potentially an infinite window of alone time with a potential victim, keep in mind the doors can easily be manually opened, but they will never automatically open.
Keybindings
Q = kill (Impostor)
Space = Open sabatoge panel (Impostor)
E = Use (All) / Vent (Impostor)
Tab = Open map (All)
R = Report corpse (All)
My Pros and Cons on the maps
    The Skeld Pros
  • Large map with places to find kills in
  • Good vent layout
  • Good camera layout
    The Skeld Cons
  • Too many proving tasks
  • Vents aren't concealed in the fog of war
    7/10
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    Mira HQ Pros
  • Fun tasks
  • Decontamination and reactor is a good place to hide in
  • All vents are connected to eachother
    Mira HQ Cons:
  • With a lot of long tasks, there will be a conga line in the medscan.
  • No... Just... No...
  • Small map with barely any kills to hide in
  • Vents aren't concealed in the fog of war
  • People can easily find out who the imposter is just by simply sticking together and calling out who wasn't accounted for
  • You can see other player's usernames and blood splatters through walls at certain areas of the map (Such as through thin walls)
    4/10
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    Polus Pros
  • Big, open map to easily snag a kill in
  • Fun & Unique tasks
  • Good graphic design
  • Original thoughts on the doors (Them remaining shut until manually opened)
  • Good vent layout
  • (In my opinion) A comedic and informative map trailer
  • Unique sound effects
  • Vents are concealed in the fog of war
    Polus Cons
  • Lacking a 2nd critical task
  • You can see other player's usernames and blood splatters through walls at certain areas of the map (Such as through thin walls)
    9/10
34 Comments
little jimmy 1 May, 2021 @ 1:37pm 
Really helpful guide. =D

-Lil Chaos
(人´∀`*)(⌒_⌒;) 24 Mar, 2021 @ 8:27am 
Please stop with the bob copy-past. It is a annoyance and not at all funny.
Space Dust 27 Dec, 2020 @ 4:42pm 
Please stop with the bob copy-past. It is a annoyance and not at all funny.
Ruby 1 Nov, 2020 @ 12:25pm 
I called out my partner when she and her friend called a meeting before anyone died and got me voted out
Space Dust 28 Oct, 2020 @ 3:51am 
Because it is not [censored] funny.
Mugnificent 25 Oct, 2020 @ 9:51pm 
yep theres a hate and its just a joke why do everyone get mad at me
GuyWithAHat  [author] 25 Oct, 2020 @ 8:42pm 
That's cheating and a ruin of everyone's fun, Among Us is a game about mystery, not that kind of crap
Mugnificent 25 Oct, 2020 @ 7:59pm 
hopefully theres no hates
Mugnificent 25 Oct, 2020 @ 7:59pm 
heres how to always know who the imposter is
1:play among us on ur phone and computer
2:join a server and type in the server code for ur devices
3:when round starts pay attention to ur decoy
4:if you see ur decoy get killed on 1 ddevice and u saw it u know who it is
IMPORTANT:be careful doing this servers will ban u cuz its a cheat so say its ur friend
Manserk 15 Sep, 2020 @ 9:44pm 
its not tho, i can change to qwerty but then i can't type in chat