25 Insane 200 IQ Among Us Tips to Always Win

Summary

This video provides 25 clever tips and tricks for winning as both the imposter and a crewmate in Among Us. It covers strategies like self-reporting kills, animation skipping, building trust with other players, optimal sabotage usage, playing mind games during meetings, knowing task mechanics, and more. Whether you're looking to traverse the Skeld undetected or sniff out sus behavior from other players, these pro gamer moves aim to help you claim victory over your friends.

Takeaways

• 😈 Use self-reports and vitals monitoring to catch imposters
• 😎 Watch task bars to confirm or deny suspicions
• 😏 Use Unicode character U+3164 for an invisible name
• ⌛ Skip animations to optimize time as imposter
• ❌ Avoid voting on risky player numbers (7 left with 2 imposters)
• 👀 Track voting patterns to identify imposter pairs
• 📚 Study tasks to better blend in or detect fakes
• 🤝 Build trust with crewmates for safety/betrayal
• 😠 Target skilled crewmates to remove threats
• 💡 Use sabotage to enable kills and create chaos

Q & A

What is the benefit of self-reporting as the imposter?

Self-reporting allows the imposter to frame someone else for the kill. If done right, the other crewmates will never guess that the reporter is actually the killer.

How can you catch a self-reporter?

Check the vitals screen, especially on the Polus map. If you see someone die and then a body is immediately reported, the reporter is likely the killer trying to frame someone else.

Why is it important to know task lengths?

Long tasks take two parts to complete and only register on the task bar after the second part. Knowing this helps crewmates avoid falsely accusing someone of faking a task.

When is it best for the crew to skip voting?

It's best to skip voting when there are 7 players left with 2 imposters or 4 players left with 1 imposter. The odds of hitting an imposter are low, so it's better to gather more information.

How can imposters take advantage of groups?

Imposters can sabotage communications or lights to force everyone together, then sneak into the group and get a stealth kill. Crowds protect the killer.

Why target skilled crewmates first?

Take out knowledgeable crewmates early on. Also frame suspicious players to turn the crew's suspicion on each other instead of yourself.

How is trust important in Among Us?

Build trust over time to avoid seeming suspicious and getting voted out. Betraying someone's trust can also set up the perfect plot to frame them.

Why are two imposters more dangerous?

A pair of imposters can vouch for each other's innocence and provide an alibi when needed. Split them up or vote them out.

How do you perform stealth kills on Polus?

Use map objects like rocks to hide bodies. Players running by won't see the dead body or be able to report it if it's hidden behind terrain.

When should imposters sabotage over killing?

Sabotage removes the crew's vision and evidence about who the killer is. Also sets up opportunities for more stealth kills in the chaos.

Outlines

00:00

😲 Sabotaging Tasks and Self-Reporting Kills

This paragraph provides tips for imposters to win games. It suggests self-reporting kills after sabotaging to avoid suspicion and watching vitals on Polus to catch self-reporters. It also advises checking if task progress bars increase when crewmates claim to do short tasks.

05:01

😎 Exploiting Game Mechanics for the Win

This paragraph gives more strategies for imposter gameplay. It recommends animation skipping to maximize efficiency, using a Unicode character for an invisible name, entering the wrong code during O2 emergencies, and other clever techniques.

10:03

👍 Building Trust and Suspicion Strategically

The final paragraph focuses on the social element of gameplay. It suggests remaining silent as an imposter to avoid suspicion, supporting accusations against others, and building teammate trust as a crewmate. It emphasizes the importance of deception and manipulation in winning games.

Keywords

💡Imposter

The imposter is one of the roles in Among Us. Their goal is to kill crewmates without getting caught. Examples from the script include tips for imposters to win like self-reporting kills, sabotaging systems, and killing off skilled crewmates.

💡Crewmate

Crewmates have tasks they must complete to win the game. They try to identify the imposter based on suspicious behavior. The script advises crewmates to watch vitals, confirm alibis, and group up for protection.

💡Sabotage

Imposters can sabotage systems like oxygen and lights to create chaos and opportunities to kill. As the script explains, sabotage also draws crewmates away from bodies and resets the kill cooldown.

💡Voting

Emergency meetings allow crewmates to vote suspected imposters out the airlock. The script advises careful voting strategy based on the number of players left.

💡Faking Tasks

Imposters pretend to do tasks to avoid suspicion. The script suggests techniques like animation skipping and faking long tasks that don't immediately update the task bar.

💡Cameras

Security cameras allow crewmates to monitor movement and catches imposters in the act. But as the script explains, cameras also create opportunities for tricky kills and deception.

💡Vitals

The vitals screen shows how many crewmates are alive. As the script explains, watching vitals lets you catch imposters faking task reports after kills.

💡Trust

As the script emphasizes, building trust with crewmates as an innocent make you less likely to be suspected or killed. Imposters manipulate trust to avoid detection.

💡Timing

Timing is key, whether its coordinating sabotage and kills as imposter or acting quickly on suspicious behavior as crewmate. The script provides several timed strategy tips.

💡Metagaming

Metagaming refers to using external knowledge, not just in-game clues, to deduce the imposter. Examples include watching the task bar and identifying common visual tasks.

Highlights

Self-reporting kills can be detected by watching vitals on Polus map

Watch crewmates do short tasks to confirm if progress bar goes up

Use invisible Unicode name on mobile for stealth kills as imposter

Animation skipping turns downtime into opportunity for strategy

As imposter, let oxygen timer run out after entering wrong code

Note who votes together as potential imposter teammates

Learn task specifics from Wiki to better blend in or detect sus behavior

Skip votes at 7 players (2 imposters left) or 4 players (1 imposter)

Use Admin table as imposter to see crewmate traffic and isolation

Spam report button to catch double kills by two imposters

Kill security campers and self-report to frame the other watcher

Kill skilled players first and frame suspicious crewmates

Build trust with crewmates for protection or strategic manipulation

Look for groups of two with alibis as potential imposter teammates

Fake long tasks and mix up parts if crew is watching task bar

Use Polus map rocks to hide kills from passing crewmates' views

Transcripts

- [Instructor] Twenty-five insane tips to win in Among Us.

A game of among us is entirely decided

by the high IQ plays you pull out during the match.

So here are some of the biggest brain moves

to use against your friends to help claim victory.

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Number one, self-reporting is a devilish task.

And if you've got the right imposter,

they can pull it off where you'll never guess

that they're the ones who did it.

So for all the crewmates looking to put a stop

to this tactic, you simply got to check vitals

if you're on the map Polus.

By watching the screen you're able to see

who's alive and who isn't, which during

any other part of the match, isn't that helpful.

Although if you're watching this screen like a hawk

and suddenly see someone go down,

and a report come up on your screen,

then you know, whoever's reporting,

is the killer themselves.

Number two, by the nature of this game,

of course everyone's going to seem

a little suspicious to you.

But if someone's particularly throwing

something off on your radar, make sure

to watch them do a short task and see

if that bar up on the top moves any.

If it goes up, then you know that

they're confirmed innocent.

But if it doesn't, then you know who to

point fingers at for the next meeting.

That's the thing, though.

It has to be a short task.

If you watch them do a long task with two parts,

then you have to remember that it only goes up on the bar

after they do the second part.

Otherwise you're just ratting out people

who didn't get to finish the job yet.

Number three, if you're playing the game on a mobile device,

then make sure to tab out and go

and search up Unicode U+3164.

Copy and paste that into your name in among us.

And sure enough, you'll have an invisible name.

That's completely blank to all other players.

Not just those on mobile.

Now, as the killer, you can hide

behind different parts of the scenery

to get stealth kills, or even just hiding

behind your other friends to get sneaky reports.

It's a pretty great tactic,

although it is a little cheatty.

So make sure it's cool with the other people

in the lobby before you use it.

Number four, in this game, time is an important asset.

And especially if you're a killer trying not to get caught.

So that's why we got to talk about animation skipping.

For those of you who don't know,

you're able to click on certain screens

in the game to just skip them entirely.

Which turns that would be downtime

into a period of stealth and strategy.

So whether it's clicking on the be quiet screen

during the beginning of the game

to get a headstart on Mira,

or even just getting away

from your dead body to do tasks faster.

This is definitely a tactic you gotta

throw into your arsenal.

And who knows in the competitive lobby,

it might just make all the difference.

Number five, this is a bit more situational

but I do love to use it on the more

inexperienced friends of mine.

Which is if you're playing as imposter,

and you set off an oxygen emergency,

you shouldn't avoid it but rather,

head over there, open up the panel

and start matching in the wrong code.

And while they're not paying attention,

you're going to be letting that timer run dry

and get yourself an easy win.

Although one of the key parts about this strategy

is you can't hold onto it forever.

As soon as they start to get suspicious,

you're gonna have to pull it up

and do the right code immediately.

Otherwise you're just putting another target on yourself.

Number six, in a big lobby, it can be pretty tough

to sway the vote of all the different people in there.

However, even if you're not throwing

anyone out of the airlock,

you got to pay attention to who votes.

Because what you'll notice is that imposters,

typically want to vote aggressively.

So if you're in a lobby with two imposters,

they're almost always going to vote together.

Meaning if you see the same colors pop up

on a bunch of different names,

you might be noticing the details

that help you build your case.

So keep an eye out for the synchronicity

and try to get that group of two out

before it becomes the majority vote.

Number seven, knowing the tasks and jobs in this game

does not just stop at knowing how to do

the different mini games and pop-ups.

So if you wanna improve your gameplay,

then I highly recommend knowing how the tasks

look to other people around you.

For example, diverting power on SKELD

as a two-part task, that can be faked anywhere late game.

But, it's always got to start in electrical.

Now you see looking out for key relationships

like that can be all the difference,

if you're trying to pick out a suspicious person,

or if you're an imposter trying to blend in.

Set over to the Wiki, brush up on the task criteria,

and then you'll be better than ever to start the game.

Number eight, as an innocent crewmate,

it's not only important to figure out

who to vote out in the emergency meetings,

but also when to vote.

Because as you'll find out,

there's some numbers that are strategically

bad to vote on.

So if you're entering into a call

with seven players left, with two imposters

or four players left, when there's one.

It's probably for the best that you

just skip the vote and went on to the next one.

Even though you do have a shot

in the dark to pick up a right person

or people in that bunch, it's statistically low.

And in fact, you're actually giving them

a better shot If you vote up the wrong person,

to get the kills next round and end the game quicker.

Number nine, while the Admin table can be useful

to help out some of the crewmates

know where their other buddies are.

It's undeniably better for the imposter,

if you're trying to monitor crewmate traffic.

With this, you're able to see who's splitting off

from the pack and exactly where they're going to be.

Which is helpful, if you want to have an unseen kill.

But also as the silent killer,

it can be pretty helpful to know

which rooms are empty for most of the round.

So then you can always have your alibi

setup during the meetings.

Oh, no one is in storage for the round, wrong.

Now you were for the entire game. See how it works.

Number 10, when you're playing

with two imposters and find yourself

in a group of four, it's a pretty tense situation.

So if you're trying to get out of it

with you still surviving, then you might want to try

spamming the report button as much as possible.

Because if you're lucky, you might just have the chance

to identify a miss timed double kill.

And more importantly, with that information

you can just as easily point out both imposters at once.

I wouldn't exactly say, hinge your whole strategy

on this little tip, but in those situations

we've got nothing left to lose.

This might just give you everything

you need to win.

Number 11, for all you imposter hopefuls out there.

Clearly, the cameras are some of your most crucial enemies.

However, if two of the crew mates

are tabbed into the security feed,

they might just give you an opportunity Instead.

You see, if you were to kill one of them

while both of them were watching the screen,

and then self-report, you're putting yourself

in a high risk, high reward strategy.

Sure, you're right in the room with the body.

But also now you've got a surviving crew mate.

That's unknowingly standing directly over a dead corpse.

And if you know your way to talk around certain situations

you might've just framed them for the perfect kill.

And even better, you got one of the

camera campers off your back.

Number 12, when you're running around as the imposter.

One of the key things you're looking out for

is the perfect opportunity when to kill.

But in tandem with, and maybe even more importantly so,

you've gotta know exactly, who to kill from the lineup.

The strategy you got to follow here

is to kill off skilled crewmates

who know more about the game than they should.

And even better, you should frame

the already suspicious ones

and then let the crew do the work for you.

If you put that poor soul in and even unluckier situation,

you might just get one other person out of the ship,

and your hand's completely free for doing it.

Number 13, trust is the most important currency in among us.

So if you're thinking long-term,

you've always got to work to build it up

with the other crewmates.

Meaning, as an innocent it's very difficult

to get killed while in a group.

So if you start to run with one,

you might just help your chances of surviving another day.

And on the other end of the coin,

manipulating a crewmate by running with them

and seeming an innocent for most of the game,

could very well be the difference in a crucial vote.

Keep in mind that building the relationships,

the trust in this, is the difference between

losing and winning the game of Among Us.

Number 14, two imposters in a match can be a huge threat.

And one of the biggest reasons for that is that,

each of them can give the other an alibi.

So if you're an innocent, you see the same two people

going together, whether that's in meetings

or even just physically going to tasks together.

You might be discovering the killers in disguise.

So keep your eye on that crew,

and whenever possible, try to throw off

that group of two as much as possible.

Whether that's by having extra people

join them to their activities,

or throwing one of them out of the airlock.

Number 15, as an imposter, trying to blend in.

Faking tasks has to be part of your daily routine.

Although, if your crew mates are starting to metagame,

and you notice that they're starting to watch

the task bar at the top to find any liars,

then you better switch from faking short tasks

straight over to the long ones.

However, if you're gonna pull it off right,

you gotta make sure to knock up

the order of the parts mixed up.

Because if you slip up and say that

you're trying to download data in admin.

Yeah, you can say goodbye to the ship

and hello to the cold blackness of space.

It's your new home.

Number 16, Polus might just stand out

as one of the most visually confusing

maps in the game right now, especially to newcomers.

Although, all that extra visual flair

that the developers threw in,

gives you the perfect opportunity

to get some really stealthy kills.

And my personal favorite might just have to

be this rock out on the surface.

If you manage to bait one of the other players

behind the rock texture and then kill them,

then you're in luck.

Because anyone that runs by is not

going to notice the dead corpse

hiding behind that rock, if they can't even see it.

Just as long as they don't notice

the obvious report button on their screen.

Number 17, while killing is the most obvious

task for the imposter to do.

It might not be the smartest in their toolkit.

For that, I'm gonna have to give the crown to sabotage.

Because by making this your main focus,

you're able to throw off the actual evidence

that the crew mate has when they're coming to meetings.

Especially if you're focusing on sabotaging the lights.

Not only does that give you better opportunities to kill,

but also if coming into the meetings

with no clue of who to trust,

because they couldn't see anything.

That makes your wide range of imposter vision,

even more of an advantage.

Number 18, for the smart killer,

crowds are your protection.

So, if you're able to get everyone into a clump,

then it's great to kill everyone in this situation.

Because they're not going to be able

to figure out who did the deed.

So how do you set up these situations?

Well a great way is to either,

sabotage the coms or the lights,

to get everyone grouped up in a singular location

to try and fix it.

And as soon as they are, shuffle yourself into the deck

and slit their neck, it's easy as that.

Number 19, if you're the imposter in the final three,

then the first thing that you gotta be doing,

is sabotaging the lights.

There's no question about this.

It's the perfect crime.

Since meetings can't be held during a crisis,

you forced them to clump up at the electrical room,

and then stab them to take the win.

Being quick with this one is the key component.

You gotta make sure to spam that sabotage button

and do not let them have the chance

to get an emergency meeting yet.

But as soon as you do it,

you're basically setting yourself up for the win.

Number 20, just like any good magician,

the role of the imposter is the game of misdirection.

So if you've got a kill plan on the right side of the map,

you better be sure to get that sabotage ready on the left.

If you're pulling the crew away from the body,

then you're not only stopping them for reporting it,

but you're also giving yourself

more time for more credibility.

And also by doing a sabotage,

you're giving yourself more time

to burn through a kill cool down.

This is a great combo.

And unless you've got both of them charged up

you really shouldn't be doing one of the other,

unless you're absolutely certain.

Number 21, if intelligent crewmates

are using meta gaming like the task bar,

visual tasks, to try and rule out,

which of their crew is innocent.

Then you as the killer, got to keep a watchful eye

on killing one of those.

Because obviously, if you find yourself late game,

and you start to try and throw off

attention to one of them.

It's not going to work.

If they already know that they're clean.

So get them out of the running

and keep only the kind of innocent,

maybe suspicious other players

to throw off the attention instead.

Otherwise, by framing the wrong person,

you might as easily just call yourself out of the game.

Number 22, sometimes the best things to say

in a meeting is complete silence.

And this goes tenfold for the killer.

If you're in a crowded lobby with a lot of accusations

being thrown around early game,

you should not be trying to speak up and dogpile.

But instead ,keep a low profile, let your mic stay muted

and only talk when spoken to.

Not only does this let clever imposter slip by undetected,

but also, it can give you more time to think of an alibi,

if you didn't already come to the meeting with one in hand.

Which could just be all you need.

Number 23, as the imposter, it can be tough,

to try and find a dull moment.

But if you aren't busy, what you should be doing is

shutting doors on groups that have no idea where you are.

If they think they're locked in with a killer

about to take their life,

they're not going to be thinking about you

and whatever task you're faking.

Plus the strategy mixes well If you're already

on the Admin cams and you're seeing that

other people are in a group in a different room.

Close them off, keep them scared.

And by doing that, you might just throw them

off your case long enough to survive a critical Vote.

Number 24, this might seem counterintuitive.

but you really don't want to come into a call

with an accusation in hand.

By speaking you accusation,

you're just putting a spotlight right on you

for an array of questions you might not be able to answer.

So instead what you should be doing

is supporting the voting of either someone

who's accused, or in fact, the person who accused them.

In both of those scenarios, it's equally possible to make

both sides of that equation seem suspicious.

Meaning you can push the blame to either one

and coordinate an attack to get them off the ship

and you'll have one less body to deal with.

Number 25, standing AFK falls under

the long list in the category of sus.

Which means if you've got a sabotage plan,

then you should not for a second stop moving to do it.

Experienced players are going to piece it together

that if you stopped moving and then the lights turned off

a few frames afterward, it must've been you who did it.

So the key strategy here is just a sabotage

while you're moving around the map.

I think that's your best pick.

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