Any evil strategy?

[Midio7]

I know this is the strategy forum and I should just search but I can't find anything really useful. Tell me the best evil strategies. I usually claim Psychic as evil, and maybe, as SK I claim Doctor without making kills.

[PatrykSzczescie]

There is one simple strategy: don't claim a role that suits Invest results. Claim any other town role.

There, you'll win more games.

[Joacgroso]

Hi. Personally, I play vanilla ranked/ranked practice, so my advise will be based around those gamemodes.
First of all, a very good way of learning is watching better people play. If you have time, you should check some ToS youtubers, who will show you what to do and what not to do. Here is a thread with some reccomendations. If you want to focus on playing as evil, I think IRepptar is pretty good, since he actually really enjoys being mafia. People say HollytheMayor is also very good, although I don't watch her as much. She made a pretty cool mafia guide for ranked, which you can check here. Speaking of mafia guides, a very good guide I read a long time ago was Elastoid's guide to mafia wins. It's probably dated in some aspects, but you should still check it.
My advice is to never lock yourself up in a claim in ranked. You shouldn't "always claim X as Y role". Instead, you should check what other people are claiming. If there are lots of TI claims, you won't want to claim that. If no one is claiming TP, it might be a good idea to do it. If you are mafia, you should coordinate so each of you claims a different slot, so you don't end up counter claiming each other. This isn't easy, since most TS roles are hard to fake. So you might have 2 mafia members counterclaiming each other.
Ideally you wan't to coordinate your claims with other mafia by night 1, but you can keep several fake wills of different slots so you can claim the best role in every situation. You should also keep a will of the role within your investigative results, but only use it if you suspect you were already investigated. Having multiple fake wills is especially good if you are NK, but keep in mind that if there is a lot of claiming day 2 and you don't counter claim, you will look really suspicious later.
You shouldn't feel obligated to claim within your invest results. Instead of claiming doc as sk, why don't you claim bg? Or trapper? If people see someone claiming doctor in a game with SK kills, they will assume the doctor is sk. The same will happen if you claim bg as arso or sheriff as ww. You should be more creative. If you are active enough in the chat and claim your role early, investigators won't check you. Even if they do, you can push them because "why would they check someone who has already claimed instead of a quiet nonclaimer?".
My general opinion about good claims is:
-Gf and NK are especially good for claiming TK or ret since they can't be killed by their counterclaim. I guess gf can also claim psychic or trapper in coven, in case they are tracked. Although they shouldn't be tracked in the first place if they look townie enough. Claiming TI, and TP for arsos, also works.
-Framers, disguisers, forgers, hex masters and maybe potion masters (I don't really know much about coven) are good for claiming TP, since they can visit whoever asks for protection d1 and by confirmed by lookouts and trackers. If there is a spy they might get in trouble, but they would be in a way bigger problem if they hadn't visited the tp ask anyway, since the spy would be able to confirm every visitor as not mafia, provided there is a lookout.
-Other mafia roles can claim TI. Blackmailers are especially good at claiming lookout, since they can write a proper will by reading whispers. Another easy claim is investigator. Just say you investigated another mafia member n1 and post their results (ask them what they are claiming first, so you don't end up in a 1 for 1 against them). After that, you can pick dead people or other mafia. You can also said you visited a jailed mafia member.
-Any mafia role can claim TS, but this will need special coordination from their team.
-If you are jailed n1 you can claim TP or lookout, since you won't be expected to be on jailor n1 anyway.
-NEVER claim within your investigative results if you are consort, hypnotist or janitor. If you are janitor, people will just assume you are janitor as soon as you claim medium. If you are consort or hypnotist, you can easily be called out by a spy pointing out all your targets were visited by mafia. Even if there is no spy, a decent town would suspect a consort who roleblocks potential townies instead of suspicious people, or a trans that only transes himself with others in coven. Claiming within your results as other mafia roles is doable, but be wary of spies.
If there is a fellow mafia claiming TI, you should look for a way to confirm each other. If the mafia doesn't coordinate, they will lose.

Regarding your strategy of claiming doc as sk and then staying home, I don't think it is a very good idea in ranked. If there is only one kill per night, town will have a lot less of pressure and will have plenty of time to find the mafia. After that, finding you will be very easy. I don't know about how useful this strat is in all any, but if I were a kingmaker I would never side with a silent NK, since I would feel they didn't contribute enough to their win.

Another basic but fundamental concept is being able to notice when town lost mayority. If the amount of mafia+coven+neutrals is equal or greater than the amount of townies, no one who isn't town must vote, to prevent town from lynching. This guarantees town loses unless they have a mayor. If there is only 1 more townie than not townies, then it's the perfect moment to push a misslynch. This is mentioned in the video I linked. After town loses mayority, you can even kill the jailor without being scared of the lookouts, if you haven't taken him down yet.

You should always try to misslynch townies if you have the opportunity. If someone is being vfr'ed and they claim a taken slot without having cc'ed before, push guilty and hope other maf does the same. Even after the person is found out to be town, the rest of the town will blame them for playing bad rather than blaming you.
You shouldn't be afraid to inno fellow evils eithers. If you see the chance, just do it. Saying "inno" in the chat multiples times might help. Of course, this is riskier since it may reveal your whole team if it fails. Only do so if you have a reasonable argument to defend your teammate.

Those are some basic things I can think of. Of course, there are lots of specifiq tips depending of your role. I hope my format wasn't too messy.

[Midio7]

Hi. Personally, I play vanilla ranked/ranked practice, so my advise will be based around those gamemodes.
First of all, a very good way of learning is watching better people play. If you have time, you should check some ToS youtubers, who will show you what to do and what not to do. Here is a thread with some reccomendations. If you want to focus on playing as evil, I think IRepptar is pretty good, since he actually really enjoys being mafia. People say HollytheMayor is also very good, although I don't watch her as much. She made a pretty cool mafia guide for ranked, which you can check here. Speaking of mafia guides, a very good guide I read a long time ago was Elastoid's guide to mafia wins. It's probably dated in some aspects, but you should still check it.
My advice is to never lock yourself up in a claim in ranked. You shouldn't "always claim X as Y role". Instead, you should check what other people are claiming. If there are lots of TI claims, you won't want to claim that. If no one is claiming TP, it might be a good idea to do it. If you are mafia, you should coordinate so each of you claims a different slot, so you don't end up counter claiming each other. This isn't easy, since most TS roles are hard to fake. So you might have 2 mafia members counterclaiming each other.
Ideally you wan't to coordinate your claims with other mafia by night 1, but you can keep several fake wills of different slots so you can claim the best role in every situation. You should also keep a will of the role within your investigative results, but only use it if you suspect you were already investigated. Having multiple fake wills is especially good if you are NK, but keep in mind that if there is a lot of claiming day 2 and you don't counter claim, you will look really suspicious later.
You shouldn't feel obligated to claim within your invest results. Instead of claiming doc as sk, why don't you claim bg? Or trapper? If people see someone claiming doctor in a game with SK kills, they will assume the doctor is sk. The same will happen if you claim bg as arso or sheriff as ww. You should be more creative. If you are active enough in the chat and claim your role early, investigators won't check you. Even if they do, you can push them because "why would they check someone who has already claimed instead of a quiet nonclaimer?".
My general opinion about good claims is:
-Gf and NK are especially good for claiming TK or ret since they can't be killed by their counterclaim. I guess gf can also claim psychic or trapper in coven, in case they are tracked. Although they shouldn't be tracked in the first place if they look townie enough. Claiming TI, and TP for arsos, also works.
-Framers, disguisers, forgers, hex masters and maybe potion masters (I don't really know much about coven) are good for claiming TP, since they can visit whoever asks for protection d1 and by confirmed by lookouts and trackers. If there is a spy they might get in trouble, but they would be in a way bigger problem if they hadn't visited the tp ask anyway, since the spy would be able to confirm every visitor as not mafia, provided there is a lookout.
-Other mafia roles can claim TI. Blackmailers are especially good at claiming lookout, since they can write a proper will by reading whispers. Another easy claim is investigator. Just say you investigated another mafia member n1 and post their results (ask them what they are claiming first, so you don't end up in a 1 for 1 against them). After that, you can pick dead people or other mafia. You can also said you visited a jailed mafia member.
-Any mafia role can claim TS, but this will need special coordination from their team.
-If you are jailed n1 you can claim TP or lookout, since you won't be expected to be on jailor n1 anyway.
-NEVER claim within your investigative results if you are consort, hypnotist or janitor. If you are janitor, people will just assume you are janitor as soon as you claim medium. If you are consort or hypnotist, you can easily be called out by a spy pointing out all your targets were visited by mafia. Even if there is no spy, a decent town would suspect a consort who roleblocks potential townies instead of suspicious people, or a trans that only transes himself with others in coven. Claiming within your results as other mafia roles is doable, but be wary of spies.
If there is a fellow mafia claiming TI, you should look for a way to confirm each other. If the mafia doesn't coordinate, they will lose.

Regarding your strategy of claiming doc as sk and then staying home, I don't think it is a very good idea in ranked. If there is only one kill per night, town will have a lot less of pressure and will have plenty of time to find the mafia. After that, finding you will be very easy. I don't know about how useful this strat is in all any, but if I were a kingmaker I would never side with a silent NK, since I would feel they didn't contribute enough to their win.

Another basic but fundamental concept is being able to notice when town lost mayority. If the amount of mafia+coven+neutrals is equal or greater than the amount of townies, no one who isn't town must vote, to prevent town from lynching. This guarantees town loses unless they have a mayor. If there is only 1 more townie than not townies, then it's the perfect moment to push a misslynch. This is mentioned in the video I linked. After town loses mayority, you can even kill the jailor without being scared of the lookouts, if you haven't taken him down yet.

You should always try to misslynch townies if you have the opportunity. If someone is being vfr'ed and they claim a taken slot without having cc'ed before, push guilty and hope other maf does the same. Even after the person is found out to be town, the rest of the town will blame them for playing bad rather than blaming you.
You shouldn't be afraid to inno fellow evils eithers. If you see the chance, just do it. Saying "inno" in the chat multiples times might help. Of course, this is riskier since it may reveal your whole team if it fails. Only do so if you have a reasonable argument to defend your teammate.

Those are some basic things I can think of. Of course, there are lots of specifiq tips depending of your role. I hope my format wasn't too messy.

I didn't expect someone to write so much, thanks for the time taken. I'll look at those youtubers you suggested.

[cob709]

Just don't night kill anyone.
EVER.
not until the end of the game
just dp nothing for 6 or 7 nights

[Ezradekezra]

Here are a few strats I use in Coven All Any.

Serial Killer
Claim Guardian Angel and hope for the best. Works best if your "target" is Neutral Evil or Neutral Benign. Do your best to seem like an actual Guardian Angel, and maybe kill your "target" eventually so you don't have to worry about being asked to heal. I actually had a game once where my "target" had two actual Guardian Angels, one of which never claimed and didn't leave the target in their will, so I managed to be come the confirmed Guardian Angel turned Survivor.

Jester
I usually claim Psychic and hope I get a vision wrong. Add revealed Mayors and other confirmed townies to evil visions while adding non-claimers to good visions.

Executioner
Claiming Tracker D2 works almost every time.

Juggernaut and Medusa
Same as Jester but you should actually try to make accurate fake visions.

Potion Master and Plaguebearer/Pestilence
I usually try to claim Investigator. If I'm a solo Potion Master, I'll usually hold off on killing while sticking to reveal potions, while with Plaguebearer I usually "investigate" people who have already claimed.

Consigliere
Some people like to claim Sheriff as a Consigliere for whatever reason. Don't do it, as you'll likely screw up by calling a Vampire or a Plaguebearer suspicious. It's better to claim Investigator. Additionally, try to take out Spies early on (this last bit goes for all Mafia and Coven roles using non-killing abilities).

Werewolf
I try pretending to be an Executioner (see above). I also use this strategy with a few other roles when I'm unsure what to claim.

Ambusher
Oh hey, a Mayor revealed D1! Ambusher can't attack multiple people at once anymore, so it might not be a good idea to go on somebody if you anticipate multiple visitors (or a Crusader) showing up.

Pirate
I usually just don't claim at all until I've won. If you get put on the stand, the best bet is to hope people will let you live and use you as a glorified Escort/Vigilante.

Arsonist
I usually wait until the endgame to ignite and then go for a surprise kill.

[kyuss420]

Its all in prioritising your targets, and changing it up if any circumstances arise.

lieing about your role and hitting randoms wont get you the win.

Manipulating town in the chat, also helps a lot. Give no information away for free, look for pushes or soft disputes that you can turn into pushes and mislynches. Chances are TIs will waste time on them instead of you and your team mates. Discussing another player that someone was sus of, also distracts the chat from you and your team mates nightly goings on and role claims...

Give town info in your death notes, (even if its fake) but let town do the pushing. 80% of the time, its mafia pushing the guy in the mafia death note... youre giving town free info by pushing first. Keep death notes simple and straight forward, language that anyone could be using, or else thats more free info...

Watch your voting.... dont be scared to vote for a team mate if theyre outed.... if theyre smart, they can get free info from town while on trial.

In AA, try to keep factions balanced at end game. Easier to keep control of votes a 3v2v2 than a 3v3v1, tho still better idea to kill anyone who can kill you at night...

Keep count, prioritise based on keeping majority, know tommoro nights plan tonight, discuss who you need lynched the next day....