Assassin

Assassin
Traits
Team	Evil
Class	Henchman
Purpose	Kill a player once
Gamemode	Regular Anonymous
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Added	June 22nd, 2020
Status	Active

The Assassin is an Evil Team role. It is one of the fourteen roles that appear in Anonymous Mode and Regular Mode.

The Assassin can kill one player per game. The Assassin knows the identity of the Murderer, but the Murderer does not know the Assassin. The Assassin cannot be blocked, such as by the Witch or the Medic. The Assassin also cannot kill the Murderer.

Tips and Tricks

• Since the Assassin can only kill one player per game, it is advised to kill an important player (such as the Medic or Psychic).
• If you can't find an important role on the Good Team, try to get them to reveal their role; don't directly ask for their role, as this will draw suspicion.
• It is suggested to send a Note to the Murderer about your identity, but it usually isn't very effective, as people may read your Note if it drops. To make it less obvious that you're Evil in case your Notes do drop, write something along the lines of: "We're on the same team.“ or "I know you're good"
• Try standing up for the Murderer when they get accused or trying to be friendly with the Murderer will hopefully let the Murderer know you're Evil and have them avoid killing you. Make sure not to do it too intensively though, as others may suspect you.
  • Another strategy is to pretend to be the Twin role with the Murderer: Claim you are twins with the Murderer so no-one can suspect you and think you're Good, though there are some disadvantages, of course. Before doing this, make sure there is no Muffin Man in the game. The Muffin Man and Twins cannot be in the same game together, and if there are Twins in the game, the real Twins might call you out. Killing or voting them out may keep them quiet, but also makes you more suspicious, as the game itself will claim the Twins are dead (a double kill by the Assassin or Murderer, or the game will say both are voted out (e.g., "Quinn had the most votes. Their twin, Dan, will also be removed.")) Players will think you were lying and suspect you both if this happens, more especially if the Spy bugs the Assassin/Murderer or their victim, the Psychic reads one of you, or if you suspiciously appear constantly in the Detective's clues. However, it is possible to try to claim the Psychic or Spy as the Dark Psychic or Scout to get them voted out, and then kill off the Detective and try to put the blame on someone else who appeared in the journal who is alive. You could also (either the Assassin or Murderer, likely Murderer) kill off the Muffin Man if you do happen to spawn in a game with one to keep them from passing muffins out and claim the Muffin Man was lying. Doing this is strategy/trick is rather risky but can work if you know what you're doing.
• Do not reveal the Murderer's identity in your journal or notes that you will pass, as this is also considered a game-breaking rule.
• Be wise about your decisions: the Murderer may not suspect an Assassin in the game, so you must coordinate your kills so that they don't overlap with the Murderer's, otherwise it would waste your kill.
• Another way to avoid wasting your kill is to not kill someone you know the Murderer will already kill. For example, if the Psychic revealed their role then do not kill them as the Murderer is probably planning to do it already. Only do so if the Medic is still in the game or the Murderer is inexperienced and won't kill them.
• A strategy to use can be falsely accusing someone else as the Murderer and sacrificing yourself. This strategy can be effective sometimes but often isn't worth it as there are other members on the Evil Team. Only use this strategy if you are sure people would believe you.
• If you want to help the Murderer win, after the first night, write in your journal "(Name of the Murderer) is Good." This will make people think you're the Psychic and have people avoid voting out the Murderer. Make sure to make up someone's status each night so they won't suspect you of lying. The real Psychic might call you out, however, or player's may believe you are the Dark Psychic, though you could try to turn things around and blame the Psychic as the dark one.
• Another way to help the Murderer, even after voted, is to make sure you make it look like you're ratting out the Murderer in your journal. Since people can find it more trustworthy for an Assassin to say who the Murderer is, say that you were Assassin in your journal and rat out a random player to blame someone else. That way it can distract the other players and convince them to vote that player you ratted out, giving the Murderer more time to eliminate the rest of the Good Team.
• The Clown often masquerades as the Assassin; use this to your advantage to act innocent.
• One strategy is to admit (in your journal) that you're the assassin, and say that you'll reveal the murderer if you're brought back to life. It's not a perfect strategy- there might not be a Savior in the game, and the players might not trust you. (Note- they might be more willing if you've already made your kill.) But it's a good last resort if you don't think the savior would revive you otherwise.

Trivia

• Just like the Clown, the Medic cannot stop the Assassin's attacks.
• There used to be a typo in the role introduction where it said "Leave no survivers behind!" but was later corrected to "Leave no survivors behind!"
• The Witch can witch the Assassin, despite the description of the ability being 'attacks are unstoppable'. This condition is only applicable to the Medic, as the Medic cannot stop the Assassin's kills.
• Occasionally, inexperienced players believe that Murderer cannot kill the Assassin, but this is not the case.
• There cannot be an Assassin and a Dark Psychic within the same round.
• If the Assassin and the Murderer accidentally target the same person, it will say that the Assassin killed the target. Since the Assassin's kills overpower the Murderer's kills due to their behavior: "Attacks are unstoppable", the Assassin does more damage than the Murderer would.
  • This is also the same for Clown, although it will waste the Clown's only kill.
• The Assassin is one of four roles who knows another player's role as soon as the game starts.
  • The other three are the Twin, Agent, and Target roles.
• There is only a 3.33% chance of getting the Assassin role.
• Both the Assassin and Dark Psychic have hot-pink text in their introductions, representing their connection and "Henchmen" roles.

History

• June 22nd, 2020 - Added to Flicker

Gallery

Introduction (Fixed)

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Information 4.0a - 4-2 Information

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Somebody being killed by the Assassin (Elaina)

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