Town of Salem

Town of Salem

143 ratings
When to shoot the revealed Mayor as Vigilante
By Troyan
I know Vigilantes are just itching to shoot the revealed mayor, so here's the only time it is genuinely beneficial to do it.
4
3
3
2
2
2
   
Award
Favorite
Favorited
Unfavorite
Killing the Mayor as Vigilante
Picture this: You're the Vigilante in a game where the only evil role left is a Witch. There's a revealed Mayor and you desperately need to win before the game ends in a tie. This is the very specific and stupidly unlikely situation where this guide comes in handy. What do you do? Well of course, shoot the revealed Mayor. At first the town may react negatively, calling you a gamethrowing flummery stupid vig. Soon, however, they will realize that you made the right move. The only reason the Witch is still in this game is because you're alive. As soon as there are no more killing roles left alive, the Witch loses. Rather than find the Witch, just kill yourself to help save time and avoid risking dragging out the game into a draw. You could ask the town to lynch you, but that may come off as an attempt to win as Jester and may backfire on you. You could shoot at random, but if you hit a neutral role like Jester or Executioner it could waste one of your bullets and one night worth of time, or you could hit someone with defence/ someone who is being healed. The Mayor cannot be healed by Doctor, has no defence, and is 100% guaranteed not to be a neutral role. That means that in this situation, killing the Mayor is your best bet.

Here's a video of it working in a game

Warning - Do not do this if it will lose town's majority

Have fun killing your revealed Mayors :-)
89 Comments
Maple_Syrup 30 Nov, 2023 @ 7:21am 
You shoot the confirmed mayor because you think it's a winning strat against a witch.
I shoot the confirmed mayor because I think it's funny.

We are not the same.
Sprinkles 27 Aug, 2023 @ 8:52pm 
Instructions Unclear

Shot Mayor N2
Fix 29 Mar, 2023 @ 2:05am 
id rather just shoot the mayor cause i think it is funny :coolstar2022:
Larkenshine 10 Mar, 2023 @ 7:36pm 
This is the best guide. Thank you.
ElvisFan68 14 Jun, 2022 @ 3:49pm 
Amazing guide
icrypticgamez 6 Apr, 2022 @ 5:33pm 
I just shot confirmed mayor because its funny
๋No fumos? 12 Mar, 2022 @ 7:03pm 
I did this at least well i think 7 times. I love to piss people off. People report but i did not even get banned once. So every time i'm vigilante i always shoot mayor first.
King kaizo 12 Feb, 2022 @ 5:40pm 
at first I thought that it was only if mayor was turned into vampire
R3PurpleOwl 7 Feb, 2022 @ 3:19pm 
i think it would be better just to out yourself and have the town hang you so you don't get reported for game throwing
R3PurpleOwl 7 Feb, 2022 @ 3:18pm 
at first i thought this was a joke guide but now i can see how genius this is