Arsonist

Mechanics

 * You can select a target each night to douse them in gasoline. Selecting yourself will ignite all doused players, dealing an Unstoppable attack on each of them.
 * Players will not know if they are doused unless they are another .
 * You are immune to the detection of a.
 * All doused players will show up as ", or  (plus  in the Coven DLC)" to , while  see all doused players as an .  or the  aren't affected by your douse.
 * Choosing no action at night will clean gasoline off of yourself. If you select this option, you will not be able to be ignited that night. This is useful if there are other in the game.

Side Notes

 * A can purge the gasoline from a doused target.
 * Anyone who is revived by a will no longer be doused.
 * A who is bugging you can easily detect you if you ignite your targets or clean gasoline from yourself, so be wary.
 * A will be doused even if on alert, although you yourself will be killed.
 * If another is in the game, igniting your targets will ignite all of their targets as well.
 * Doused targets who have died in some other form can still be ignited. This can help to gain the "Disco Inferno" achievement.
 * No  roles have an effect on your douse, and cannot affect you when igniting either.

Strategies
As an, you are a massive threat to all opposing factions, as you break through all common forms of defense, can not be detected, and can not be killed by any forms of protection, such as a. You also permanently change the investigative results of all targets you have doused, making you a headache for an or. Therefore, most factions will try to get you killed as they have no way of knowing who is and who isn't doused.

Who to douse

 * Your ideal situation is to reach the end of the game with as many people as possible doused. Therefore, your goal is to figure out who is likely to live until the end of the game and douse said people, avoiding the ones who are likely to die by other means. Somebody just revealed themselves as the, or another important  role? Chances are this player will be dead the following day without you intervening.
 * Dousing people who are quiet has a lot of advantages. They're often evil roles, (who tend to live longer) and they're less likely to attract the attention of other killers.
 * If you find a good lead that somebody is a or, douse them because  and  members cannot hurt each other (Minus the use of a ,  or )


 * You don't need to douse absolutely everyone, the wins in some one versus one situation. Eliminating the following roles listed down below is essential for victory, though you may want to delay on some of them and hope that they're eliminated by someone else.
 * A can maul you and win if you haven't doused them yet and a full moon night is coming next. They could also cause a draw by killing you when a full moon night is coming even though you doused them. Your only chance is to have them doused and its a non-full moon night.Arsonist_Promo.png
 * A can easily lynch you with their voting power when the day comes around.
 * A with alerts left is a risk for you, and a mind duel between the two of you will determine the winner, or cause a draw.
 * A with executions won't even give you a chance to douse him, let alone give you a win.
 * A who's doused but can still resurrect someone could revive a role that can kill you, such as  or a  with executions. It's even worse if he's not doused because he can revive any  role and lynch you.
 * A can have you hexed and killed before you can claim your win. Her long term hexing attack breaks through your basic defense too.
 * A with stone gazes left or a Necronomicon can break through your defense easily. You'd rarely end up in a 1v1 situation before night 3, which means she'll have the Necronomicon and guarantee you not winning.
 * A could prevent you from winning if the right roles are in the graveyard and haven't been used yet, such as a  in a full moon night or.
 * A can infect you and become  before you can get them killed, dooming you for death. If they're already, you lose. Your only hope is to leave one person alive to lynch them and choose their fate.
 * Even a before his first kill can pose a risk to you. If he already has executed his first kill, you're guaranteed to lose.


 * You don't need to douse and ignite in large chunks. Depending on the roles, it is normally a viable strategy to only douse 2 or 3 targets then ignite said targets. If you know who certain roles are, you should douse and ignite said roles first, to gain some breathing room after your first and possibly second ignition.
 * In particular, while you need the dead to win, you may want to avoid dousing them yourself in the hope that someone else will kill him for you as he's likely to be protected by .
 * The and the  can win together with you, so avoid dousing them unless you think an evil role is claiming them. Likewise, dousing a  is pointless because they're trying to die anyway (and because their goals coincide with yours, provided you don't vote guilty or abstain on them); dousing an  is also pointless because their goal doesn't conflict with yours either. If you're certain you've identified any of these roles, don't bother dousing them. Avoid dousing  in particular as it's important because they can prevent you from igniting if they identify you.
 * However, remember that evil roles often claim to be a or pretend to be a  or . The last thing you want is to ignite your doused targets, only to find that you're alone with a  who kills you the next night, or that the  and  you spared are actually members of the  who proceed to lynch you. Additionally, remember that, , , and  might vote unpredictably; if you ignite with one member of the  or  left and a  or , you run the risk of the swing vote turning against you and lynching you.
 * The can be a big threat to, ,  and , so these roles might lynch you even if the fact of you being known as an  is revealed. This is because a  and  know that your attack goes through Basic and Powerful Defense, and may lynch you if they believe you doused them. An  may lynch you so they are able to remember your role, and a  may want to side with another rival faction or evil role. If they are showing any of these plans, your best bet to survive is to douse (if you haven't already) them and ignite. You may lose a possible ally, but it's better than dying right off the bat. Remember that you should only kill these roles at the last resort as they can't do as much harm to you as other ones.
 * However, if an remembers your role and wins, you also win.
 * Avoid dousing famous or controversial names. They will be likely to be killed by other killers, wasting a night.
 * On the contrary, don't douse normal names either. They are also likely to be killed by other killers as well.
 * It's important to track who is doused to avoid messing up at your game-finishing ignite (A great way of doing this is writing everything in your ).
 * While not foolproof, it is possible to not douse anyone until very late game. This prevents you from being killed or exposed by, , and . If you are certain all roles are dead, then you can claim a role before dousing. You must find a happy medium between remaining completely silent and talking too much.

When to ignite

 * Ideally, you only want to ignite when it would win you the game; this means leaving you with only one other person alive, at most. If you're in a game, igniting with you, another role and  alive is your best shot. Igniting before that both causes you to waste a chance to douse, and drastically reduces the number of people who could be the, making you easier to find. Depending on who's left, they might even identify you instantly, especially if an  investigates you the night you douse.
 * Another disadvantage to igniting too early is that it exposes . Since ' provide confirmed evidence, it's to your advantage to avoid making them appear. (On the other hand, remember that very few  are likely to outright expose you; you are immune to, and even if an  investigates you, you are functionally indistinguishable from a ).
 * If you are doused by another, wait a night and stay idle. Doing so will clean the gasoline off of you, making you unable to be doused and revealing yourself to the other . However, this could backfire if a bugs you. This will confirm you as  As no other role gets this message.
 * It can occasionally be worth igniting early if you have a number of dangerous threats doused (such as the entire, the , , the , and so on). Try to figure out who will be left after your ignition, and determine if they'll be able to catch you before you can douse and ignite the remaining targets; weigh the risk of getting killed by the threats you've already doused vs. the risk of getting caught by the people you haven't doused yet.


 * If you know for a fact that there are multiple, it may also be advantageous to ignite early. This is because will definitely kill through Basic and Powerful Defense, and with multiple  you will have a lot of people doused in a short amount of time - rather than giving the  time to figure out who the  are and having them lynched, killing 5 people during Night 3 (for example) is a good way to silence a lot of people who pose a threat, and this will help cement an 's win.

Threats

 * Even though you have Basic Defense, night killers like the, and a  are still the greatest threat to you. Most of the time, all it takes is one hit from one and a  outing you to get you lynched. If you do get hit, you need to have a strategy to deal with the accusation; note that there is no strategy that works reliably.
 * You can claim you were transported, but most of the time the will expect a  to come forward to confirm this, which means it is not a reliable strategy.
 * You can claim (or imply that you're an ), but this is unlikely to save you after you've been accused; it's better used as an early claim to avoid getting attacked in the first place.
 * You can claim you were healed by a ( are less likely to reveal than, and the  won't expect it). But be warned that a 's healing does not produce the message for the attacker, stating that the attacked had a higher Defense value than the attacker's Attack value, so your attacker will know if you're lying; however, unless they're a , they can hardly say so publicly.
 * You can claim that you're a, but since they only have one bulletproof vest (and therefore the chance of it getting hit is low, especially if you haven't been publicly revealed as a earlier), this rarely works. A  can leave you hanging in the case you claimed this, however.
 * You can simply say that your accuser is lying, especially if it's a from an evil role. However, the  usually accepts accusations of people having a higher Defense value than the attacker's Attack value in a.
 * You can deny that you are immune and that a must have revealed you to be an important town role, and that the Mafia is attempting to get rid of you.
 * If there is someone else that the regards as suspicious, it is good to focus attention on them and off of yourself. Most of the time the  will not pay attention to, but when they do it is important to shift focus away and putting it on someone who is already considered possibly evil is a great way to make people forget about you. Try not to make it too obvious though. Remember to use commenting to drown out the smart  who've brought up your immunity.
 * Role blockers like, , and the can prevent you from dousing people and igniting, even if they only find you very late in the game. It can sometimes be worth an early ignite to kill them.
 * The can also, of course, execute you. It's important to have a claim ready for if you're jailed;  is a logical claim since it's the  entry in your investigative result, but since you share it with the  and since it's such a convenient claim, it may make the  suspicious. Other roles with easy-to-fake, such as the , , , , and , are all decent claims as well provided you're not worried about . You can claim doused if an  comes to falsify your out-of-result claims.
 * On top of this, anyone jailed by a will NOT survive if you ignite that night, even if they were doused. So feel free to ignite!  is the only one will survive after your ignition, after all.
 * can be a threat since they can identify you if not many people have been doused. They could also alert the in a, and instruct any  to role block you. However, they can be thrown off if they investigate someone who has been doused themselves because they will get the  result and might go for them instead.
 * are no longer that dangerous to you, because all doused targets show up as, , or to them, preventing suspicion to you. Still, though, your investigative result is still suspicious, especially if it's the beginning of the game or you have just ignited (since not many people have been doused). If you are accused by one, you could claim to be doused yourself, but when you ignite and are still alive,  that remembered your douse claim will likely lynch you.
 * The can ignore your Basic Defense and can catch you by targeting people who haven't yet been doused. Of course, if you know who the  is, you can often just get them lynched or douse them on a non-Full Moon night.
 * The are a threat because they can both identify you by failing to convert you, and can identify you by process of elimination if they take over much of the . They're one of the reasons it's a bad idea to ignite early since even if you thought the non-doused targets were harmless  and, you might find yourself surrounded by  who will immediately deduce your identity.
 * are dangerous because they can make it hard for you to figure out who was doused. You won't get any indication that your target was swapped, which can lead to you dousing the same person twice and ending up with one more person alive after your ignite than you counted on. Additionally, a can keep you from igniting.
 * The can kill you one-on-one, and can force you to claim a role; but since they're also a major target for the  (and will often prioritize them over you, especially if they haven't personally been doused), they're often not your first concern. Additionally, one advantage to having a confirmed  is that you can easily douse them as nothing can stop you.
 * A can screw up your calculations by reviving someone on the night you ignite. Additionally, note that currently, anyone that a  revives is cleaned of dousing (regardless of the way they died). This possibly is a bug.
 * The is an obvious threat in which they can kill you if you try to douse them; worse, your usual strategy of waiting for the  or the  to kill them for you might not work here, since the  and  want to save the confirmed  for last as well (and that means they're probably going to hit you first). And worst of all, you don't automatically win 1v1 against a, so you need to eliminate them somehow. Your best options are to wait and hope someone else takes a potshot at them despite the risk or to eventually douse them near the end and hope they wasted their alerts.
 * The roles, , , ,  and  are usually not threats to you. The  can confirm themselves to narrow down the suspect list, the  can bring back logic and information from the dead, and a  can discover your Basic Defense with a potshot, but these are not normally major threats compared to the above. If you're reasonably certain that everyone you haven't doused is one of these roles (plus unaffiliated ), then it might be worth igniting early, since unless you screw up, a  composed only of these roles will have a lot of trouble catching you.

What to Claim
The is a powerful role, but you dousing many people could be a waste if you're just going to be lynched (or executed) anyway. There are ways your role could be revealed like investigation, but you need to have a backup story if you are investigated, a role, of course, is the most believable, there are claims that could potentially fool other players if used correctly.
 * One option is to claim to be a, which explains your Basic Defense; this is more likely to get you lynched if people are getting killed by a , because is a common claim for , whom both the  and the  want dead. If you do claim to be a , it's important to do it early, before you get attacked; claiming it after you're accused of having a higher Defense value than the attacker's Attack value will almost certainly get you lynched since the  has no real reason to keep a  alive. If people are saying that they got controlled by a , the  will often lynch a  claim, so be careful.
 * Another option is to imply that you're an ; accuse someone at random, and (assuming they're ) thank the after they're lynched. You can even just thank the  after a random lynch of any innocent . This will both divert attention and explain your Basic Defense. You can also explain your investigative results by claiming you were transported. This is believable as  often transport themselves with roles with a Defense value to ward off suspicion or claim you might be doused. However, it carries several risks; you may be executed by a  or lynched by a vengeful, and  and  can still identify you. Also, if you delay on dousing to reinforce your disguise, you may find the  turning their suspicion back to you, with no real way of ending things quickly.
 * If you're going to claim a role,  is the logical choice. Aside from that, you can almost always fake a  to improve your chances of people believing you. However, claiming to be a  after a revealed  or confirmed  died can be extremely suspicious, since the  will wonder why you weren't protecting them. You can even claim to have to use your vest if attacked, but this forces you to stay with the fact you have already used your vest. If you are attacked again, there's nothing you can conclude overall other than hope you aren't outed.
 * Additionally,  and share investigation results, and  is a common  (and ) claim. Claiming  may raise suspicion and may cause you to get lynched.
 * Claiming to be an with a  that shows everyone you doused as, , or  can work well, as you can also claim you were doused yourself. However, you can be busted by a  who notices the shift between everyone that has been doused. This works in situations where you need to claim a role and otherwise you get lynched.
 * However, this has a downside of revealing who was doused, which can create many other problems for you, like people panicking and making you the top threat. To counter this, change some names to quiet people to create more confusion and less panicking.
 * Claiming to be a with only  or  roles alive can help your chance of survival. However, if no one has been controlled, the  slot is taken by  or, or you have ignited, then this will not work. If you claim to be a  in a 1v1v1 scenario, you can cause the , or any other  role to lynch the last remaining opponent, thus winning all other match ups. However, experienced killers will ask who you have controlled and their exact roles, so be wary. This works best if you haven't doused.
 * If an lets out your investigation result and attracts suspicion to you or if you're directly accused by one, you can claim any believable  role and then claim you must've been doused and thus, framed. Although this tactic does not always work and the  wouldn't usually believe you, it's more effective in the start of the game or mid-game when there's a good number of people that could possibly be doused and the  doesn't have their suspicions confirmed or fully locked on to you.
 * Careful, though, if the ignites and people remember you claimed doused, you will be cast under extreme suspicion from the  causing you to likely be lynched.
 * Claiming dramatically decreases suspicion—listing down doused targets will convince players that you're really an investigator, and other  can no longer be a threat to you, for you can claim that you are doused as well. Additionally,  is hardly ever a role claim by evil roles.
 * If you feel more comfortable in a match claiming within your investigation results,  is also viable. People expect this as an  claim less, as they are usually more accustomed to Classic.
 * However, you have to pick players that haven't been visited on the night you claim to have protected them, or else players can call you out on your fake . This makes it as suspicious as a claim with "no visits" every night.
 * Claiming a powerful role such as  or  can give you an extra night to ignite.  This is high risk, high reward - if you do this, be sure you are ready to ignite the next day.
 * Another tactic is if you are investigated after D4, claim outside your invest results and claim doused.

Playing against

 * If multiple people are showing up as an 's result, then they might be doused themselves. To use this tactic, you will need to refer to the role list and your gut to find out who is doused and who isn't, since you will have no way of knowing otherwise.
 * Anyone who contains the investigative result of the and are still alive after an ignition can be an  themselves.
 * If you are an and a  has died with the name of a visitor that visited on of your previous targets, it may be worth checking the same target again. If they show up as a, , or  instead of the result you had previously, they have been doused and the person in the  will is more likely the.
 * If you are a, take your claims very seriously. Someone that is doused has a completely different investigation result, and talk with their claim. If they were shown to be doused, think about their claim and the role list. The might have doused a  who claims  in jail, and you not executing that  gives the  another chance. Depending on the role list, sometimes you might have to go with your gut feeling and execute that person.
 * As a, if you find a possible it's best to out them in the  in any  roles to put suspicion on them. If they turned out to be a doused target, their credibility decreases and you can kill them if they turn out to be an important role to kill.

Trivia

 * Prior to Version 1.5.11.5389, you were able to tell if you were doused by an  as you would receive the message, "You were doused in gas!". Also, the results of doused targets did not change when they were doused.
 * According to a poll made by Naru2008, is the third most hated role in Town of Salem with 171 votes, saying the role was too slow and was boring for taking too long to get anyone killed. (Similar to .)
 * Ironicly enough, has the lowest win rate in the game
 * Prior to Version 2.3.2.9706 would die to  and.

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