Tier List
S:
Cop, JoaT, Role cop, StrongmanA:
Alien, Commuter, Doctor, PT Cop, Roleblocker, Role Watcher, Security Guard, Traffic Analyst, Watcher, Town-only power rolesB:
Babysitter, Bodyguard, Detective, Gunsmith, Hider, Jailkeeper, Neapolitan, Psychologist, Tracker, Follower, Voyeur, Rolestopper, Universal Backup, VisionaryC:
Role Finder, Inspector, Mailman, Neighbor, Neighborizer, Reporter, Shield, Vanilla CopD:
Checker, Enabler, Encryptor, Fruit Vendor, Motion Detector, Visitor, Miller [VT is here for reference]F:
TraitorAlien
is a role that both roleblocks and rolestops target. It has a "jailkeeper" problem where the player must decide whether they want to risk roleblocking the target for the sake of protection, but in a game with multiple kill sources this role can be stronger than doctor. A tier.Babysitter
is a doctor but with a potential of double town death. So it has to stay below Doctor. B tier.Checker
... checks self to see if player is roleblocked. Even considering the niche uses of this role I really don't see it doing anything important 99% of the time. D tier.Commuter
prevents player from being targeted. Commuter without being X-shot is insanely strong. As town, you have no reason to not commute unless you want to be targeted by actions or something. As mafia, you have 0 reason to not commute every night. However, while it is very strong role, I don't think it deserves S tier as commuter can really only affect themselves. A tier.Cop
needs no explanation. S tier.Detective
checks if target has performed a nightkill before. So in normal Normal game (heh), getting a positive is basically a cop guilty. The only caveat is though, is that this role really works from N2 and onward. So, B tier.Doctor
saves target. Pretty straightforward and easy to use, and its effect is powerful. Even the hint of this role's existance can make mafia hesitate on choosing optimal nightkill targets. But actually saving someone from nightkill is actually harder than it can look. Mafia doctor is also a thing to fool gunsmith, etc. A tier. S tier if doctor manages to protect nightkill.Enabler
enables a role. I think this role exists to nerf the role it's tied to. So I consider this role a negative utility role. D tier.Encryptor
allows a daytalk. It sounds pretty powerful especially for mafia. But games these days have daytalk available as a default. D tier.Role Finder
is nerfed role cop that can only find the role it's tied to. Which is usually 1 positive out of, well, rest of the playerlist. C tier.Follower
is basically tracker but instead of target, learns action performed instead. It can be informative but like its brothers (tracker, voyeur), it is inconclusive. B tier.Fruit Vendor
... gives fruit. It can confirm its role to someone else. It could maybe
prove itself to be town when there is only one mafia left, but even then it's not 100% and very niche. D tier.Gunsmith
returns positive on set roles. It can find mafia, vig, or cop, security guard, etc. It can be informative but it has lot of false positives, and a potential false negative on mafia doctor. False negative is very dangerous in a mafia game. So B tier.Hider
is basically commuter but with potentital of double death. So I can't put this as a same tier as commuter. B tier.Inspector
is a voyeur but with whether target is targeted. So it's worse than voyeur. C tier.Jack of all Trades
gets 1-shot of multiple roles. So it has to be S tier in theory.Jailkeeper
protects but also roleblocks. It has this whole dilemma of "do I really want to roleblock my target to save my target." So I think this role is strictly worse than doctor or roleblocker. B tier.Motion Detector
is like inspector but gives positives in both ways. So it's actually worse than inspector. D tier.Mailman
sends message to player during the night. These kind of roles can either be useless or very strong depends on the player. But the role itself doesn't confirm anything so C tier.Neapolitan
is technically a role finder but on VT. In normal games there are lot of VTs, so this can successfully confirm targets as town. B tier.Neighbor/Neighborizer
has PT to talk to. Role strength is dependant on players using them. But role wise it doesn't confirm anything either, so C tier.Psychologist
is like opposite of detective. It shines at N1 and its power wanes each passing day. I think Psychologist has higher chance to find guilty than detective, but I don't think it belongs in A tier where PT cop is. So B tier.PT Cop
is... basically a cop. It has false positives like mason and neighbor. But while masons and neighbors are not always in the game, mafia always is. A tier.Reporter
is checks if someone has acted. I guess it's better than motion detector. C tier.Role Cop
learns roles. No false positives. Pure and simple. S tier.Roleblocker
is simple and easy to use. You want someone to not take an action? Use it. It's a strong role as well. A tier.Role Watcher
is watcher but roles. I rank it as same as watcher as upon targetting the NK target you basically get a confirmed scum in the list. A tier.Security Guard
is watcher but target gets the result instead. It's slightly worse than watcher but it's also very strong. A tier.Shield
is bodyguard but has to target a killer instead. It's hard to predict the nightkill. It's even harder to predict the killer. C tier.Tracker
is one of those informative-but-inconclusive role. So I place it at B tier like its brothers.Traffic Analyst
is basically a PT cop but false positive on Mailman. Who uses mailman in normal games? A tier.Universal Backup
basically gives double role. Its tier really depends on the setup. But as a concept, I think it's a B tier since it's a way a faction can recover lost role.Vanilla Cop
is worse Neapolitan since it gets positive on Mafia Goon too. C tier.Visionary
is basically security guard but with voyeour. So B tier, a tier below security guard.Visitor
... visits. That's it. It serves basically no purpose. AND it requires roles like tracker to even confirm things. Treat this as a miller and claim this in your first post so potential tracker doesn't bother to check you. D tier.Voyeur
is like watcher but with actions. I think action names are weaker than player names so I'm knocking it down a tier and giving it a B tier.Watcher
gives names of players who visited target. If target is nightkilled watcher basically gets a list that contains scum in it 100%. A tier.Now for explicitly alignment-specific roles.
All explicitly-town roles except miller get A tier from me solely because having that role makes players confirmed town, and more often than not they can prove it too.
Miller
exists solely to get in cop's way. D tier. Claim this in your first post.Strongman
bypasses basically all protect and roleblock attempts town throws at them. Easy S tier.Traiter
is a bad role and you should never use it. I'm putting it in F tier.EDIT: I forgot about Miller.
