Sabotage Guide: Zipline

The Zipline sabotage, a unique feature on maps like The Airship, offers Impostors a strategic advantage by controlling movement and creating kill opportunities. By disabling this key transit system, you can isolate crewmates and disrupt their progress.

When the Zipline is sabotaged, it becomes unusable, preventing crewmates from traversing between different levels or areas of the map. This is particularly effective if crewmates frequently rely on the Zipline for tasks or as a quick way to move around. The goal is to create bottlenecks, trap individuals, or prevent crewmates from reaching other vital parts of the map. The Zipline's role as a primary transit system makes its lockdown a sificant impediment to crewmate movement and objective completion.

Strategic Uses of the Zipline Sabotage:

Isolation and Trapping: If you see a crewmate using the Zipline, or if they are on one side and you want to prevent them from reaching the other, sabotaging it can trap them or prevent their escape. This sets up a prime opportunity for a kill.
Preventing Task Completion: The Zipline often connects areas with tasks. Locking it down prevents crewmates from completing these, thereby increasing pressure and slowing down the task bar's progress.
Creating Diversions: A Zipline sabotage can effectively draw attention away from another part of the map, allowing you to execute a kill elsewhere or make a swift vent escape.
Splitting Up Groups: If a group of crewmates is moving together and intends to use the Zipline, sabotaging it can force them to separate, either to address the sabotage or to find alternative routes, creating individual vulnerabilities.
Timing is Crucial: The most opportune moments to deploy this sabotage are when crewmates are dispersed across the map, or when you know a specific crewmate is in or near the Zipline.

How to Execute the Zipline Sabotage:

Access the Sabotage Map: Open your sabotage interface.
Locate the Zipline Icon: The Zipline will have a distinct icon on the map.
Activate the Sabotage: Press the sabotage button.

Countering the Zipline Sabotage (as Crewmate):

Be Aware of Your Surroundings: If you find yourself near the Zipline when it's sabotaged, exercise caution. An Impostor may be lurking.
Do Not Get Trapped: If the Zipline becomes unusable while you are on it or trying to use it, be aware that you might be stranded. Seek alternative routes or wait for the sabotage to expire.
Report Suspicious Activity: If you witness an Impostor initiating the Zipline sabotage, report it immediately.

The Zipline sabotage is a versatile tool for controlling the game's tempo, creating kill opportunities, and fostering discord among the crewmates.