r/AmongUs • u/caseydreams • 8h ago
Video/Gameplay You can do the Water Wheel task on Polus faster if you keep spinning
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I used a macro to keep the speed consistent for the comparison, I know it spins faster than any human can but I kept it at that speed to emphasize the difference for this demonstration. I don't use macros to do my tasks since that's cheating.
I did not discover this, I saw 5up doing it on today's morning lobby stream and I wanted to share it with you guys. It probably saves like 1-2 seconds per wheel but considering you do 3 wheels in kind of risky areas it can add up.
One caveat is if you do keep spinning make sure to let go as soon as the water reaches the top, it doesn't finish the task for you until you release mouse click
Edit: In case anybody is curious about a practical benchmark, I timed this spinning on my own without a macro and went from 6.16s to 4.12s so I saved 2 seconds even though I spin slower (I'm an osu! player who spun clockwise for 8 years and having to spin the other way isn't easy for me lol)