[Lathum]

I am honestly contemplating if the duke role is an advantage to the village or not.

Yes it gives a cleared villager, who is now vanilla, but I'm not sure the nature of it are helpful. Not only do you lose a days voting history, but you often take out an important role, and that person who gets taken out has no chance to reveal or defend themselves.

I think the best way to play it is if you look like you are going down reveal and say who you are going to duke, give that person a chance to step up and defend themselves.