Editing Phoenix Lord (section)

=== Maugan Ra ===
[[File:Maugan-Ra.jpg|260px|thumb|center|Shadow the Hedgehog, Eldar edition]]
'''Maugan Ra, the Harvester of Souls,''' is allegedly "the founder of the [[Dark Reapers]] Aspect", though looking at his chosen heraldry and the gun that he carries, it is more likely that he's a [[Death Jester]] that partied waaay too hard and is now stuck pretending to be a Phoenix Lord.

Maugan Ra was thought to be the lone survivor of the craftworld of Altansar. Altansar itself escaped the birth of Slaanesh but was [[grimdark|pulled into the Eye of Terror by its gravity well]]. This [[RAGE|slightly annoyed]] Maugan Ra. Having nothing else important to do, he packed up and shipped off to join the Asurya and train under the OG himself. Among Asurmen's students, he was that kid that always dressed in black and didn't talk much or get along with other students. While his fellow students were learning the ways of the blade with Asurmen, Maugan Ra fashioned devastatingly [[Dakka|powerful long-ranged weapons]] to surgically destroy his opponents from afar. The focus on [[Shooty|ranged combat]] makes him less of a [[Mary Sue]] than the other Phoenix Lords.

After perfecting the art of ranged combat, 'ol Maugie fashioned himself the Maugetar, which loosely translates to Harvester (which makes one wonder what his name translates to. Reaper, perhaps? Subtle, [[GW]]). This is more or less a pimped out Shuriken cannon with a big fucking power scythe stuck on the bottom. All jokes aside, Maugan Ra is...different. Whereas the other Phoenix Lords exemplify the specific combat and tactical arts of their shrine, Maugan and his followers exemplify destruction itself, delivered by the most efficient and devastating method possible. Rather than perfect the means, as do the other Phoenix Lords, Maugan perfects the ends. While he's technically one of the Asurya, he more or less did his own thing while learning from Asurmen.

Apparently, the A-man's teaching sucked balls because at some point Maugan got bored and decided to rape a hive fleet on his own (well with his BFF dark reaper students but nobody gives a shit about them). During the [[13th Black Crusade]] of [[Abaddon|Failbaddon The Armless]], he managed to seize the initiative and drag Altansar out of the Warp. Needless to say, the other Craftworlds reacted with utter distrust, and in some cases with hostility, towards Ra's kin because no Eldar can live so long in the Warp without being altered. Yet nobody, not even the most arrogant and powerful Eldar even dare to think about badmouthing Altansar when Maugan Ra is around in fear of being...well, harvested. Grim Destroyer-of-All or angsty [[Edgy|edgemaster]]? You decide!

'''On the Tabletop'''

{| class=wikitable
! || Pts || M || WS || BS || S || T || W || A || Ld || Sv
|-
| '''Maugan Ra:''' || 140 || 6|| 2+ || 2+ || 4 || 4 || 6 || 4 || 9 || 2+
|}

Objectively a downgrade from the previous edition, he clearly didn't get the memo that reaper launchers are now strength 8 and so is weaker and with a worse range than the troops he supposedly epitomizes. His Maugetar is now functionally a buffed [[Shuriken Cannon]], having one more shot and a consistent AP-1 outside of those 6+ AP-3 wound rolls. It also has a "Shrieker" firing mode which blasts a target with one single shot that deals only one damage, but explodes for an additional d3 mortal wounds against the target unit if a model hit by it dies. Precious few situations will justify using this mode over just firing the gun regularly (maybe against invuln reliant units like Harlequin Troupes will it be remotely worth considering), so you'll likely forget it's even a feature. In another deviation from his aspect, Maugan Ra isn't a ''terrible'' melee combatant; four attacks at an effective S6 and AP-2 will carve through most standard infantry reasonably well enough, though his inconsistent d3 damage may make Primaris MEQ or TEQ targets challenging to punch through. That said, between his ''Whirlwind of Death'' ability that lets him shoot twice each phase (8 total Shuricannon shots a turn), his guaranteed hit rolls on a re-rollable 2+ and Dark Reaper buff aura (which admittedly even a generic [[Autarch]] could provide), there's little incentive for him to use that melee statline. At 140 points, he's a hard sell considering how poorly he synergizes with his own aspect. Especially when you can just take a (Legends) Reaper Launcher Autarch for less.