Editing Genestealer Magus (section)

=== Tabletop ===

In 8th Edition, the Magus is the Genestealer's cheap psyker option, with one power, one deny, and up to two familiars. The Magus also grants a lesser version of Deny the Witch to all GENESTEALER CULTS units within 6", which they can only use on powers targeted directly at them. It is relatively important to not forget they're affected by his/her own aura, so they can use that free Deny on things that target him/her. You can still only try to Deny each manifested power once, though. Nevertheless, this power is specially designed to make Grey Knight players cry as all of your units can [[Troll|Deny their Rites of Banishment.]] To be fair, the Grey Knights are just bad in general in 8th so it doesn't really matter.

The Magus is also a pretty important support unit. For Aberrants, bringing a Magus with Mass Hypnosis/Might From Beyond would make these guys become either really hard to kill or insanely strong in CC with S14. For an added 12pts, you can give your Magus a psychic familiar to act as a <s>meatshield</s> bodyguard.

Although a Magus should generally avoid direct combat, when absolutely necessary they can still kick some teeth in with their Force Stave, Cultist knife, and obligatory cult-issue autopistol.

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