---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 210
    high_slots: 5
    low_slots: 4
    med_slots: 4
    powergrid_output: 59
    rig_slots: 2
  group: Command Destroyer
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 800
    hp_shield: 650
    hp_structure: 830
  name: Magus
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 5
    skill_id: 33093
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 37615
  type_id: 37483
  velocity: 325
faction: Gallente Federation
faction_group: Empire
image: /37483.png
last_updated: '2026-04-21T01:05:45.565513'
ship_class: Destroyer
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 50
  armorexp: 10
  armorhp: 800
  armorkin: 67.5
  armortherm: 51.2
  bandwidth: 35 Mbit/sec
  bonuses: "<b>Gallente Destroyer bonuses (per skill level):</b>\n<br>10% bonus to\
    \ Drone hitpoints and damage\n<br>4% bonus to all armor resistances\n<br>'''Command\
    \ Destroyers bonuses (per skill level):'''\n<br>5% reduction in Micro Jump Field\
    \ Generator spool up time\n<br>2% bonus to Armored Command and Skirmish Command\
    \ Burst effect strength and duration\n<br>'''Role Bonus:'''\n<br>95% reduction\
    \ in powergrid requirements for Command Bursts\n<br>50% reduction in Microwarpdrive\
    \ signature radius penalty\n<br>\u2022Can fit Micro Jump Field Generators\n<br>\u2022\
    Can use one Command Burst module"
  capacitor: 700 GJ
  cargohold: "350 m\xB3"
  class: Destroyer
  cpu: 210
  dronebay: "60 m\xB3"
  extrahold: ''
  extraholdtype: ''
  faction: Gallente Federation
  forumlinks: ''
  grouping: Command Destroyers
  highlights1: Can use Command Burst module
  highlights2: Can fit a Micro Jump Field Generator
  highs: 5
  hulltype: Algos Class
  inertia: 3.2
  info: Command Destroyers represent a versatile addition to fleets of all sizes.
    Being the smallest and most agile platforms for gang link technology positions
    them as the premier support option for fast-moving wolf packs. Unique access to
    Micro Jump Field Generators also allows them to perform maneuvers that rapidly
    reposition other ships, be they friend or foe.
  launchers: 1
  lows: 4
  mass: 1115000
  maxlockedtargets: 7
  maxvelocity: 325
  mediums: 4
  powergrid: 59
  quote: The difference between an opportunity and a disaster is relative positioning.
  quote_attribution: Old Man Daireux
  reqskills: '*{{RequiredSkill|Gallente Destroyer|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Frigate|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}}

    * {{RequiredSkill|Command Destroyers|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Command Burst Specialist|IV}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Leadership|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|V}}'
  scanres: 500 mm
  sensortype: Magnetometric
  sensorvalue: 13 points
  shieldem: 0
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 650
  shieldkin: 70
  shieldtherm: 40
  shipid: 37483
  shipimg: Magus.jpg
  shipname: Magus
  sigradius: 67 m
  structurehp: 830
  targetrange: 55.00 km
  tech: 2
  totaltraintime: 30d 9h 34m
  turrets: 3
  variations: '{{ship|Algos}}'
  volume: 55000
  warpspeed: 4.5 AU/s
  warptime: 5.1 s
  wikireferences: ''
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Magus
tech_level: Tech 2
title: Magus
type_id: 37483
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/37483.png" alt="Magus" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Summary

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The Magus is the Gallente Command Destroyer. Following the Gallente design principles, it has bonuses to armor and skirmish Command Bursts. In its role to armor bursts it competes with the Pontifex which has more tank.
This makes the Pontifex preferable.
In regard to skirmish bursts it competes with the Bifrost (and to lesser extend with the Draugur). If you have shield logi support you choose the Bifrost, if armor logi the Magus. In fleets without logi, the Magus is usually passed over in favour of the Bifrost, because of its better speed.
On the other hand, the Magus is probably the Command Destroyer most suited for solo PvP as the four midslots allow for a dual prop and tackle plus either web for range control or a cap booster. The bigger drone bandwidth also means it deals more damage than the Pontifex.
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## Skills

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Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Magus for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.
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## Tactics

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Like all Command Destroyers, the Magus provides Command Bursts and can use a Micro Jump Field Generator. See the respective pages for the tactics involved.
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## Notes

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The command destroyers were added in the December 2015 patch, sometimes called the Frostline patch.

Magus means, in general, "magician" or "sorcerer"; English borrowed it with this meaning from Latin, which had previously borrowed it with this meaning from Greek. It is a cousin of the more commonly-used word mage. However, given the tendency of Gallente ships to draw on ancient religion and myth, it is possible that the Magus takes its name from its more specific use in Greek sources to mean a Zoroastrian priest.
## Patch history