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So whats the importance of mastery levels on pskyers are level 1 psykers worth it or should they be upgraded higher or not taken at all, are level 2 or higher pskyers any better?

For lower point games a mastery level one isn't bad. You can get two psychic attacks, roll on a table keep the result and score the primary power as well. However IMO when it comes to higher point games, mastery level 2 and above become almost necessary

Ultimately: It depends.
The list style, the psykers, the numbers, the points, the supporting units, the army, the powers, the strategy...
There is no one right answer.

Almost all psychers that can upgrade their mastery level do so for 25 points.

This is alot cheaper than getting a second psycher (usually) and gives you another spell, another warp charge dice per turn, and gives you +1 deny the witch to psychers that are lower mastery than you.


Only armies that can get many lv1 psychers for cheaper than 25 points each or at least fairly close to that while gaining a scoring unit (henchmen squads or horror squads) should not purchase the extra mastery levels IMHO.