Editing Warhammer 40,000/8th Edition Tactics/Space Wolves (section)

==Warlord Traits==
Space Wolves' Sagas each have a secondary effect that expands their self-only buff into a 6" aura, which is activated by successfully performing a Deed of Legend (DoL). What this entails depends on the Saga in question.  

*'''Saga of the Warrior Born:''' Warlord always fights first in the Fight Phase, even if they were charged. Deed of Legend is to slay an enemy Character with your Warlord. Ragnar Blackmane and Krom Dragongaze have this trait. 
**Don't let the ability to buff multiple units fool you - this is still the same hot garbage Always Strike First is everywhere else in 8th, because to be relevant, a buffed unit has to be charged by two or more units - otherwise, the ability never gets a chance to trigger, as your opponent can just choose the lone charging unit first.  Besides, you should always be agreeing to charge, you're the Space Wolves.
*'''Saga of the Wolfkin:''' Gain an extra attack in the fight phase if you charged, were the target of a charge, or performed a Heroic Intervention (i.e. more or less 100% of the time). Deed of Legend is to slay a total of 5 models with the Warlord in the fight phase (cumulative for the entire game). Harald Deathwolf and Canis Wolfborn have this, and it's one of the better choices, provided your Warlord is a melee beatstick.
**One of the easier ways to fulfill this is to ram your Warlord into something cheap and flimsy you'd normally ignore, just to spike his body count - make sure he's very mobile if you do this, so he can catch up to the real action after he's done, or a canny opponent will kite him out of position.
*'''Saga of Majesty:''' The Warlord auto-passes Morale tests and gains an extra 3" to all aura-based abilities. Deed of Legend is to slay the enemy Warlord with your Warlord. Logan Grimnar, Bjorn, and Njall Stormcaller have this. 
**Sadly, it's just unnecessarily difficult fulfilling the Deed of Legend on this - you don't want to have to commit early to your Warlord being the one to land the finishing blow.
***Some Warlords may also be beyond your ability to slay. Your furry fuck won't stand a chance against the walking blue GW hard-on that is Guilliman, or the walking black hard-on that is Abbadon, flying green genital wart that is Mortarion, or rainbow hard-on that is Magnus. Then we have the Coldstar battlesuit Commander can jump 30" away at a moments notice while carving 'fuck balance' into your forehead with plasma. Of course Grimnar is enough to give most characters a run for their money, but is it really worth staking the entire game on him suceeding?
*'''Saga of the Beastslayer:''' Add 1 to wound rolls made against {{W40Kkeyword|monster}}s and {{W40Kkeyword|vehicle}}s. Deed of Legend is to use the Warlord to slay a {{W40Kkeyword|Monster}} or {{W40Kkeyword|Vehicle}}. This also applies to ranged weapons, so laugh as your wolfy gunline outshoots Tau, Guard, and Tyranids. Also one of the best ways to trigger this is with a ranged optimized chaplain dreadnought. Ulrik the Slayer has this. Absolutely fabulous. If you're going with The Land Raider Excelsior take this trait. With four laz cannons, a grav cannon, hunter killer missiles and various small arms you can basically just pick a vehicle to erase from the backfield. Put some other big guns nearby to get that sweet +1 wound the very first time you shoot.
*'''Saga of the Hunter:''' Warlord can charge after Advancing. Deed of Legend is to successfully charge an enemy. 
**Not the most flashy ability, but the Deed of Legend is easy to trigger, and charging after an advance gives you more opportunities to activate Hunters Unleashed. 
*'''Saga of the Bear:''' Gain a FnP on a 6+. Deed of Legend is to make a successful save. Arjac Rockfist has this.
**Better than the usual incarnation of this Warlord trait because of its ability to spread to other units. Feel No Pain is always useful.

As flashy and fluffy our Warlord Traits are, they are garbage compared to other armies' traits. Before completing the DoL, two of the WTs are literally the same as the ones from the Basic Rule Book. And some DoLs are ridiculously hard to complete therefore you pretty much always assume the saga will only affect your warlord.
*An alternative way of playing Space Wolves is to bring a Phobos character and take the Vanguard WTs from the main SM Codex instead, Master of the Vanguard (+1' to Move, Advance and Charge for friendlies within 6") is really nice for us if you are bring a generic list.