Editing The Angrier Initiative (section)

=Example Armies and Guide to Picking Stratagems WIP=
====Craftworlds (Biel-tan) - Storm of Blades====
''Biel-tan’s forces favour an overwhelming show of force putting the enemy at an immediate disadvantage, they are unyielding and stubborn.''

*'''Counter-attack'''
*'''Eternal Warrior'''
*'''Fearless'''
*'''Rage'''
*'''Slow and Purposeful''' 

====Drukhari (Poisoned Tongue) - Fortune Favours the Depraved====
''The forces of the Poisoned Tongue kabal never fare well in even engagements, but only because they only face their opponents where they know they will win.''

*'''Adamantium Will'''
*'''Eternal Warrior'''
*'''Fleet'''
*'''Infiltrate'''
*'''Rage'''

====Space Marines (Ultramarines 2nd Company) - Guardians of the Temple====
''Most honoured among any Ultramarine battle company, the forces of Ultramarines 2nd Company value honour and a steadfast resolve.''

*'''Counter-attack'''
*'''Eternal Warrior'''
*'''Fearless'''
*'''Feel No Pain'''
*'''Preferred Enemy'''

====Space Marines (Ravenguard 1st Company) - Blackwings====
''Not much is known about the Ravengaurd 1st Company, the Ravenguard remain secretive about their most honoured company and few live to tell of the Blackwings.''

*'''Eternal Warrior'''
*'''Fleet'''
*'''Preferred Enemy'''
*'''Rage'''
*'''Shrouded'''

====Blood Angels and Astra Militarum (Flesh Tearers and Cadian alliance)====
''The Cadians are steadfast and skilled, the Flesh Tearers are brutal yet noble close combatants.''

*'''Eternal Warrior'''
*'''Fearless'''
*'''Preferred Enemy'''
*'''Rage'''
*'''Slow and Purposeful'''

===Building Lists based on Stratagems===
====Example list Raven Guard 1st Company Blackwings: 23 PL 4 CP====

Captain with jump pack (Vykar Kaed Lord of Deliverance) - 6 PL

Company Champion (Rostue Actas) - 3 PL

Apothecary (Arvin Gregoris) - 3 PL

5 Company Veterans (Mortal Screams) - 8 PL

Rhino (Gregor Minimus) - 4 PL

In this list you would put Vykar Kaed high in the skies, while putting the rest of the infantry inside Gregor Minimus. On turn 1 you would drive up Gregor Minimus to the enemy’s front line with the Fleet Stratagem. Then Vykar Kaed can arrive behind Gregor Minimus and be relatively safe from enemy fire. Vykar can attempt to charge and since he’ll be invisible behind Gregor Minimus he won’t be suffering Overwatch. Whether you get first turn or not, the Shrouded Stratagem is sure to come in handy for Gregor Minimus which will be the only unit your opponent can target. 

====Example list Raven Guard 1st Company Blackwings: 100 PL 6 CP====

Captain with jump pack (Vykar Kaed Lord of Deliverance) - 5 PL

Apothecary (Arvin Gregoris) - 3 PL

5 Company Veterans (Mortal Screams) - 8 PL

10 Vanguard Veterans with jump packs (Black Murder) - 16 PL

Chaplain (Kyabek the Absolution) - 5 PL

10 Vanguard Veterans (Exosus Eviscero) - 14 PL

Company Ancient (Jadyr the Grim) - 4 PL

Company Champion (Rostue Actas) - 3 PL

Lieutenant (Eitath Ekvinus) - 4 PL

Rhino (Gregor Minimus) - 4 PL

Techmarine (Evtor Klexus) - 4 PL

Repulsor (Gregor Maximus) - 16 PL

Vindicator (Factorem Exitium) - 7 PL

Vindicator (Exocis Ruinas) - 7 PL

We’ve built up the initial force, this force like the original is based around transports with elite melee units, this time it is backed up by mobile firepower. We’ll put Black Murder high in the sky along with Vykar Kaed, all the other characters in the list go with Mortal Screams inside Gregor Minimus, Exosus Eviscero go inside Gregor Maximus. Eternal Warrior is going to come in handy when we fire our Vindicators if we roll a low number of hits or when we attempt to charge with our melee elements. Fleet, isn’t as essential in this list as it is in the first, but being able to rapidly move one of our jump pack units 24” in one turn could come in handy when taking an objective or after clearing out one part of the table. Preferred Enemy is nice because we have relatively few CPs from our formations, our wealth of characters are sure to generate more. Rage is essential in a melee list such as this, especially for Exosus Eviscera, Shrouded is awesome for protecting our transports until they can spit out the elite assault units close to the enemy.

===Taking Stratagems Based on Your Army===
Instead of building an army around a set of five Stratagems you might build a force and then select suitable stratagems. 
====Canoptek Wraiths and C'tan====
Catacomb Command Barge with warscythe and tesla cannon

C’tan Shard of the Deceiver

C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer

6 Canoptek Wraiths

6 Canoptek Wraiths

5 Canoptek Wraiths with particle casters

Transcendent C'tan

Transcendent C'tan 

The Catacomb Command Barge and The C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer can both shoot, but ideally, they want to be in close combat, we can discard Slow and Purposeful. We don’t have any psykers so we can discard Mastery Level II. All our units have high Leadership and our unit sizes are small therefore we can discard Fearless. Sniper could work well with the C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer, but the usage is very limited. We only have one non-unique character, so taking more relics is not going to be an option, Unique goes out the window. Outflank is best if your list includes slow units since this list is composed entirely of fast units we will not be having problems getting around the table, we are better off just taking more units on the table at the start of the game instead of tying up points in Reinforcement Points. 

This list offers very few CP and some strong melee characters, Preferred Enemy seems like a good idea. We have lots of big tough units, making them even tougher with Feel No Pain seems great. Eternal Warrior is going to be essential in case we fail a charge or fail to activate Antimatter Meteor on  2+ to do D3 Mortal Wounds or fail a Wound roll for the Nightbringer, with an AP of -4 and a Damage of D6 we would be remiss not to take Eternal Warrior. Rage in a melee list like this is a must.  

Adamantium Will, Counter-attack, Hit & Run, Infiltrate and Shrouded could all become useful and are all equally valid. Because the army relies on invulnerable saves it would be a good idea to take Adamantium Will to protect the expensive units from the Smite psychic power. 

'''Adamantium Will''', '''Eternal Warrior''', '''Feel No Pain''', '''Rage''' and '''Preferred Enemy''' are our final selections.