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P. 125 of the BRB. While all other warlord traits usually only affect your warlord and sometimes also his unit, strategic traits affect your entire army and pretty much any result you roll on the D6 is a good one that gives your entire army overall a bigger boost than just the warlord and his crew receiving one.

So isnt this table a no-brainer? Why do people even bother rolling for the warlord traits of their own codexes since they are overall inferior except the occasional 1 or 2 good ones?

Exactly for the chance to get the 1-2 god ones.

I use the Scion table to try and get the trait that let's me re roll reserves and scatter less when deepstriking, rather than the flat re roll of the strategic traits

Master of ambush for the win.

I use the Guard one to fish for force multipliers to tack onto my 50-man platoon.

Blood angels warlord with veritas vitae or ork warlord with da finkin cap FTW.

"Oh looks like I'm infiltrating 3 units and my whole army is stealth and MTC ruins!"

I try to get 6 on the personal traits because sorcs and oblits are not fearless, and with the scrolls of magnus and many psychic tests the chance to regain a wound has won me games.

Your Warlord table should depend entirely on the list you're running and the type of missions you anticipate playing. Strategic is easily the overall general favorite, since it has multiple ways to buff your army through reserve manipulation, infiltration, etc. However, I've taken the Tactical traits with great success in Maelstrom based missions. Being able to re-draw a card, or discard extras, etc. can score you those crucial extra points. I can see CSM rolling on Personal as well, since CSM Warlords tend to be front-line fighters. In the new SM Codex, there are even some great traits FOR THAT ARMY. If I were to take the trait to give Rending to a full squad of Bolter Marines who have easy access to Tactical Doctrine to twin-link their shooting, suddenly that sounds pretty great. FNP on my White Scars biker Captain is great, since I know he'll be cruising around taking heat. In general, yes, Strategic is your go-to "no-brainer". However, if you really know your list, and what it either lacks or could be further buffed by certain traits, then that should help guide you to which table to roll on.