Well of course in both cases there is a certain level of strategy. without it Mc would have died ages ago. but I think Mc leans more toward the strategy urgency than planning thing. Obviously most of Mc's fights, he was just thrown in the fray. the only one which I think he planned ahead for was with Jake.So, would it be fair to say the Mc is a tactician, who forms a loose strategy on the fly, based on what he knows about the enemy, and to maximize the power or tactic he's chosen to use? It goes along with the concept of strategic urgency Michael was talking about and how Ella told him shapeshifter should constantly adapt to their opponents in battle.