Combat
How Does Combat Work?
Units use Might to assign combat damage, and the units remaining determine the result.
RiftPal explanation · Answer first
The short answer
CombatCombat is the part of play where opposing players' units fight for the same Battlefield.View in Glossary happens when units from different players fight for the same BattlefieldA Battlefield is a shared location that players compete to control during the game.View in Glossary .
Each side uses the MightMight represents both how much Combat Damage a unit can contribute and how much marked Damage it can normally take before being killed.View in Glossary of its units to deal damage to the opposing units. You decide how your side's damage is divided between the enemy units.
Units that take enough damage are defeated and leave play. If only one player's units remain at the battlefield after combat, that player wins the combat.
If the attacking player wins, they can take control of the battlefield and ConquerConquer means taking control of a Battlefield you did not already control and Scoring it for the turn.View in Glossary it.
RiftPal explanation
How it works
Combat begins when units from different players fight over the same Battlefield.
Each side adds together the Might of its units in the combat. That total determines how much combat damage that side can deal.
Each player decides how to divide their side's combat damage among the opposing units. You can put all of your damage into one unit or divide it between several units.
After combat damage is resolved, units with lethal damage are killed and leave play.
If units from both sides survived the fighting, the surviving attacking units are Recalled to their Base, while the surviving defending units remain at the Battlefield. The Combat then ends with No Result. Neither player wins that Combat.
If only one player's units survived the fighting, that player wins the Combat. If no units survived, the Combat also ends with No Result.
If the attacking player wins, their surviving units remain at the Battlefield and can take control of it and Conquer it.
Combat isn't decided by simply comparing Might totals. Might determines how much combat damage each side deals. That damage is then assigned to opposing units, and the result depends on which units remain after the combat.
In practice
Example
Card example
Vanguard Sergeant
Simple CombatCombat is the part of play where opposing players' units fight for the same Battlefield.View in Glossary — You have a unit with 4 MightMight represents both how much Combat Damage a unit can contribute and how much marked Damage it can normally take before being killed.View in Glossary fighting an opposing unit with 3 Might. Your unit deals 4 combat damage, enough to defeat the opposing unit. The opposing unit deals 3 combat damage to your unit, which is not enough to defeat it. Your unit survives, so you win the Combat.
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Vanguard Sergeant
Card example
Shipyard Skulker
Dividing Damage — You have two units with 3 MightMight represents both how much Combat Damage a unit can contribute and how much marked Damage it can normally take before being killed.View in Glossary each, giving your side 6 combat damage. You choose how to divide that damage between the opposing units; you might use enough to defeat one and put the rest on another.
Winning the Battlefield — You attack a Battlefield controlled by your opponent and defeat all opposing units while your units survive. You win the CombatCombat is the part of play where opposing players' units fight for the same Battlefield.View in Glossary , take control of the Battlefield, ConquerConquer means taking control of a Battlefield you did not already control and Scoring it for the turn.View in Glossary it, and score a point.
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