Originally Posted by
Xaric
Easy way to understand combat in age of sigmar
Step one pile in 3" to the closet enemy model
Step two roll to hit using the warscroll stats under hit
Step three roll to wound using the warscroll stats under to wound
Step four when the enemy rolls to save negate any rend from there save by the stat under rend exsample if they have 5+ and your weapon has -1 rend they get a 6+ save from that attack instead of a 5+.
Step five if there are any wounds that was not saved each wound would caused the amount of wounds in damage for example if each attack deals 2 damage then per wound you caused on each failed save would be equal to 2 wounds if d3 roll to see how much each wound inflicts.
When allocating wound when a model is picked all wounds till that model is dead are used on him if you have wounds left to allocate they go to the next model in the unit and follow the process again with wound allocation till that model is removed or if you have no more wounds to allocate.
Step Six your enemy now gets to choose a fight with one of his units and repeat the process again.
Hope this helps
Best way to picture damage is by the following vs 2 wound models
1 damage hits him and knocks him back maybe the armour took most of the wound.
2 damage cleaves into a major organ or takes a limb off making him incapable of fighting and bleeds to death.
3 damage like damage 2 but instead push's the enemy into another due to the force doing damage to the person behind him but not being fatal to kill the other person.