Warhounds Combat Guide

Learn how hit chance, line of sight, true ballistics, cover, flanking, elevation, overwatch, RNG, and damage rolls work in Warhounds.

Start with the attack preview: check the target, hit chance, cover and firing angle before spending an action point. These guides explain how positioning, elevation, flanking and damage rolls affect your choices in Warhounds.

Use the screenshots to follow aiming, shooting and Overwatch activation. Each guide includes notes on rules that still need testing, so you can see which details are confirmed before relying on them.

Check the Shot Before Spending AP

Look for obstacles between the attacker and target, then check how exposed the attacker will be. Compare the current shot with a move to a better angle. A flank or higher position can help, but leave the squad a way to respond if the attack misses.

Warhounds still uses random hit and damage results. The store’s phrase “less fake RNG” does not mean every shot is guaranteed. Keep spare actions or another soldier ready when one missed shot could leave the team in trouble.

Ballistics and RNG Cover and elevation

Set Up Overwatch and Prepare Your Tools

The Overwatch guide walks through activation in Distant Smoke, including choosing the cone and confirming the action. It also explains which reaction-fire details, such as interruption rules, still need testing.

Check your equipment before committing to a route. Drones, scanners, smoke and optical camouflage offer different options for spotting threats and moving through danger. Read the item’s current description and choose tools for the objective ahead.

Overwatch guide Weapons and tactical equipment

See Warhounds Combat in Motion

Watch this publisher-listed trailer to see movement, cover, elevation and environmental destruction. It is pre-release footage: use it to preview combat, not as evidence for current damage, accuracy or action costs.