The Norwegian Rats quick and easy guide to combat mechanics for new players, part 2:
The how - to win a fight
The combat UI is a bit hard to understand at second, So here's 3 (hopefully) simple steps to understand how it works.
The Scenario: You're well underway in a fight, but you don't know if it's worth committing to or not.
Step 1: Identify how much is left in the fight.
In this scenario we can tell that India has won one (1) round so far.
First nation to win two (2) rounds, wins the battle.

Step 2: Identify how much is left in the round.
First nation to get 300 'ground points' wins.

Ground points are awarded to the nation that has done most damage at the end of a 'tick'. A tick lasts 2 minutes.
In this figure, we can see that India will get one (1) Ground point in 1m 19s.

Step 3: Help your nation / friends / sugar daddies win the round and make it look like this. Note that India has 300 Ground points.

Bonus info:
For every combined 100 ground points in the score, ground points awarded at the end of the tick will increase by 1.

Thank you for your attention in this matter.
All proceeds from this article will go towards building a new home (MU) for Norwegian younglings.
Part 1: https://app.warera.io/article/69d125d30314b2dfe8ab0027
Part 3: https://app.warera.io/article/69d2b339e9775f64fabe7338