Enrage

An Enrage or frenzy is any sort of sudden increase in a boss's damage or other capabilities. Almost all raid bosses have a Doomsday Clock which enrages them when it runs out, but many will have shorter, weaker forms which either go away or can be removed by the raid.

Many enrages of this sort are accompanied by heavy raid damage.

In some encounters, tanks can Stand in the Good Stuff to survive the assault, or they may kite the boss.

This is usually more sudden than a Stacking Debuff, and usually requires some mitigation aside from a simple Tank Swap.

Examples

• Molten Core
  • Magmadar's enrage was dispellable by a hunter (specifically), who learned the ability to do so from a drop off the previous boss.
    • Ahh, good old 40-man raids...
    • Tranquilizing Shot has since become a standard hunter ability.
• Naxxramas
  • Grand Widow Faerlina periodically enrages, which requires Widow's Embrace (via mind control or killing an add) to remove.
• Ulduar
  • XT-002 Deconstructor has Tympanic Tantrum, which can be averted by forcing him into his Evocation Phase.
  • Elder Stonebark's Fists of Stone is a type of enrage which can kill an unprepared tank.