The glossary

6 of 304 words for “Rage”

1. Rage

   WoW

   The warrior's (and bear's) resource, built by dealing and taking damage. Starts empty every fight.

   “No rage, can't Sunder.”

   See also: Energy, Mana

2. Rage quit

   Gaming slang

   Leaving mid-game out of anger.

   “Rage quit the battleground at 0–2.”

   See also: Tilt, AFK

3. Enrage

   Raiding & dungeons

   A timer after which a boss does far more damage, forcing the group to kill it fast enough. Also 'soft enrage': mechanics that get worse over time.

   “We hit enrage at 8%, need more DPS.”

   “Hard enrage at eight minutes.”

   See also: Mechanic, DPS check

4. Execute

   WoW

   Warrior finisher usable under 20% health, and by extension any 'below X% health' ability or phase.

   “Execute phase, dump all your rage.”

   “Execute range at 20%.”

   See also: Burst, Rage

5. GCD

   WoW

   Global cooldown: the 1.5 seconds (1 second for some abilities) after using almost anything before you can use anything else. Off-GCD abilities ignore it.

   “Bloodrage is off the GCD, weave it in.”

   “You're wasting GCDs on Battle Shout mid-fight.”

   See also: Cooldown, Rotation

6. Threat

   WoW

   The invisible number every enemy keeps for each player. Damage and healing raise it; the highest threat gets attacked. Tanks generate it on purpose.

   “I'm at 90% of the tank's threat, holding back.”

   “Sunder Armor is more threat per rage than Heroic Strike early on.”

   See also: Aggro, Taunt, Tank