Unholy Frenzy

For the modern talent previously named "Unholy Frenzy", see [Unholy Assault]. For the Warcraft III necromancer ability, see Necromancer (Warcraft III)#Unholy Frenzy.

Unholy Frenzy
Unholy Frenzy Level 66 Unholy death knight ability 30 yd range 3 min cooldown Instant Incites a friendly party or raid member into a killing frenzy for 30 sec, increasing the target's melee and ranged haste by 20%, but causing them to lose health equal to 2% of their maximum health every 3 sec.
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Physical
Cooldown	3 minutes
Other information
Level learned	66
Improvements	[Glyph of Unholy Frenzy]
Related buff
Magic Unholy Frenzy Melee and ranged haste increased by 20%. Duration: 30 secs

Unholy Frenzy (originally called Hysteria) was an Unholy death knight ability that allowed the caster to send an allied party or raid member into a killing frenzy for 30 sec. It could be used on players, pets, or even the death knight themself.

Improvements

•  [Glyph of Unholy Frenzy]

Gallery

• 

  Unholy Frenzy in Hearthstone.

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Removed.
  
• Hotfix (2013-03-12): Unholy Frenzy damage will no longer break crowd-control effects that break on damage.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 66 Unholy specialization ability (was a tier 3 Unholy talent). No longer an Enrage effect.
  
• Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Now specifies "a friendly party or raid member" as the target (previously simply said "a friendly unit").
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): No longer generates threat.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12):
  • Renamed from Hysteria and icon changed from .
  • Moved to tier 3 in the Unholy tree (was Blood, tier 7).
  • Now increases melee and ranged haste (was physical damage).
  • Target now loses health equal to 2% of their max health every 3 seconds (was 1% every second).
    
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): The buff from this ability is now properly considered an Enrage for the purposes of warriors using such abilities as [Enraged Regeneration].
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14):
  • Hysteria, [Tricks of the Trade], [Enrage], [Wrecking Crew], [Death Wish], [Arcane Power], [Owlkin Frenzy], Beast Within, and [Avenging Wrath] damage bonuses no longer stack together.
  • Now causes the target to lose health rather than take damage.
    
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

See also

• Hysteria, TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB