Rage Guide

All you wanted and didn't want to know about Rage in BIS/BES.

A unit requires 1000 rage to use a rage attack.

Chance based reduction effects are not affected by effect accuracy.

Basic attacks and Masteries give 180 rage while Rage attacks do not provide any rage back unless it is via unit skills.

Starting Rage

Rage Gain

Unit Types (War Souls)

Normal War Souls

Source	Rage (at 5★)	Condition
	400	Additional Rage when battle begins. The value is for 5★ star soul. In PvP 4★ (333 Rage) is enough to rage on first turn.
	192	Additional Rage from Basic Attacks and Masteries.
	96	Additional Rage for taking damage. This will not activate if you recieve 0 damage by blocking an attack with > 50% block strenght. This does activate when Sode's passive procs.
	126	When an ally dies.
	95	When an enemy dies.

Special War Souls

Source	Rage (at 5★)	Condition
	1000	Additional Rage when battle begins. These units can rage in story and elite first turn, can be handy if you are stuck in those.
	300	When enemy dies. With setup this allows Kenpachi to loop in certain cases.
	128	When either an ally or an enemy dies.

Skills and Equippable War Souls

Legend
Rage+ = Awakened Rage
RAR = Rune Awakened Rage

Source	Type	Value	Target	Chance	Note
	War Soul	200	self	100%	When battle starts.
	War Soul	250	self	100%	When battle starts.
	War Soul	300	self	100%	After first rage.
	War Soul	375	self	100%	After first rage.
	Rage	100	all allies	100%
	RAR	250	all allies	100%
	Rage+	100	ally backrow	100%
	Rage	75	self	100%
	Rage+	100	self	100%
	Mastery	200	self	100%
	Passive	80	self	100%	For each character with a [DoT] effect on them.
	Rage	100	ally backrow	100%
	Rage+	100	backrow ally lowest rage	100%
	Rage	100	self	100%	For each ally that has died, capped at 400.
	Mastery	100	self	100%
	Mastery	100	ally highest atk	100%
	Rage	300	self	100%	When attacking a single target.
	Rage+	400	self	100%	When attacking a single target.
	Rage	300	ally highest atk	100%
	Passive	300	self	100%	When damage she recieves is greater than 20% of her total HP.
	Mastery	200	self	100%
	Mastery	200	ally highest atk	100%
	Passive	100	ally skill units	100%	When ikkaku attacks.
	Rage	400	self	100%	If rage target is one unit.
	Passive	500	self	100%	If Nnoitora kills an enemy under the effect of [Deathmatch].
	Passive	150	self	100%	At the end of ally round for every [Frozen] enemy.
	Rage	500	self	100%	When he receives fatal damage for the first time.
	Passive	200	self	50%	When being attacked.
	Mastery	300	self	100%
	Passive	300	self	100%	Every time an ally character dies.
	Passive	150	self	100%	"When his skill kills the target." Whatever that means.
	Passive	50	self	74.4%	Skill level based chance to recover additional rage when Jinta is on the battlefield. The value is skill level based, displayed value is for level 87 (Kenpachi, WC).
	Passive	100	self	58.94%	Skill level based chance to recover rage when other allies unleash rage skills. The value is skill level based, displayed value is for level 87 (Kenpachi, WC).
	Rage+	250	all allies	100%	Distributes this equally among alive allies.
	Mastery	150	self	60%
	Rage+	175-350	self	100%	Rage is a column attack. 70% of the decreased rage points are transferred to self.
	Passive	100	self	100%	For each point of energy at the beginning of every round.
	Passive	100	self	100%	Each time [Blessing] is activated.
	Basic	180	self	100%	Basic attack
	Mastery	180	self	100%
	Passive	150	self	100%	After every 4th attack on Renji.
	Rage	200	self	crit chance	If rage attack crits.
	Rage+	300	self	crit chance	If rage attack crits.
	Rage	120	back row	100%	To all allies after 4 stacks of [Atmosphere].
	Rage+	200	back row	100%	To all allies after 4 stacks of [Atmosphere].
	Passive	166	self	100%	Value times the number of [Butterfly Wings] stacks, max 4. When HP falls below 40% for the first time. The value is skill level based, displayed value is for level 87 (Kenpachi, WC).
	Passive	400	self	100%	After a stack of [Ghosts] has been spent.
	Passive	60	self	100%	When battle starts for each alive ally.
	Passive	200	self	100%	After unleashing rage attack for each immobilized enemy.
	Rage+	300	self	100%	For each killed enemy.
	Passive	180	self	100%	For each [Shunko Attack].
	Passive	400	self	100%	When [Marked] target dies.
	Rage	200	self	80%	Backrow rage, value is per one enemy. Steal from 3 - 51.2%, 2 - 38.4%, 1 - 9.6% and 0 - 0.8%.
	Rage	100	ally highest atk	80%	Backrow rage, value is per one enemy. Steal from 3 - 51.2%, 2 - 38.4%, 1 - 9.6% and 0 - 0.8%.
	Rage+	160	ally highest atk	80%	Backrow rage, value is per one enemy. Steal from 3 - 51.2%, 2 - 38.4%, 1 - 9.6% and 0 - 0.8%.
	Rage+	100	self	25%	For every unit that is [Frozen] by her [AoE] rage. The chance is freeze chance.
	Passive	186	self	100%	First time his HP falls below 50%. The value is skill level based, displayed value is for level 87 (Kenpachi, WC).

Rage Loss

A number of abilities and items can also decrease rage. A list is given below.

Skills and Equippable War Souls

Legend
Rage+ = Awakened Rage

Source	Type	Value	Target	Chance	Note
	Rage	75	single	100 %	Steals to self.
	Rage+	100	single	100 %	Steals to self.
	Mastery	200	single	100 %	Steals to self.
	Rage	100	two random enemies	100 %
	Rage	100	column	40 %	When unleashing rage attack.
	Rage	180	column	100 %	Rage attack targets at the end of enemy's action phase.
	Rage+	220	column	100 %	Rage attack targets at the end of enemy's action phase.
	Rage+	200	three random targets	100 %
	Rage+	200	column	100 %
	Mastery	0	single	100 %	Prevents enemy from gaining rage from this attack.
	Rage	250	single	100 %	From enemy with the highest rage.
	Passive	150	single	20 %	If target has more rage then Shinji.
	Rage	150	column	100 %
	Rage+	250	column	100 %	Value is per character, gains 70% of total decreased rage.
	Rage	150	single	50 %	If enemy HP is less than 80%.
	Rage+	150	single	100 %	If enemy HP is less than 80%.
	Rage	300	AoE	20 %
	Rage+	300	AoE	30 %
	War Soul	150	same as bearer rage	50 %
	War Soul	150	same as bearer rage	62.50 %
	Rage	250	AoE	100 %	When the shield generated by his rage attack is dispelled, depleted or it's duration has ended.
	Rage	200	On defence	60 %	Rage provides [Morale] buff that lasts 2 rounds and has a chance to decrease attackers rage during normal or mastery attacks.
	Mastery	200	single	40 %

Rage Rate

A number of abilities and passives modifies the amount of rage your unit receives from any source.

Example
A male bird unit with -20% Rage Rate Gain debuff from Unohana's passive will receive 0.8*(180 (basic attack) + 192 (5★ VB Soul)) = 298 rage instead of 372 rage that he would receive without the Unohana debuff.

Rage Rate Buffs & Debuffs

Legend
Rage+ = Awakened Rage

Source	Type	Value	Target	Duration (rounds)	Note
	Passive	50 %	self	3	When Bankai Ikkaku falls below 30% HP for the first time.
	Mastery	-50 %	target	2
	Passive	80 %	self	permanent	When Grimmjows health falls below 50%.
	Rage	-15 %	column	1	If rage attack targets have more than 0 rage after it.
	Rage	-20 %	AoE	1
	Rage+	-30 %	AoE	1
	Rage+	-30 %	3 random targets	1
	Mastery	-80 %	target	1
	Rage+	20 %	all allies	2
	Passive	-20 %	enemy males	while Uno is alive
	Rage	-20 %	AoE	1
	Passive	20 %	self	condition	while rage is in 250-750 range
	Passive	12-48 %	self	permanent	12% for each stack of [Butterfly Wings].
	Rage	30 %	self	2