User blog comment:AnimalKirby/Gore Magala Discussion/@comment-86.47.18.227-20120923205615/@comment-67.185.134.172-20120927070734

Exactly. It's like the adrenaline skill, or more precisely the Felyne Heroics food skill where your attack and defense shoot way up when your life gets below 10 points, or it could be some sort of Survivor skill where the monster faints once, and then is revived with increased ATK and DEF stats and a small reserve of health.