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Comment by 78414

Al'Akir is the Lord of Air and the weakest of the four major Elemental Lords (the others being Ragnaros the Firelord, Therazane the Stonemother, and Neptulon the Tidehunter).

The Elemental Lords led the armies of the Old Gods until they were defeated by the titans and banished to the Elemental Plane. Now Al'Akir rules Skywall from the Throne of the Four Winds, where he is encountered in Cataclysm.

Comment by 339177

I love the model for Al'Akir, and the sword he's wielding looks fantastic. Not much in the way of abilities or strategies right now, but here's a video of Paragon defeating Al'Akir 25-man during the beta. This guy is freaking HUGE!

You also get the "of the Four Winds" title when defeating Al'Akir on heroic difficulty.

Looks like a fun fight, and I cant wait to try him out. :)

Comment by matoh

Al Akhir, in Arabic means The End

expect to wipe a lot

Comment by 147959

Actually to be more precise Al'akhir means in arabic "the last" but the end in arabic is "Al nihayah"

(Edit):Wtf...That guy Grimnos has more Plus ratings than me and I posted the Same Comment earlier....

Comment by 367286

Easily the biggest mob in the game ever. He is roughly the height of the entire zone once p3 starts.

Comment by LoreAddict

Does he have special dialog if you have Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker equipped like the Shade of Aran if you had Medivh's staff?

Comment by 137594

This guy just got downed by <Apex> on EU-Al'akir, but the realm is still functional.

Weird.

Comment by theBestInTheGame

It is worth mentioning that this fella has a 1-2% chance of dropping Reins of the Drake of the South Wind
Whetever it drops from 10 man and 25 is unknown for now.

Comment by 739949

This may be obvious but im clarifying i belive Al'akir is Thunderaan's father. Al'akir is the king of the winds and Thunderaan is the prince. Hmm Thinking theres a queen too.

Comment by LoreAddict

If this video from the cataclysm beta is to be believed, the Heroic version of Al'Akir is obscenely hard.

A premade group decked out in the best gear available is incappable of clearing phase one.

...

I sincerely don't know if I should be awed or terrified.

Comment by 583527

It seems that Deathwing has friends...
<Insert sunglasses>
...In high places.

YEAAAAAAH!

Comment by 252897

How to: Al'Akir (Normal)

This is a perfect example why some bosses are SO MUCH easier on 10man than in 25man (thanks a lot blizzard for having exactly the same damage in both, but with 25man being 5x harder). In 10man, spread equally on all sides, 2 healers is doable, 3 is fine as well. I suggest either 1 tank/3 heal/6 dps or 2 tank/2heal/6 dps, 2tank/3heal/5dps really isnt needed. In 25, 2 tanks, 6-7 healers and rest dps.

Phase 1 (100-80%)

The key here is to spread like CRAAAAAZY. In 10man, make single stacks and spread healers equally to be able to heal everyone. In 25, make stacks of 2's and 3's, the damage is pretty crazy compared to 10man but you just gotta heal it. Boss doesnt hit tank very hard at all.

As for abilities, he spawns a random lightning web thingie that chains to everyone inside it, hitting for 20k for every player inside. So make sure you move ONLY front/back and not sideways when moving (sometimes you have to, but just avoid it generally).
When Wind Burst casts, move closer to boss, deals ~40k dmg to everyone and knocks them back.
Dont stand under blizzard (the blizzard itself doesnt hurt, but the ice on ground doe and slows).
When tornados circle around the platform, find the gap between them and go through it to avoid getting grabbed by them. This is all about invidual skill, everyone must be aware of tornados coming from both sides.

Phase 2 (80-25 (30?)%)

Chain lightning web of doom stops, so everyone move to one side of the boss, with tank on one end, melee dps on other and ranged in between.
Tornados from P1 still spawn, they also spawn faster so you might have 2 up at the same time. Wind burst is gone (Not 100% sure on this, cant remember atm), but little adds called stormlings spawn. Offtank or a dps with a taunt (DK in BloodP is <3) grab them and keep them away from the raid and bring them down one by one after 3 of them are spawned. On death, they will debuff boss with 10% damage taken, which stacks, so make sure you dont instantly kill the first one that spawns but wait a little bit.
There will also be a debuff called Acid Rain which stacks as long as phase 2 lasts, dealing increasing damage to everyone in the raid (the stacks can be reseted with AMS/bubble/block). Pop hero/bl somewhere around halfway through p2, its not really needed in p3.

Phase 3 (till 0)

Everyone flies in to the air, boss is untankable. This is really a lot easier than any of the phases, it just looks like it could be hard. Start by having EVERYONE move UP, towards the altitude of the bosses head. Set up some raid marks to keep everyone at the same level. When storm clouds spawn, move downwards a bit. When lightning appears around someone, move away from him. Rinse and repeat until boss is dead. If you get too close to the bottom, simply move through the lightning cloud, the damage isnt even that bad.

Mechanically the best fight in the first tier (par sinestra possibly), but phase 3 is a bit of a let down.(##RESPBREAK##)136##DELIM##hatman555##DELIM##

Comment by 689876

Can someone link vid of live fight (not beta)

Comment by Myhv

If you are a healer you'll be frustrated in this fight like no other... So many things to watch out, not to mention ridiculously annoying interrupt debuff that you'll get every time you run close to the boss. And spiky damage in first phase.

But the most annoying part will be that sometimes you just can't do anything and you can't controll what is happening. Like when you have to run close to the boss to avoid knock back, you have to run through ice patches. You barely make it in time but tornadoes spawn close to you and you are knocked back in to them. After you got thrown away by tornado, you come back on the platform just to get knocked back out again by next wind burst.

After spending 2 hours there today I really don't want to go back.

Comment by 199002

this boss drops weapons as well

https://www.wowhead.com/cata/object=207893#contains but its not as updated as it should be but one of the weapons dropped for a guild member http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/frostwolf/settle/advanced

Comment by 195360

Doesn't "drop" loot.

His loot is inside the HEART OF WIND that spawns once he's dead: https://www.wowhead.com/cata/object=207893#contains

Comment by 286101

Does he have a specific weapon like Ragnaros, Ahune, Thunderaan and Murmur?

Comment by 456163

By Lasengnomad 18 days ago (Patch 4.0.3)
...It's nice to hear that many players are still chomping at the bit for a challenge...

It's, "Champing at the bit." Sorry, but that's a pet peeve of mine.

Comment by GraveDiggerX

Strategy Guide & Video:

Below I have written a guide as well as demonstrate how we did this boss.

Our Group:

1 Tank - | Druid |
3 Healers - | Paladin | Druid | Priest |
6 DPS - | Ele Shaman | SPriest | Hunter x2 | Death Knight | Rogue

General Boss Information:

This boss is a 3 phase encounter.
He uses the power of wind to try and destroy the raid.
It is a fairly simple encounter and very lenient on damage requirement.
If no one is in melee range, he will cast Electrocute until someone returns/gets in melee range.

Boss Abilities:

---Phase 1: (100%-80%)

You first begin the encounter by damaging Al. Be careful not to pull. You cannot face pull.
Before the pull you will want to split your raid up into 5 groups (2 people on each of the Fleur de Lis looking areas on the platform) due to his ability Lightning Strike. This ability looks like a blanket on the platform and comes outward from Al'Akir in a cone. It will chain to everyone in the area. Make sure each player in the raid can be reached by at least one healer.
In addition, Al will spawn two Squall Lines which are columns of tornadoes rotating around the platform. One will be rotating clockwise, and the other will be counterclockwise. They are alternated on their spawn times and they will make one orbit around the platform before disappearing. The way to avoid this is by the one absent tornado in the line, ideally, by running through the opening. If you touch a tornado, you will be caught in the vortex for a few seconds, taking ~40k damage per second. The only way out of this is the Priest's ability Leap of Faith.
Furthermore, Al'Akir will cast Ice Storm... A blizzard mechanic that leaves an ice patch on the ground. Easily avoidable, so do so.
Finally, the last ability in P1 is Wind Burst. This ability has a cast time, and to avoid being knocked off the platform, you must move in before the cast is complete. It knocks players back about 3/4 the platform. Be careful with tornado and wind burst timing... don't get wind burst into a tornado. Run through ice if you need to.

---Phase 2: (80%-25%)

During the transition into this phase, have everyone converge to the middle and stack in a triangle. Ranged out, Tank and Melee in melee range about 20 yards apart.
The reason you want to stack in this phase is to alleviate pain on the healer's part due to Acid Rain, which persists throughout the phase and places a stacking debuff on every raid member.
In addition, Al'Akir will spawn a Stormling every 25 seconds or so. They need to be killed, and once killed they will apply Feedback to Al'Akir which increases his damage taken by 10% and stacks indefinitely.
Squall Lines continue to spawn in P2.
Wind Burst is NOT cast in P2.

---Phase 3: (25%-0%)

During the transition into this phase, Al will shatter the platform and everyone will gain an Eye of the Storm buff which increases movement speed by 300% and allows everyone to fly.
At this time, you will want to have someone marked to stack on horizontally, like you would in the Malygos encounter. This is due to Lightning Clouds, which is spawned at the altitude of a random player. After the cloud is cast, you have a few seconds to elevate before it erupts in lightning.
However, while stacked you need to be aware of the player with Lightning Rod. This is similar to a Shaman's Thunderstorm and will damage players within 20yards.
Additionally, he will begin to cast Wind Burst again. Move in to prevent being knocked back into the Relentless Storm. This will trap you for 6 seconds and cause nature damage.
Burn him down and you will have your kill!

Tips:

Avoid tornadoes.
Time Stormling deaths for Feedback stacks.
Don't be bad.

I wish you the best of luck, and feel free to critique my post and ask any questions.

Please uprate if this helped at all!

A link to our video on YouTube is HERE so you can see how it's done. Please rate and subscribe to see our upcoming videos!

~Wrex | Pseudonym | Executus-US

Comment by NobodyYouKnow

A little warning to warriors: don't heroic leap while standing on the platform that Al'Akir is.

Al'akir's hit box is ridiculously large. Your heroic leap will hit the boss and start the fight.

Comment by pthor1234

For all paladins, mages and death knights, you can drop the acid rain debuff in P2 to help out your healers when you stack starts to get a bit high.

Mages of course can just ice block, and paladins can bubble. Death knights take a little bit of timing, because the debuff gets refreshed each 15 seconds, and the duration of AMS is only 7 seconds when glyphed.

It may not seem like much, but 3 people dropping their debuffs at 10 stacks is 18k DPS pre-nature resistance that your healers don't have to heal, and may enable to you take a little bit longer in p2.

Comment by Hullken

As a Hunter your best friend in this encounter is Disengage by far. It greatly helps positioning.
When the boss uses Wind Burst you can with this spell ignore moving into melee range and instead standing still, dpsing and disengage back to the platform when he throws you off.
You can also use this ability to avoid Ice Storm and tornados easier.
Having this ability glyphed and specced doesn't hurt, especially not in this fight.

Edit: Remember to have this spell bound to an easy to reach button, I use the middle mouse button. Mixing quick reactions with Disengage helps a lot.

Comment by 773123

They should make a smaller version of his sword (like Thunderfury and Sulfuras)

Comment by Blaesbjerg

Important command for phase 3: /console particledensity 1

TIP: For a HUGE advantage write: /console cameradistancemaxfactor 4

Comment by Chaoslux

When you pull him:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16123728/Pictures/alakir-challenge-accepted.jpg

Comment by pierakor

It helped me a lot to zoom out as far as you can, a guildie told me to use the "/console cameraDistanceMax <value>" and "/console cameraDistanceMaxFactor <value>" commands ingame and try out a few different settings, for ranged dps it helped a great deal noticing the sqaull lines in time and avoiding those moments when you have to dodge a squall line and get close to the boss because of wind burst at the same time.

Comment by nosound

Getting knocked off the platform while in hard mode is fatale.
Getting grabbed by tornadoes in hard mode is fatale (priests can still drag you out of tornado though).
Even on normal mode it's refreshing my memories of how hard the fight with another Elemental Lord was.
Thanks Blizzard for creating an encounter, which is actually interesting and challenging even on normal difficulty.

P.S. One of encounters in Cataclysm, which is MUCH harder on 25-man version, than it is on 10-man.

Comment by 89824

Attention Goblins: Do not, I repeat, DO NOT use Rocket Jump during Phase 3 of this boss. You will immediately lose the ability to fly around and drop to your death.

Comment by Kragtiki

Since no one appears to have put this in..

Loot is contained in :

Heart of Wind

Comment by septimx

warriors, it is possible to use "heroic leap" when you're grabbed by tornadoes, and thrown out of the platform, wait for it to throw you, then use heroic leap and land on the platform, make sure you're timing is good, else "no path available" will greet you...

the storm clouds in P3, is quite hard to see (i hope they make clouds darker), especially when you're melee class and its recommended to close in to the boss, the others behind you just tell you when to move up or down, depending on where you start p3...

managed to down him a few hours ago with this strategy we read off somewhere: (Feb27)

P3 Strat, Start Top most, go down once to eye level, go down another to shoulder level, go down to bottom, go to knee level, go to waist level, go to top most again because by this time storm clouds have dissipitated, then repeat... he should be down by the time you reach shoulder level again... good luck to all...

Comment by Furydeath

He should have a quote for if you walk into the raid zone with Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseekerlike Shade of Aran did when you had Atiesh.

I mean it is HIS SON'S own sword you have and he's just like oh hey i seen that befor...you WHAT! xD

Comment by Peperz276

Is this guy's name possibly from Robert Jordan's series The Wheel of Time? In the Second book, there is mention of Lan's father, Al'Akir Mandragoran, being King of the Malkieri.
Can you at least say if i'm wrong or not?

Comment by aghanimx

Did Al'Akir today with guild and I can confirm he has a new loot table for 4.1. He dropped 2 tier shoulders for us, which confirms the new loot table that supposedly also includes cloaks, necklaces, and rings.

Comment by Manbewbs

Vanq head, Conq shoulders on 10 man regular, our raid members were very excited :p

Comment by drakenheart

Can confirm that he now drops tokens for head and shoulders. At LEAST shoulders, he dropped 2 x t11 shoulder tokens for us tonight. Patch 4.1.

Comment by Spadge

I've heard that the drop chance for helm and shoulders is very low. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Comment by anathor

Can't say if the drop chance is low, but what I can say is that as of patch 4.1, 10-man normal version, the tokens aren't a guaranteed drop. We killed it yesterday and it dropped only some pants and a ring... we were all quite disappointed as we had thought a token was guaranteed and it is obviously not.

Just wanted to give the heads up to other raiders, keep focusing on Cho'gall if you need tier tokens!

Comment by Sumadin

During phase 3 you can use crusader aura and other mount speed boosters to increase your speed.

Comment by Euphemia

An instructional video on how to kill this guy. Mind you, it's our first kill so the third phase can (and will) be perfected beyond this :)

Hope this can be of help as there are tips throughout the entire video about the abilities and what to do and what NOT to do.

Go kill him guys! Good luck!

Comment by Galystia

Really? i am the first person to post this?
derp

Comment by Alisarian

By Spadge 11 days ago (Patch 4.1.0)
I've heard that the drop chance for helm and shoulders is very low. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

I don't think so. Maybe it's a bit lower than from Nef or Cho'gall but not 2%. Chance here is counting drops since Cata release (about 5 months) but the tokens drop since 4.1 (roughly 1 month) so the chance is pretty screwed. My guess is somewhere around 30%. But hey, you can have 2 pieces in 1 drop according the few posts above yours.

Comment by 616836

Tanking in phase 1 can be just as terrible as it is for healers. When you're tanking, you don't have the luxury of being able to get Wind Bursted off in lieu of Squall Line hitting you. If you get Wind Bursted off, you get Electrocuted and you can't hit any CDs. You may even get knocked out of LoS from healers. At that point, you're dead, it's a wipe. Or sometimes you may be trying to dodge a tornado and run back in for Wind Burst, but you're not fast enough, get knocked off, and it's a wipe. This happened a few times in the 20+ attempts I just went through as a Blood DK, but still frustrating nonetheless.

Looking forward to downing it so I never ever have to go back on any character again. Already this @#$% once as a Holy Priest. Thankfully, tanking in Phase 2 is easy mode assuming you know how to dodge tornadoes. If your tank can't dodge tornadoes, someone else has to tank Al'Akir.

Comment by 837005

We are trying to beat him every week a day, but can't pass on phase3.

Phase 1 is easy mode, practiced a lot, phase 2 is easier. But when we hit phase3 and fly to his head, we live maximum for 30 sec. First cloud come and the raid is dead... We moving fast down etc. we lose 100% hp in 1-2 seconds.

What should we change? Thanks.

Comment by rodmin

The cloud has a timed appearance, so time your moving for right after the cloud appears. Check the article for some more insight.

Comment by 837005

Thanks. Just two questions:

1. We can move BEFORE the cloud starts to damage anyone? I think we can only see it when it damages us hardly and maybe we start to move too late?

2. The cloud placed on the horizontally lowest raid member or on a random raid member?

Thanks a lot!

Comment by 585478

The cloud appears horizontally at the altitude of a random raid member. Thus, it is ideal to have all raid members at the same altitude, starting at either the top or the bottom, and when a cloud forms, everyone moves together either up or down, depending on where you started, to get out of it. And yes, you have something like 2 seconds after the cloud forms before it becomes filled with lightning and starts to damage people.

Comment by 843872

this encounter dont require 2 tanks or more 1 tank is enough

Comment by 765496

This encounter after the nerf doesn't require brain at all until phase 3. And then only thing you need to know is rushing down and then pressing space when he DBM tells you.

You can get hit by all his abilities in ph1 and 2 - you won't die.

Comment by DeathCale

As of Patch 4.2 there is a bug where Acid Rain no longer stacks. This makes Phase 2 trivial and nearly impossible to die on.

Comment by 798034

Nerfed Al'akir

Phase1: spread out and only stack in for wind burst. it'll knock u off

tanks must pass through every squal line effectivly. otherwise Al will mass spam electrocute and kill everyone. this is essential. even if u must back away for a few seconds dont let urself get caught in a tornado.

phase2: kill stormlings asap. they spawn bout 10-15 seconds inbetween anyway so u can stack 30 second feedback easily. acid rain doesnt do any dmg anymore

p3: stack high up then go lower when clouds appear.. etc... same fight basically.

p3 can still #$%^up.. jus be careful.

Comment by staron

I have done this 4-5 times now and I still do not think it is worth doing. I agree that the way the wind bursts interleave with the tornadoes can result in players dieing or getting very frustrated in Phase 1. Phase 2 is much more manageable and controllable. Phase 3 is a joke. 3 out of the 4 times I have done it, 80% of the raid was dead at the time of the boss kill. You think you are inside the lightning but you take no damage. You think you are safely away and you get whacked. Maybe one day we will come back as level 195 and do it for a laugh. Currently it is a joke.

Comment by 446753

As of 4.3 it seems that this encounter is bugged, it seems that the knockback in phase 3 will kncok you so far away that you'll lose the flight buff even if you are dead center off the model when you get knockbacked.

Now during the 4.3 patch they changed the way speed is calculater (for example go on ur 310% mount then dismount while flying, you'll only fall with 100% speed)

Now does anyone have confimation as if it is indeed bugged, and if it is anyone has some nice insight if this could indeed effect the way this knockback works?

Comment by 160411

As of 4.3 this fight is very badly bugged.

The first time he uses Wind Burst in phase 3, most (if not all) of the raid will fall to their deaths—even those in melee range.

This is likely due to a change made in the way momentum works. Hopefully they will hotfix it soon.

Comment by 807801

Ironical that his dungeon servants got voice actors but he didn't.

Comment by Hairband

In 4.3.4, this boss is still hard but not because of your DPS. It's hard because of mechanics. You need one tank and someone with some tank abilities (DK was perfect with Death Grip) to pull the Stormlings in Phase 2. Also, don't release or you will be locked out.

Try to focus on this strat (10 man run):

Phase 1--Probably the Hardest Phase:

The most important thing is to avoid the Squall Line. You need to call on Vent: "Clockwise front", "Clockwise middle", "Clockwise back", or "Counter front", "Counter middle", Counter back". This is because two Squall lines are going to be moving around, in a circle, on Al'Akir's platform. You DO get about 5 seconds lead time by way of a dusty graphic on the ground, to show you where the Squall Line will form so get the hell off of that spot. Get used to moving into these holes, but trying to stay inside your wedge on the platform (i.e., don't go right or left but try to remain on your fleur de lis spread out), and your party can move pretty freely to find that hole, center yourself because you do get snagged sometimes, and safely stand in the hole of the Squall Line. Squall line can kill you but if you are lucky enough to ONLY get a knock back, you lose 10 seconds of time, which just prolongs this annoying fight.

Secondly, once that's under control, you have to hug him like your best pal when he does a Wind Burst. However, if you are trying to make a break for the Squall Line at the same time, just let yourself fall off. If you have DBM and its sound on, you do get a nice warning sound for every Wind Burst. I just called out "Hug him" for every Wind Burst---no one forgot what to do by the end of the fight.

As for the Lightning Strike conal web attack: it is not that bad. Our healers had plenty of mana to heal through it--and yes, we did really open up for this, 2-3 people on each Fleur de Lis shape, all doing a range check for the healers. There is no reason to stack for this, the conal attack is 60 degrees.

If you just call out the Squall Line and listen and call out the Wind Burst, you can get the feel for this Phase and get through. People were saying front, back, etc. but without the Clock or Counter, you sometimes would hit one before the other and get stuck.

Phase 2:

You still get the wonderful Squall Line and Wind Burst, just like in Phase 1, but you will notice Phase 2 rolls around when Al'Akir is 80% health and the first Stormling appears. At that time, tank pulls around the back of the party and the party gets into a formation of melee in front and ranged in the back with healers able to reach both groups.

Tanks, if you are out of range due to a knockback from the Wind Burst, regain aggro ASAP or else someone will get your Electrocute. It hurts bad and you want to have a healer in range of you---DPS should not taking it. Inevitably, some DPS will take it but hopefully will get healed back up.

Tank stays at opposite end of all DPS, ideally. Melee DPS (not necessarily an OT but someone not squishy) will pick up Stormlings. Ranged, you don't want these on you; please AOE them down. Each one down gives you a 20 second debuff to help you kill the boss called Feedback. The Stormlings are called about once every 20 seconds so you can keep these rolling. Immediately after killing a Stormling, get back on the boss.

After maybe about 8 of these Stormlings die and you move defensively, just as you did in Phase 1, at around 25%, you will be done with Phase 2.

Phase 3:

At 25%, Al'Akir's platform crumbles. You will note at his feet there are a weblike lighting structure--do not go there. They will kill you. You can fly around and get the feel for the movement, but basically you spread out at his feet (some say head, that's fine), and start the dps. The three positions basically are feet, his belly button, and his head (also this is the ceiling of the Storm). Get used to everyone moving, preferably to a marked raid leader, to the same vertical spot, though spread around, for this fight. Feet, belly, head, belly, head, etc. are the positions you will take depending on where you need to move to.

You still get the Wind Bursts from Phases 1 & 2, which are now instant casts instead of having maybe 5 seconds cast lead time. You get one party who has to run out due to Lightning Rod. They need to stay at the same vertical height, just back up aways until it passes and ready to move up if the party moves up.

Then, every 30 seconds or so, a zone of Al'Akir vertically will be deadly due to Lightning Clouds. This basically is the reason you move from feet, belly, head, belly, etc. to try to find a clear zone. So you are going to be moving from the Lightning Clouds, hug him for the Wind Bursts, and if you get Lightning Rod, back up from the party. The key to movement is everyone stay the same and follow the leader you designate.

That's it! Phase 1 is definitely the hardest, and once you get that, Phase 2 will be easy. Then, Phase 3 is really weird and fast, and we wiped plenty of times at 4% boss health but we eventually did it with some new raiders who wanted to see the instance and were geared in Hour of Twilight or LFR.

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Al'Akir

Throne of the Four WindsConclave of WindAl'AkirAl'AkirThrone of the Four WindsStrategyPhase 1

Raid awareness and placement is the key to defeating Al'Akir. His most deadly ability to watch out for is the constant . No more than three players should be hit at a time by this ability. Use intelligent positioning to avoid this damage; have your raid spread out in groups of two or three players, evenly spaced around the platform. Be sure to split up healers so they can reach multiple groups.

Al'Akir will cast Static Shock which does an interrupt--casters should avoid this by always being outside of melee range. Survivability trumps dps in Phase 1 however, so it is preferable for a caster to temporarily stand in melee range over taking damage due to the abilities below.

During phase one, Al'akir will use a lot of abilities to spice things up. While it can seem overwhelming, they are easily dealt with by being positioned correctly and knowing when, where, and why to move.

: Avoid it by moving forward or backward out of its path.

Squall Line: Avoid it by finding the gap as it moves around the room and running backwards or forwards so that you are positioned in-between it when it comes your way. If you do not avoid it, you will be picked up, take additional damage, and end up out of positioning for Lightning Strike

Wind Burst: When he casts this spell, have the raid run in to the boss so they are not pushed off the platform. Make sure they collapse in straight lines rather than scattering in so that Lightning Strike does not become an issue. If Squall Lines are up at the same time, it can be a tricky judgment call to collapse or not; players may run out of time to both collapse and then run back out in time to find the safe spot. If you don't think your group will have enough time, you can run off the platform to be carried back up thus avoiding the tornados. However, remember that this renders you unable to help the raid, so it should be a desperate measure rather than a common strategy. You don't want to fall off ideally, but it is the better choice.

Phase 2

At 80%, phase two begins.

For phase two, positioning allows for the raid to collapse; the raid should be in the back, while the tank and their healers are in the front.

Squall Lines continues to be a threat in this phase and the raid must move fluidly to the safe spot each time, like before.

The raid will also be afflicted by a debuff called throughout this phase. Every 15 seconds, it gains another 500 damage per second. Ultimately this pressures phase two into a DPS race before the damage from Acid Rain becomes too much to heal. Classes such as rogues and paladins are advantageous as they can self-remove Acid Rain.

To help the raid damage Al'Akir, Stormlings will spawn on a random raid member. The off tank should pick them up. Every time a Stormling is killed, Al'Akir is debuffed with Feedback which increases his damage taken. This debuff only lasts 20 seconds, but it also stacks. Keeping the debuff rolling by killing one right before it expires is key to winning this phase; letting stacks fall off will decrease raid DPS too much to win. In order to have enough to keep rolling the stack, you will want to wait until the tank has three or four Stormlings in reserves to kill one. After killing one, only kill another right before the stack of Feedback is about to expire.

Save your buffs and special abilities for the end of this phase, as stacks of Acid Rain will require healer cooldowns and DPS cooldowns are best used when Feedback is very high on Al'Akir.

Phase 3

At 25%, Al'Akir will shatter his platform, creating a Relentless Storm. The raid will gain Eye of the Storm.

The is one of the major components in this phase; when a random player is hit with it, have them stay at the same altitude (horizontal height) as the raid, but move out of it so as not to damage nearby players.

Shortly after the start of the encounter, Al'Akir will cast . He will continue to cast it throughout the fight. This spell spawns a cloud where the raid is. When Lightning Cloud is first cast, have the raid fly down several yards. When the second one happens, have them fly down all the way to the bottom of the fight (marked by a permanent Lightning Cloud). By the time it is cast for a third time on the bottom, fly up several yards. After the fourth one is cast, fly back up to the top to repeat the cycle. You can devise any number of ways to shift down, so people will have varying strategies here.

To minimize raid damage taken, be sure to kill any leftover Stormlings from phase 2 as they have an AOE aura pulse.

Wind Burst will return in this phase so this is a major reason to keep everyone the same level. If the cloud becomes spread out, it's possible it could knock people into previously existing clouds, or worse, into Relentless Storm which sweeps you out of range of the raid and deals nature damage over six seconds. You will most likely die if trapped in Relentless Storm

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Heroic		Mythic
Deadly		Important
Tank		DPS
Healer		Interruptible
Magic		Curse
Poison		Disease
Enrage

Stage One: Your Challenge is Accepted!

Al'Akir periodically casts Squall Line, Wind Burst, Ice Storm and Lightning Strike on random players. He casts Static Shock on any target in melee range and Electrocute on his primary target if that target leaves melee range.

Wind Burst – Al'Akir casts a Wind Burst on all players, inflicting 47500 to 52500 Nature damage and knocking them back.
Squall Line – Al'Akir summons a line of wind funnels that move around the platform in a circle. The squalls catch any player that stands within 4 yards, and inflict 40000 Nature damage per second for 5 sec.
Ice Storm – Al'akir casts an Ice Storm at random locations around the platform. The Ice Storm slowly moves, leaving behind an ice patch on the ground. The ice inflicts 7000 Frost damage every 0.5 seconds and reduces the movement speed by 50% for all enemies standing within the ice patch.
Lightning Strike – Al'Akir casts a Lightning Strike at a random player, inflicting 3800 to 4200 Nature damage to that player, and also 3800 to 4200 Nature damage to all other players within a 60 degree cone centered on the original target.
On Heroic difficulty, the Lightning Strike inflicts Nature damage every second for 16 seconds.
Electrocute – Al'Akir channels a bolt of electricity to his current target if he is unable to reach that target with his melee attack, inflicting increasing Nature damage over time.He stops channeling Electrocute when his target returns to melee range.

Stage Two: Your Persistence Angers Me!

At 80% health, Al'Akir no longer casts Wind Bursts but continually brings down Acid Rain and spawns Stormlings.

Squall Line – Al'Akir summons a line of wind funnels that move around the platform in a circle. The squalls catch any player that stands within 4 yards, and inflict 40000 Nature damage per second for 5 sec.
Electrocute – Al'Akir channels a bolt of electricity to his current target if he is unable to reach that target with his melee attack, inflicting increasing Nature damage over time.He stops channeling Electrocute when his target returns to melee range.
Acid Rain – Al'Akir inflicts 1000 Nature damage per second to all enemies. The damage dealt increases by 1000 every 15 sec.
Stormling – Al'Akir summons a Stormling every 20 seconds. Stormlings inflict 4750 to 5250 Nature damage every second to all players within 5 yards. When Stormlings are killed they cause a Feedback effect on Al'Akir, increasing his damage taken.
On Heroic difficulty, the Nature damage caused by Stormlings also causes players to take 4750 to 5250% additional Nature damage for 2 sec. This effect stacks from multiple Stormlings.
- Feedback – A Stormling's death causes a feedback effect on Al'Akir, increasing the damage he receives by 10%. This effect stacks and lasts 20 sec.

Stage Three: Enough!

At 25% health, Al'Akir shatters his platform, tossing all players into the air and granting them the ability to fly. Al'Akir no longer cast Squall Lines, but casts Wind Burst again, along with Lightning, Lightning Cloud and Lightning Rod.

Eye of the Storm – All players can fly at 300% normal movement speed.
Wind Burst – Al'Akir casts a Wind Burst on all players, inflicting 47500 to 52500 Nature damage and knocking them back.
Lightning Rod – Al'Akir electrifies a random player and makes them a Lightning Rod. After 5 sec., the player emits lightning at nearby players for 5 sec. The lightning inflicts 14250 to 15750 Nature damage every second to all players within 20 yards horizontally and 5 yards vertically.
Lightning Cloud – Al'Akir summons clouds at the altitude of a random player. The Lightning Cloud fills the entire area of that altitude, and after 5 seconds they erupt in an electrical storm, inflicting 47500 to 52500 Nature damage per second to all players within the cloud. A Lightning Cloud lasts 30 seconds.

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