It's worth noting that you can currently life-grip people out of tornadoes should you absolutely have to. It's most important that no raid member gets picked up by tornadoes, so if it comes down to you having to choose between getting blasted off the platform or getting picked up by tornadoes, pick the getting blasted off.
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Also, account for increased run times if you have an ice patch on your part of the platform. The tricky part is the timing of Squall Line and Wind Burst together - make sure you're safe from any tornadoes when Al'akir is about to cast Wind Burst or else you might get blasted into one and die. To avoid this, run towards Al'Akir when he's casting Wind Burst. You don't die when this happens, but you'll be out of the fight for at least 10 seconds and if you get unlucky, you'll get picked off by tornadoes right when you land. When the cast is finished, everyone on the platform will get knocked back a considerable distance, and if your raid is not extremely close to his body at the point it goes off, they'll likely get blasted off the platform. Wind Burst is a spell with a 5 second cast time that he'll approximately use twice per minute. When the Squall Line is about to disappear, they'll kinda fizzle out - at that point they won't deal damage anymore. Al'akir will always have one of these active and moving around the platform. To avoid getting picked up by the Squall Line and potentially die, stand in the opening until the tornadoes pass by. If you've done Sartharion in Wrath, it works like his Flame Wall. Squall Line is basically a line of Tornadoes he summons that have a random "hole" in them. This is not a big issue by itself, but you'll notice that Al'akir tends to put the storm right in the middle of the platform, and this tends to get annoying due to his next two abilities: If you stand in it, you get slowed and take damage. His second ability is Ice Storm, which spawns a Blizzard that moves rather randomly around the platform. The markers on the floor are a huge help here - if each group stacks up on a little marker, you'll never chain Lightning Strike to another group. This is because of Al'akir's Lightning Strike, which is basically a Chain Lightning except it chains to everyone in a huge cone around his target.
If you're doing this in 25-man mode, utilize the whole platform and split your raid up into self-sufficient little groups of 3-4 people with a healer each. Do make sure that 2 healers are in range of your tank, and every DPS is in range of at least 1 healer. When you reach the platform, have your raid spread out over at least half the platform, each person on their own or in groups of 2 if you'd rather. Also, any caster should stand towards the back of the platform, since he will randomly interrupt spells cast close to his body. To counter this, always stay below the tank's threat and don't "accidentally" pull the boss, okay? Okay.
In the first phase, Al'akir is firmly rooted in the middle of his little platform, and if his main threat target is not in his melee range, he will instead Electrocute it, which is a channeled spell that deals massive amounts of damage. For once in a fight, the first phase is actually the hardest one you have to deal with! The second phase is the longest, it lasts from 80-25%, and you only have to endure the third phase for the last 25%. The first one's fairly short, it lasts from 100-80% of his health. This encounter is split into three phases. We completed this fight with 1 tank, 3 healers and 6 DPS, but similar raid configurations may work just as well. Hello and welcome to the TankSpot Throne of the Four Winds Raid Guide! My name is Aliena and in this video I'll show you all you have to know about Al'Akir, the final boss in this new raid instance.
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