Al'Akir the Windlord was the Elemental Lord of air. He ruled over his domain of Skywall from his seat at the Throne of the Four Winds. He was once the foremost tactician in the Old Gods' horrific armies. Aligned with the corrupted Dragon Aspect Deathwing and his fellow Elemental Lord Ragnaros the Firelord in their efforts to usher in the end of days, Al'Akir was defeated by the mortal champions of Azeroth, who were able to enter Skywall from the breach in Uldum and destroy the Windlord within his own sanctum.
Al'Akir the Windlord
Card Text
Charge, Divine Shield, Taunt, Windfury
Flavor Text
He is the weakest of the four Elemental Lords. And the other three don't let him forget it.
Card Sounds
Dropped me last brawl. Should i dust him?
dropped for me too, rofl
same here, such a shit
This is my favorite card in the game. I don't even use Shaman I play strictly Priest but I love how this card has the 4 unique effects. I always enjoy getting it from forbidden shapeing as well, it has awesome art and sounds! It's a shame you don't see it run very often anymore.
Shadow Word: Pain
To be fair, you can go on wow right now and kill him using only shadow word pain.
Honestly this guy's seriously in need of an updated golden animation. He literally has the best art in the entire game, but one of the worst golden animations. The "wind" effect is ugly and obscures the entire image, and the "lightning" effect just looks sloppy. It's really disappointing, because al'akir can be a really fun legendary and is super underrated in the current meta. Maybe Blizzard might update his anim in a later patch, like what they did with Innervate and Nourish, but seeing the play he gets, it seems unlikely.
Or rather Al'Akir wins the game for you with the charge windfury mechanic.
Double Rockbiter / Flametounge Totems.
He's not The End for nothing.
Nope.
Well, I'll say something that will make your doubts a lot easier
You can't get token minions from Evolve or things like that
Hey, this card became even stronger in the new shaman decks. Just imagine transforming it :)
Step 1: Summon Al'Akir the Windlord, Rockbiter Weapon him and attack face for 12 damage.
Step 2 : Evolve into King Krush
Step 3 : Hit face for 8 damage
20 Damage for 10 mana.
Bro Tip : Use Golden evolve for extra shinyness.
Better use golden Al'Akir the Windlord
you dust 2 golden and 1 usual ??
Oh when will the day come when Al'Akir the Windlord suddenly becomes a King Krush through Master of Evolution.
Am I the only one who feels sorry for Therazane being the only Elemental Lord whos not a card?
Elemental Lords seem to have a thing against insects :P
Neptulon doesn't hate insects
I might soon be glad I never DE'd our mighty Windlord, blessed be His gale.
With the upcoming hurricane of Standard blowing down a lot of staple cards and decks, it is quite possible we will see a viable Midrange Shaman arise with Al'Akir proving his value once more. At dawn, we ride.
Lok'tar ogar!
Just got this card Golden, I never play Shaman, should I disenchant for the Dust?