Vortex Pinnacle

The Vortex Pinnacle is the level 82-84 five-man wing in the Skywall complex, accessed at via the floating spires off the southeastern Uldum coast, introduced in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Queuing for the Vortex Pinnacle through the Dungeon Finder requires level 82 and an average item level of 272.
Here the armies of Al'Akir reside, and will not take kindly to any intruders in his elemental plane. The air elementals have entered an unholy alliance with the Worldbreaker, Deathwing and now threaten the denizens of Uldum. It is up to the adventurers to stop the elemental incursion to the ancient land, and the task is uneasy as they have to face the most powerful lieutenants of the Windlord.
==History==
===Dungeon Journal===
The Vortex Pinnacle exists within the elemental plane of Skywall. Its elegant structures, crowned with bronze and gold, sit atop platforms bridged by pure air. Yet behind its exterior beauty, the pinnacle harbors Neferset tol'vir, as well as Al'Akir the Windlord's merciless elemental legions. As long as the barrier between Skywall and Azeroth remains open, terror will rain down on Uldum from the skies.
===Description===
At present, however, it is more than a breathtaking spectacle - it is the staging ground of an army. The lieutenants and servants of Al'Akir, the elemental lord of wind, have allied themselves firmly with Deathwing, and they gather in the pinnacle to lay siege to Azeroth. Their incursion into the ancient, vital land of Uldum will be impossible to repel on the ground, so those who would defend their world must do the nearly impossible, and take wing to invade Skywall before it is too late.Vortex Pinnacle
===After Al'Akir's fall===
When Typhinius obtained the Fists of the Heavens and returned to the Skywall, he immediately set out to end the air elementals' civil war. A huge battle nearly ripped apart the Vortex Pinnacle.The Chronicle of Ages#Fists of the Heavens
==Geography==
The Vortex Pinnacle is located at the southeast corner of Uldum. 
===Map===
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===Subregions===
Cyclone Summit Nimbus Rise Temple of Asaad
==Dungeon denizens==
===Encounters===
Bosses	Monsters
Cyclone Summit
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Nimbus Rise
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Temple of Asaad
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==Loot==
Boss 	Item 	Item 	Type
Boss 	Normal 	Heroic 	Type
Grand Vizier Ertan	 	DPS strength necklace 	
Grand Vizier Ertan	 	DPS cloth belt 	
Grand Vizier Ertan	 	Caster wand 	
Grand Vizier Ertan	 	Caster mail shoulders 	
Grand Vizier Ertan	 	Tank plate helmet 	
Grand Vizier Ertan	Grand Vizier Ertan's Heart 	Grand Vizier Ertan's Heart 	Quest item
Altairus 	 	Spirit necklace 	
Altairus 	 	Spirit leather shoulders 	
Altairus 	 	Agility belt 	
Altairus 	 	Strength one-hand axe 	
Altairus 	 	DPS strength ring 	
Altairus 	Reins of the Drake of the North Wind	Reins of the Drake of the North Wind	Mount
Asaad 	 	Tank cloak 	
Asaad 	 	DPS caster ring 	
Asaad 	 	Spirit cloth leggings 	
Asaad 	 	Gun 	
Asaad 	 	Gun 	
Asaad 	 	Agility leather gloves 	
Asaad 	 	DPS plate leggings 	
Asaad 	 	Caster plate helmet 	
Asaad 	 	Spirit ring 	
Asaad 	 	Health trinket 	
 	 	Chaos Orb 	Trade goods
==Quests==
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**1. The Vortex Pinnacle (quest)
**2. A Long Way from Home
**3. Vengeance for Orsis
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**Whispers of the Djinn
==Achievements==
*The Vortex Pinnacle (achievement)
*Heroic: The Vortex Pinnacle
*Heroic: The Vortex Pinnacle Guild Run
*No Static at All
*Extra Credit Bonus Stage
==Notes==
*To pass from platform to platform, players have to jump onto Tornados.http://www.wowhead.com/blog=159674 This is achieved by clicking on the tornado (with the 'enter vehicle' icon visible) rather than by jumping off the platform and aiming for it.
*Formerly, when a player fell (or leaped) off the edge of platforms in this instance they were swept up in the winds and flung back onto the platform unharmed, however after a hotfix they are now teleported to the instance entrance instead. Previously they were also rendered inactive after the fall for some time.
*Vortex Pinnacle is one of the most remote dungeons in the game. Not only is it tucked in the absolute bottom corner of the world, but the dungeon is up in the clouds, off the coast, and barely visible from the rest of the zone.
==Gallery==
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TheVortexPinnacleNight.jpg
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==Videos==
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==Patch changes==
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==References==
==External links==
Vortex Pinnacle	Uldum	Entrance	Shaman scenario	Uldum assault
 	 	 	 	
 
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