User blog comment:Akali/Did you hear about the Dragon and her 2nd Anniversary?/@comment-8506165-20131102175926/@comment-8506165-20131103045759

Still really depends on your teamcomp if you're playing her top. Say you've got Jungle Elise - one missable single-target stun really doesn't quite cut it for a team's CC if you've got Zed mid and only the support with any kind of reliable CC. Hell, if you had support Sona or something you'd still be in trouble because only having one non-ultimate stun is not a good place to be come teamfight time.

But if you've got, say, Lissandra mid and Maokai jungle? Or Kennen mid and Zac top? Bash out the dragon, those are exactly the kind of comps she thrives in. Although I'd still always advise getting Mallet on her anyway, but that's just me. Not gonna say no to powerful slows on an otherwise CC-light champ.