check strenght of dragons and as a flyer he can reach you before having those items too.alteration let him cast enough buffs and he has not to worry you come close to him with these hp. recuperation is only really worth on high hp pretenders and units. does not matter much when you die in 2 hits, eh? btw, we can have a game with my other 2 friends any time if you wish, if you have time you can join there. while i think her petrification is kinda unbalanced vs most troops and especially indies, she is really toast against any physically strong high res unit, white/black bull, kraken alone high hp with powerful attacks and recuperation.
and they can kill indies too without petrification and a lot of armies ,but thing is, they can kill that gorgon in some few seconds, except she is in her own dominion and manages to fly away. its not all that impressive. and strats based on forging weapons are not impressive either, in middle/late game you can a lot of other things too. like 6000 undead coming for you with summons to waste your dust to dust spells.
i was impressed by gorgon too and thought she is maybe best SC and horribly unbalanced and i wanted to ban her....until i saw whats happen if something big comes at her. so in a SC contest she is rather at a disadvantage with those hps.