[Xietor]

Umm no, your dragon cannot reach my gorgon before she has 7 construction 4 items. I sleep her for the extra 150 points, and you can make 7 really good items with 4 const researched and nature games. The 1st thing i research is constr 4.

And while the dragon is mighty naked, I would not think flying him into enemy dominion and letting 20 minotaurs beat on him is a good idea. Minotaurs do some hefty damage to pretenders, and their attack is decent when berserk, and their damage is very good, maybe even excellent.

Against a pretender early in the game, id likely give her an sword sharpness, an eye shield, black steel plate, horned helmet, birch boots, ring of regeneration, amulet of resilience or bear claw. If i had dagan prior to the fight i would make a luck pendant to go with the ring of regeneration. I get dagan early about 60 percent of my games.