[HoneyBadger]

Never, *ever* try to take even so much an Independent undead province solo, with a Carrion Dragon. Even if he's got great paths. Even if he's kitted out-I guess it might be possible with insane gear, but by the time you have good enough forged items, you shouldn't be soloing your Pretender, anyway.

A good (not great) Pan strategy for dealing with Ermor would likely be to mass Vine Ogres and stealthy priests, and turtle them to death. In MP, this would probably work well, because your Dominion-chaff, and the aforementioned Carrion Dragon, would be enough to keep you relatively safe against living troops, allowing you to commit as many resources as possible into spreading your Dominion, and holding what you've got.