This was a post by Mystic.

I can't give out exact builds because I never follow one. But heres a general guide for beating at least 90% of the players you will find. Everyones favourite dragon starting build right now seems to be the Archery Range -> Tower build.

However, if you want to take full advantage of this near impossible to break early defense. You should get a stables straight after, if the enemy is a complete moron you could probably horse archer rush him but if he gets a tower to defend, it doesn't matter. Because the main reason for getting the horses is to use them as packhorses. If both players are using on average 4-5 peasants on rice, you will be able to reach Keep long before they have even begun construction of a town center.

The reason why it just owns wolf is because there is NO way they can counter this, this is one of the biggest reasons Wolf sucks. If he puts twice as many peasants on resource harvesting to keep up with your packhorses, his army will be weak. Wolves are a joke. He won't be able to counter Arrah ( first hero you should get, save enough yang for her ). The only thing you have to watch out for is Zen counterpunch, but if you keep Arrah at the back and target the brawlers, you should be fine. Even if he could counter your zen's, your general economy is just godly compared to his. So you can afford more expensive units and BG's.

It helps vs lotus because their stables has crypt for a prerequisite ( so you will get ahead in resources no matter what he does ). You'll be able to spend money on expensive one-off BG's like shrapnel keg and generally give BG's to units that you probably won't end up using anyway just because you can afford it.

Against serpent, well they can pretty much do the same thing but even faster. However, with all the tech available you'll find serpent to be alot easier to beat. This is assuming they even try to use packhorses, I find that almost everyone I've played in public matches never use packhorses. So, against those people you pretty much guaranteed win. As for how to counter specific clans/combos, you'll have to figure that out for yourself. This just gives you the edge you need to win.