No other way to say it, I've tried all combos of arrow and sword builds and I've never made it to the final boss the first time. But go straight dragons and it's just easy. Even after the first final boss, trying to switch gears doesn't seem to work, but if I just keep going dragons I keep going and going.

Balance feels way off if the only viable way to get the final boss down for the first time is to mass dragons.

At what point do I stop massing dragons and switch to arrow or sword?