TBH, I didn't read every post above me. But to solo dragons, provocation is far easier and safer. You just have to alternate attacking each Dragon to get them down to low health at the same time. This also works with Blood Elementals, but that spawn is high risk / high reward. But for the higher gold/hr that @wylwrk mentioned, you have to be smart. You need a spawn that has a lot of monsters that die easily and peace easily. Plus to maximize your profit, you need a low PK presence. The perfect spawn are evil mages. See his Streak guide here: They die in 2-3 hits. Almost noone goes there so you can mow through them without being bothered. And typically by the time you run through the camp, they've started respawning .
@Hetch less is more.... Less hotkeys = more fun. I am still reluctant to build mine bard but... i want to join the amibs world. just for it...