He killed me like 15 times quite a few times I died then i tried to get him primarily with a sword and shield and I couldn't get a good fight out. I tried fighting him over time with magic and swords and shields and i couldn't get him to die. I had left my arrows out so i couldn't get in a proper fight. I tried to catch him on his dragon breath maneuver to bash him and I couldn't discern the dragon bite from the dragonbreath so I couldn't tell if I had to get out of the way or not. Because the dragon breath should be stunned but the dragon bite should be avoided or blocked which means he has an awkward moment during dragon bite where you should be getting real out of the way but you can confuse it and get caught by dragon breath.

Good job! and you're right, their breath makes things a lot harder than it should be. I always make sure I'm in an area that's open enough before I fight them, and when I do I always circle around or run around them to take easy shots at their wings. They don't turn very fast when they're on the ground, they don't seem to use their breath as much if you're not standing straight in front of them, but they do die just as quickly if you chop their wings off.

Aye its the bite thats the killer I died so many times to dragon bites before I figured out a succesful way to deal with them (hint: I keep a respectable distance from those teeth)

Thanks for the answers guys.