I see everyone in RSG beating the dragon the "normal" way (getting each pillar down, bowing the dragon and then bed him once or twice when he's on the portal and repeat), but in SS most people seem to use another strat where you just place multiple beds in a row as he goes down towards the portal, killing him on the first cycle. I haven't tried this one yet but I was wondering why RSG players weren't using it, is it just too risky / inconsistent that you should only use it in set seed runs?

For me, no-landing-beds kill is very inconsistent. Ofc i will still try it in SSG, because that's the fastest way, but I won't risk it after 25 minutes of so far succesfull run in RSG. I'm sure there are players who have no problem landing 6-7 beds kills one after one, but for me it's way harder than the OG pillars kill.