User blog comment:AnnhilationNation/Joint Ops: Round 18: Comanche vs. Hun Warrior/@comment-3166030-20110503022902/@comment-422690-20110506023329

Read the link. Balefire kills anything it hits, and undoes past actions. If I let loose w/ a bolt of balefire, and if you kill me before it hits but it still hits, you die, but I'm still alive, since you never actually killed me.