Why are we comparing a ball of wadded paper to a warrior standing on a burning surface trading blows with an opponent? I think we can safely say the Warrior is not "crouched in a ball and covering as much as possible". And yet standing on a damaging elemental surface fighting = less elemental damage than walking even one step across it.
Please tell me you aren't this fucking stupid? Please? I refuse to believe that you could read what I wrote and be that fucking oblivious to the point.
If you are too stupid to figure it out, the "Crouched in a ball" aspect was merely to explain the concept. Seriously... I am at a loss how fucking idiotic people can be this day. Do you guys labor for breath? /boggle