Well well. I don't think saying "All who killed a balrod died" means that balrogs are much stronger. What else did the balrogs do than sit in Angband, unless it was a battle? Túrin was only able to kill Glaurung because Glaurung didn't think that anyone would come and stab his stomach. Could even the mightiest of elven lords have slain him in a duel? No way.
The Balrogs existed for only one purpose - to destroy. Dragons liked a little fun, they put a dragon spell on their victims. The Balrogs simply slaughtered their opponents. The Dragons' weak spot was indeed this, they always underestimated their opponents and played when it was time to kill.
Many have said, that killing a Balrog needs great power of will, and therefore a man can't kill a Balrog. Well, a dragon sure has enough power of will to do that. And imagine it, a hundred feet long, enormous dragon against a Balrog, who is maybe twice the stature of an elf. Even if the fire the dragon breathes is useless(which I don't think it is, not completely at least), he still has his claws and tail. The Balrog can't break the dragon's armour. His belly is his weak spot? Smaug didn't have a weak spot in his belly, there was only that one hole. All dragon's didn't have that, I think. Balrog's attack fails --> he is smashed by the dragon's tail. Groaar, he's dead.
My vote for the dragons.
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"Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
~Eomer
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