User blog comment:EmpyreanSmoke/Supernatural Q&A (Closed)/@comment-72.228.182.137-20151115234310/@comment-24834479-20151116005820

They key word is "can". I never said that they would beat them. A grigori can stab an archangel with its sword if it were caught off guard, beating it. An archangel could stab/smite a Grigori, beating it. In the same way, Cain can stab an archangel with the first blade, beating it, but at the same time an Archangel could trap Cain in a block of ice, beating him. Make more sense?