User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"Stranger in a Strange Land" Discussion/@comment-31057575-20181013153844/@comment-79.115.79.160-20181013194751

Castiel had all that souls at that time, was full grace ( Metatron stole some part of his grace ) and monsters are weaker than demons. Even at that time Castiel had to touch demons to smite them .But i agree that he could fight better.