It depends on the base damage of the "new" 99 weapons. You can't just throw CDC onto excal and call it a day, the AM effect on Almace is pretty potent. 99 Excal barely etched out 99 Almace and only due to lack of good DEX WS gear and the abundance of STR / MND WS gear. If the gear situation ever gets solved then expect Almace to hit the top again.