Hmm... I don't know, Curtana is clearly better than the Poetic sword. I mean, unless you don't like the damage mitigation that Parry provides... As for the Holy Shield, every tome shield has been better than it is so nothing new there. Honestly, it's hit or miss between the relics and the tome weapons. Yagrush is clearly superior to Thyrus, same with Glanzfaust. At least until Novus/Nexus where you can reallocate the stats. Conversely, Gaebolg is the superior weapon to pretty much anything else. It depends on the weapons and their stats. All their stats.