When did you last fight a dagger spec with an orc?
In my most recent experience, I was wielding an axe and a mace. I Had well over 30 hitroll (plus whatever warcry gave), and my dagger skill around the high eighties (possibly low nineties).
Yet, I failed to him more than once. I fell back, bashed. He "evaded" my savage feeding. Not hamstrung, not artery sliced. In only a few rounds, my slave died and I had less than 50%hp from concealed. Got hit with a bunch of demolishes (he wasn't exploiting light vuln), died. In the end, he "has some small but disgusting cuts".

Giant sword spec is scarier, I agree. But dagger and over 23 dex is not at all any less powerful.