Try and gear for items that have +stats on them so that when you do get maledicted it doesn't affect you as much, that alone helps you to fight dagger specs. The other way around it was as an Orc who got pretty much owned by dagger specs my best tactic was straight damage output bash so they couldn't maeldict, flee heal from them outdamaging me and go for big damage hack/whomp, or lastly dirt disarm. They can't use their specs if they don't have their weapons.