Well, after playing further I found out that there actually is a monster that can hit you, even at very high DV. Fire giants. Man, those are tough. They are basically molochs now. With 70-ish PV and hit like bricks. The character above was able to beat them eventually, but it takes forever and is still risky. And in the endgame, the whole level is filled with nothing but fire giants, hordes of them. For this reason, I'd say that bare hands are the best weapon after all, even better than staves. The insane criticals from barehand fighting are the only reasonable way I see to destroy them. Even large eternium great swords aren't enough (I tried).
You steal a scroll labelled HITME. The orc hits you.