poision melee build thoughts

Stream of Consciousness, poison melee build

no skill gems provide poison affects for melee characters
1 provides a poison like chaos damage: viper strike
1 passive provides true poison on critical strikes with daggers: adder's touch
these affects will stack with each other, since they are technically different affects

in order for the passive to be most effective, we must promote critical strike chance

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Critical_strike_chance#Critical_Strike_Chance
daggers inherently have crit strike chances of 6.2 to 7.28
you may increase that critical strike chance by percentages through passives and items
critical chance can not be less than 5% or more than 95%

example:
weapon has 5% crit strike chance
sum total of your critical chance modifiers = 50%
5%*(1+50%)=7.5%

so with a 5% crit strke chance weapon and the sum total of your critical chance multipliers was 500%, the chance of a critical hit would be 25%, or 1 in every 4 strikes would be a critical hit
so 1 in every 4 strikes would poison the foe

the platinum kris is the best dagger in the game, with 7.28 crit chance stock
it also comes with an 80% crit strike modifier

note: dexterity, and thereby accuracy, do not modify the critical strike chance
however, if you can't hit an enemy you will never get to roll for a critical strike

critical weakness curse will increase your critical strike chance, as well as the critical damage multiplier http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Critical_Weakness

1 handed critical strike chance passive http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/One-Handed_Melee_Weapons
Basic
2 x One Handed Weapon Critical Strike Chance (20%)
2 x One Handed Weapon Critical Strike Chance (15%)
Notable
2 x Deadly Precision (40% Increased Critical Strike Chance)
Total 150% Increased 1 hand Critical Strike Chance

Critical Strike Chance with Daggers http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Daggers#Critical_Strike_Chance_with_Daggers
These passives increase critical strike chance by a percentage while using Daggers.
Dagger Damage and Critical Strike Chance 6% increased Physical Damage with Daggers 30% increased Critical Strike Chance with Daggers
From the Shadows 18% increased Physical Damage with Daggers 40% increased Critical Strike Chance with Daggers
Nightstalker 16% increased Physical Damage with Daggers 60% increased Critical Strike Chance with Daggers 10% increased Energy Shield
Total 130% Increased Dagger Critical Strike Chance

Global Critical Strike Chance http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Critical_Strikes
Critical Strike Chance 15% increased Critical Strike Chance 20% increased Critical Strike Chance 25% increased Critical Strike Chance
Assassination 40% increased Critical Strike Chance 20% increased Critical Strike Multiplier
Bloodthirst 45% increased Critical Strike Chance
Intense Zeal +10 Life gained on Kill 45% increased Critical Strike Chance
Mental Acuity 20% increased Mana Regeneration Rate +20 to Intelligence 30% increased Critical Strike Chance
Total 230% Increased Global critical strike chance

TOTAL 510% ALL PASSIVES dagger critical strike modifier increase

Add 80% for platinum kris

Total 590% modifier

NOTE: this is all without buffs from armor

now equation with platinum kris looks like

7.28% * (100% + 590%)= 50.32%

Add on a critical weakness curse, level 21

60.32% chance for crit

NOTE: Armor modifiers can further boost your modifier stat to get higher crit chances

NOTE: Dual Wielding daggers offers 2 more passives to further increase your crit chance stat, by total of 100% http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Dual_wielding

Now, take a step back

Is it really necessary to get a crit on as many hits as possible?
I can also increase my chance of poisoning within a certain time by fitting more attacks in
Since 1 handed attack speed buffs exist all over the passive tree, it would not be feasible or productive for me to analyze the possibility of capturing every one.
I can however, try to focus on increasing attack speed at every convenient opportunity on my way thru the tree

Attack speed http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Attack_speed
Attack Speed 3% increased Attack Speed 4% increased Attack Speed 6% increased Attack Speed 8% increased Attack Speed
Finesse 8% increased Attack Speed 20% increased Accuracy Rating +20 to Dexterity
Acceleration 12% increased Attack Speed +20 to Dexterity
Berserking 15% increased Attack Speed

Dual wield
Dual Wield Speed 6% increased Attack Speed while Dual Wielding
Ambidexterity 24% increased Physical Weapon Damage while Dual Wielding 4% increased Attack Speed while Dual Wielding
Blinding Speed 12% increased Attack Speed while Dual Wielding

1 handed
One Handed Attack Speed 3% increased Attack Speed with One Handed Melee Weapons.
Aspect of the Panther 16% increased Physical Damage with One Handed Melee Weapons 6% increased Attack Speed with One Handed Melee Weapons +10 to Maximum Life 4% increased Movement Speed

Daggers
Dagger Damage and Attack Speed 6% increased Physical Damage with Daggers 2% increased Attack Speed with Daggers

Dual Wielding provides 10% bonus

Frenzy charges provide 5% bonus each


Another step back

how exactly does the adders touch passive deal damage?
Poison is technically chaos damage http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Poison
base duration of the poison is 2 seconds
the dps of the poison is 10% of the dps of the initial hit
Separate applications of poison do not stack cumulatively. Each poison effect remains present on the target until it runs its course, but only the one with the highest damage per second will cause damage at any given moment.[5] For example, assume an enemy is inflicted with poison for 100 damage per second, then after 1 second it is inflicted with poison for 50 damage per second. The outcome will be 200 damage over 2 seconds followed by 50 damage over 1 second.

vulnerability curse will increase poison damage http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Vulnerability
double whammy
x% more phys damage, higher hit dps, higher poison/chaos damage
40% more damage over time, higher poison/chaos damage
stacks additively with other curses

chaos damage http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Chaos_damage
chaos damage passives will increase the poison damage you deal
Chaos Damage 7% increased Chaos Damage
Chaos Resistance and Chaos Damage 5% increased Chaos Damage +3% to Chaos Resistance
Corruption 8% increased Damage Over Time 18% increased Chaos Damage
Method to the Madness 22% increased Chaos Damage
Total, 52% chaos damage buff

armor modifiers may also increase your chaos damage

Incomplete conclusions

viper strike
	added chaos damage?
	increased duration? (same poison dps over more time, more damage.)
	multistrike?
	faster attack?
	curse on hit?
	increased critical strikes?
	increased critical damage? (increases poison damage?)
critical weakness curse
vulnerability curse
blood rage
double strike
cyclone
Grace
Haste
Discipline
	with...
adders touch
chaos passives
critical chance passives
critical mult passives (increase dps, increase poison/chaos dealt)
attack speed passives (increase chances to poison per time)
	defense
essentially whatever is convenient
im assuming that energy shield and evasion defenses will be near my destinations
also chaos innoculation
on full life support gem?