[1.2] Crit Dagger Ranged Lightning Strike. 45k+ DPS and near Crit cap w/o Powercharges

PROS:
+Very High Crit chance (currently have 83.3%)
+No power charge baby sitting necessary
+Enemies constantly get stunned/frozen
+Can easily kill Atziri, and will more than likely be able to kill Uber Atziri (this is my current goal for the build)
+Modular passive tree that can be easily modified to suit using other abilities
+Can be built on a fairly low budget (only "expensive" required items are the belly of the beast chest, and a phys dagger)



CONS:
-Probably not HC viable
-Without a belly of the beast, survivability can be... interesting
-Good Phys daggers can be VERY expensive
-No life regen

Tooltip DPS
http://imgur.com/WRxZd9g


Offence tab:
http://imgur.com/PmYS4G1


Defense Tab:
http://imgur.com/4F2z5AF

Since this build is centered around the Lightning strike projectiles, and the tooltip DPS is only for the melee attack, I wanted to figure out how much DPS I was actually doing.

NOTE: I'm still getting used to the way this game calculates certain things, so if I made a mistake anywhere, please feel free to correct my errors and let me know.


I am unsure of if the Phys Proj Atk Dmg gem effect is calculated before or after the lightning damage conversion for LS. (though I have a sneaking suspicion that it happens before, because other thing like the added fire damage gem is calculated before the lightning damage conversion)
Because of this uncertainty I will be doing the math for the worse case. at some point I'll likely also add the math for the other case too.

note that because of how my build is set up, this build also functions as a spectral throw build.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYABx4OPA5IEZYUcRa_Gjgc3CThJpUn7SoLKk0s4TBUMZ4yfjWSNj06UjwtPT4_Jz-bRnFHBklRSshN41FMVUtW9VnzXfJh4mKsaoxsFmyMbqpvnnBScFZw1XKpdwd9W33jfr1_xoMJhxOHGYnTjAuMNo6KkBuQVZJ9kyeVLpfQl_6Yb5oTnKSdqqLZplemf6c0p4SsR6xmrKqw2LGztAy1SLXytz65Prl8wBrAnMT2xq7IFMpK2HbYvdtu29TcI-OE5c_qGOyw7UHw1fPq9W_2_Pcy-Ov7RfxL_gr-jw==

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYBBx4OSBGWFr8mlSoLLOE2PUcGSVFVS13yYeJirGqMbIxwUnBWcNV3_X3jidOMNpAblS6aE52qotmmf6c0rGaw2LGztUi5PsCcyBTYdtvU44TtQfDV8-r1b_b8

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYBBx4OSBGWFr8c3CaVJ-0qCypNLOE1kjY9PC0_J0ZxRwZJUUrIUUxVS1nzXfJh4mKsaoxsFmyMbqpvnnBScFZw1XcHd_19W33jfr1_xoMJhxOHGYnTjAuMNpAbkn2TJ5Uul_6Yb5oTnKSdqqLZpn-nNKxHrGasqrDYsbO0DLVItfK3Prk-uXzAnMT2xq7IFMpK2HbYvdvU44Tlz-yw7UHw1fPq9W_2_PxL_go=

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYBBx4OSBGWFr8c3CaVJ-0qCypNLOEwVDGeNZI2PTwtPT4_Jz-bRnFHBklRSshN41FMVUtW9VnzXfJh4mKsaoxsFmyMbqpvnnBScFZw1XKpdwd3_X1bfeN-vX_GgwmHE4cZidOMC4w2joqQG5J9kyeVLpfQl_6Yb5oTnKSdqqLZplemf6c0rEesZqyqsNixs7QMtUi18rc-uT65fMCcxPbGrsgUykrYdti9227b1Nwj44Tlz-oY7LDtQfDV8-r1b_b89zL8S_4K_o8=

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYBBx4OPA5IEZYUcRa_Gjgc3CThJpUn7SoLKk0s4TBUMZ4yfjWSNj06UjwtPT4_Jz-bRnFHBklRSshN41FMVUtW9VnzXfJh4mKsaoxsFmyMbqpvnnBScFZw1XKpdwd9W33jfr1_xoMJhxOHGYnTjAuMNo6KkBuQVZJ9kyeVLpfQl_6Yb5oTnKSdqqLZplemf6c0p4SsR6xmrKqw2LGztAy1SLXytz65Prl8wBrAnMT2xq7IFMpK2HbYvdtu29TcI-OE5c_qGOyw7UHw1fPq9W_2_Pcy-Ov7RfxL_gr-jw==

other flasks used during atziri:

WEAPON:
Get the highest physical DPS dagger you can find/afford. high crit rolls are awesome and should be sought out, as is high attack speed. fairly standard stuff for a crit dagger build. I personally think that Ambusher's are one of the best base items for this build due to the crit chance and the attack speed.

SHIELD:
I was lucky and had an Aegis drop, which happens to be my favorite shield ever, so I geared around that a bit. Daresso's Courage is a good and cheap option for when you hit map levels. In general though you should just get what ever shield is going to give you the most survability.

HELM:
I chose to get a helm with high armor and life on it (with the accuracy/ resists being an added bonus). If you are not using an aegis, the base type doesn't really matter. Either way, I'd suggest itemizing the helm slot towards survability. Rat's nest could be used, but then you might run in to health issues. Abyssus could also be used for for insane DPS.

CHEST:
Because this build only has 143% increased max life from the passive tree, you're more than likely going to want to use a Belly of the beast to push it up in to the ~175% range. You can probably also get away with using a really high life roll chest, but it's easier/safer to use Belly in my opinion.

GLOVES:
Maligaro's Virtuosity is generally speaking going to be your best bet. In the end getting an Atziri's Acuity is BiS, because the int allows you to pick a shorter path to get to the Evasion wheel/Harrier, but most people don't have those gloves. Prior to acquiring a maligaro's, itemize for attack speed and life.

BOOTS:
Pretty standard stuff, get as much life, Armor/Evasion/ES, resists, and movement speed as you can find/afford.

BELT:
Use a Rustic Sash, again, as much life and resists as you can get, elemental damage with weapons is also very nice. Using a Doryani's invitation belt might be a viable option despite the lack of health, but I haven't had a phys roll drop from atziri this league, so I haven't been able to play around with it.

RINGS:
Try to itemize around using at least one diamond ring for more crit. Weapon elemental damage is awesome, as is added phys damage. If you can get a ring with life on hit on it, DO IT. LoH is amazing with this build. Mana leach is handy to have on a ring especially when you're just starting to gear the character and aren't doing really high DPS, but it is by no means required (mind drinker takes care of that).

NECK:
Life, and life leach are the important stats on the neck. you can choose to switch things around and get life leach on your rings and what not, but I personally found it easier to use the neck for that. likewise for getting int. one of the bottle necks for this build is getting enough int to run with a level 20 ele weakness and it requires that some of your gear have int on it. in super expensive land, you're going to want to also get a neck with a good phys roll, and crit multiplier on it.
The neck I currently use has a crafted increased global crit chance roll which the seller put on it. Once I get Elreon high enough level, I'll probably take that off and put something else on it, as there are higher DPS options for the crafted stat.


FLASKS:
fairly standard stuff. use an Aztiri flask because Aztiri flasks are amazing. Have at least 1 life flask that gains 1 charge on crit. And have a Granite flask that has an armor roll and a charge on crit roll. for Atziri you're gonna want a ruby/topaz/sapphire flask with charge on crit, and swap them accordingly for each of the fights.

LIGHTNING STRIKE:
4 link: LS> Multistrike> Crit Damage> LMP
5 link: LS> Multistrike> Crit Damage> LMP >Phys Proj Attack Dmg
6 link: LS> Multistrike> Crit Damage> LMP >Phys Proj Attack Dmg> Weapon Elemental Damage

note for 6 link: if you're going to be doing a decent amount of swapping to ST for atziri for playstyle reasons(see explanation in the playstyle section), then to save money it's probably best to make the 6th color be green and use a faster attacks gem.


BUFFS/AURAS:
4 link: Reduced Mana> Hatred> Herald of Fire> Herald of Ice


WHIRLING BLADES:
3 link: WB> Faster attacks> Power Charge on Critical
Note: PCoC is really not needed, but at the same time, there's no real loss to using it either. the occasional free power charge is nifty, but not particularly noticeable in the grand scheme of this build.

Elemental Weakness:
3 link: EW> Blood Magic> Spell Totem
Note: This is only really used for atziri, hence the spell totem (which allows you to get around the curse reflect mechanic), the blood magic is because otherwise EW would cost pretty much my entire mana pool.

CAST WHEN DAMAGE TAKEN:
3 link: CWDT(level 1)>Enduring Cry> Molten Shell
Note: I chose enduring cry to increase my armor to enhance the strength of my aegis. if you choose to use a different shield, then you can use a different ability here if you'd like.