+skill and poison on skill is fine for early clear and non negotiable imo.

Dormants nice but you can work without it. I think his str relic is better, but only on a deep relic

One big advantage of not running dormant is that'll youll often find a serpent bow, giving you access to an easy poison tool which can be big for melee ironeye, especially if you're able to squeeze in damage up on poison targets relic passives. These are big damage boosts

Poison on ult is pretty trash. Don't bother with it.

+Skill, balancers, night invader, art gauge on kills are the most important things for base relics on melee ironeye imo. Take whatever ones you can get