Some effects, such as the Barbarian's Overpower ability, gain benefits from striking critically a lot (in this case, the cooldown of the skill is lowered by one second per critical strike).
The answer to this question would have some important implications for certain builds, which focus on these abilities. For example, one-handed weapons would clearly be better for such builds, since critical strike frequency is higher with them.
The question is: What is "one critical strike"? Are critical strikes rolled per enemy, or per attack (meaning, if you crit, do you hit all enemies critically?)? And then, are they counted as individual critical strikes per enemy, or only once per attack?
Best Answer
From my observation (with my crit wizard), the crit is calculated individually and with separate chance. You can hit 2 enemies at the same time, and each of those have a separate crit chance. You can tell because a yellow number will pop on one of them and not the other sometimes.
Indeed. Some additional tips :
Instead of pure damage, choose a weapon that has attack speed. The end dps include this extra speed, but you'll hit a lot faster for the same damage.
Dual wield. Having two weapons means hitting faster. Having two weapons both with attack speed bonus is even better.
Builds based on critical chances have good affinity with life steal. Additionally since you're going for an attack speed build, often life per hit is more beneficial than pure life steal %.