No access to crit-based active or passive skills

[pcguy]

Why do you think the Witch Doctor has no access to Active or Passive skills which gain bonuses from critical hits?

Why is there no encouragement for Witch Doctors to wear crit gear?

Every other class has skills which focus on critical hits, so the complete absence of these types of skills is a bit curious.

[Greymouse]

Good question. First thought that comes to mind is the whole DOT orientation, but it's not like DOTs can't crit, and the wd certainly has more than a few heavy direct damage attacks like bats, zombie chargers, acid cloud, etc, that could benefit from a crit gear build. Not to mention fantastic AoE's.

Seems like an unfortunate area of neglect now that you mention it.

[HardRock]

The most likely reason is class diversity and itemization.

[Questo]

Still would be nice to have potential builds that center around crits. Other classes at least have that option, even though many may not pursue it.