what's an ap per crit and other confusions

[onavelzy]

in trying to prep myself for the upcoming release, i tried to go through a few guides this weekend. it didn't take me long to realize that my old familiarity with d2 wasn't going to be enough to understand much. here's a quote from a wizard guide i found:

""It's probably going to have a limit of 1 benefit per spell cast because critting 10 times with a spell and gaining 100 AP from +10 ap per crit is ridiculous BUT consider the following:

Electrocute hits 3 targets and gives 3 ap with 240% wd.

Spectral Blade range 20 yards hits 10 targets 30 times for 1100% wd.

Now, let's factor in AP per crit.

Electrocute requires a 33% chance to crit to get 'kinda' a guaranteed crit per spell. ""

i've played one version or another of diablo forever but i was pretty lost for a while trying to understand the guide.

i suspect players without any diablo experience may be in a similar spot.

is there a guide to common d3 abbreviations out there?

[Maurish]

AP is probably for Arcane Power, the resource pool for the Wizard.

A list of common abbreviations (not only Diablo III related) can be found on our Wiki page. Have a look here: Abbreviations.

-Edit-
What he is talking about is a modifier on an item that will give the Wizard extra Arcane Power whenever he/she deals a critical strike.
"wd" in this example would mean Weapon Damage and not Witch Doctor.