Does % life work before or after BO?

[BPGest]

If I put a Jah in my shako, how much will my life actually increase? Will it be 5% of my BOed life, or just 5% of my previous life.

[ProfessionalBerg]

It will not get multiplied by BO. Following life mods are not affected by BO:

Life/level
Life%
+Vita (from items)

[BPGest]

so are you saying the % will work after BO? So say I have 4k life after BO, then the 5% will kick in?

[ProfessionalBerg]

%life works together with BO. They add up linearly, i.e. %BO+%life, not %BO*%life. If you have 2k before BO and 4k after BO (examples), and you use a Jah, you will get 2*(1.05+1)=4.1k life, not 2*2*1.05=4.2k.

[omgwtfbbqpwned]

I think I did a good job here:

http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=650456

In case you still need clarification.

[edit] Also, a fact unknown to many: often, a P.Ruby can easily win out against a Jah. Just a heads up. Make sure you do the calculations first.

[helvete]

For barbs, often a Pamethyst will be even better than a pruby, if you need the str anyway. The 10 saved stat points then makes for hard points in vita, which would be 40 base life, compared to 38 for a ruby. For everyone else, the ruby is better.

[stephan]

The only problem if you use pamethysts is that you can't swap out that piece of gear if you don't take care of the strength in another way.