Minus requirements items not working on mercenary?

I just created an Obedience runeword (requirements -20% among a myriad of stats) in a Giant Thresher (required str 188 IIRC) and while my Act 2 merc at ~160 strength can equip it, the item remains highlighted red and none of it’s properties apply (no damage, no +stats, no +resists)

I have the same issue with a Bonehew on my merc. It did work just fine for a week or so, now not at all…but he can hold it. A merc mule…great.

There seems to be a bug with any items that have -x% requirements when equipped by mercs. I just saw a streamer test it and it seems that it’s only a visual bug. So the item should still work normally it’s just that the merc stat screen shows incorrect stats. Also it seems that restarting the game fixes this bug.

Interesting, i’ll give this a try tomorrow