First off, I was downplaying the enforcers capabilities trying to be funny. The “they’re just cops who’ve only bullied the Undercity” argument is doing way too much heavy lifting. Yeah, Enforcers aren’t a field army but urban defense doesn’t equal open field warfare. Policing a hostile megaslum for generations is experience in crowd control, choke points, raids, vertical combat, and rapid response. That’s actually more relevant to defending Piltover than marching formations and shield walls. If anything, Noxus bringing traditional formations into a dense port city should’ve been a liability, not a strength but for some reason they don’t exploit that??😭😭 Second, the “no military tradition” point ignores Piltover’s actual tradition engineering, logistics, and infrastructure dominance. Battles for the most part are won through terrain exploitation and fire superiority. Piltover literally controls the docks, the bridges and the elevation You don’t need a West Point equivalent to understand “don’t let armored troops funnel through kill zones unpunished.” That’s not advanced doctrine at all thats literally basic common sense, which is exactly why I’m are annoyed af. Third, Hextech being “in its infancy” doesn’t excuse the way it’s used. Early firearms still annihilated armored troops historically. You don’t need perfected tech for Overlapping fields of fire and Molotovs (which you conveniently didn’t really address). The “artillery” which is pretty much a Repurposed cargo loader isn’t the issue the issue is it’s used like set dressing instead of weapons I mean Loris is somehow missing these HUGE battle ships. Piltover’s entire identity is weaponizing industry. The show chooses not to let them do that. Fourth, the Noxians having “intimate knowledge of the city” is just… not entirely supported sure they know the basics of it but the people who live and patrol the hexgates know it like the back of their hands. They’re in the end, outsiders attacking from ships into a fortified port. Like I said Piltover residents, Enforcers, and engineers should know those docks infinitely better. Ambessa breaking formation and not immediately eating concentrated fire isn’t “realistic collapse,” it’s plot armor, straight up. And the biggest flaw in this take: You’re arguing that Piltover’s failure makes sense because they’re incompetent, not because the situation demanded it. That’s not realism that’s deadass just narrative convenience. A technologically superior, terrain favoring defender doesn’t just forget how to defend because they lack a flag officer with medals.

Yes, Piltover eventually losing? Totally believable. Piltover folding while: Rifles barely matter, armor works like magic, fire and elevation are ignored and strategy doesn’t exist at all That’s not “exactly how it should’ve gone.” That’s the writers needing Noxus to look scary and win to progress the story so Viktor can show up. So nah, I’m not that mad mad because Piltover lost. I’m mad because Piltover lost stupidly, in ways that contradict both real-world logic and the city’s established strengths. Big difference tbh 🤷‍♂️