So Kayn's story made me realize that Noxus's military recruitment might be a little messed up.

Namely in that they would use child soldiers of their own native territory as suicide soldiers. I feel there's a lot wrong with this.

First: Why use your own people? Can you not use slaves from other territories you've conquered?

Second: Why use your own people? Using your own street urchins as cannon fodder would be terrible for moral. Especially since you aren't even bothering to train them properly. I mean if I was a noxian soldier that wanted to climb the ranks and noticed that street urchins of my own proud city state have been made into suicide soldiers against their will, I'd question a lot of Noxus's tactics.

Finally, This royally screws over Noxus's modus operandi of how the strong thrive. Now I know what you're thinking;

Ralanr, clearly the strong kids would rise through the ranks if they survived.

And my response is this, "What fucking ranks are suicide soldiers even in?" They are not actual members of the army from my understanding, they are slaves that are expected to die and probably don't even get much care from the medic. If little Timmy got a deep wound during one of his raids but ended up surviving somehow, I doubt some captain is going to waste medical supplies on him.

"Well you were expected to die anyway and I don't feel like filling out paperwork." Cuts Timmy's fucking head in two.

And furthermore, would you want someone who was sold as a suicide soldier as a legit officer or captain? I don't, I think that person would have a big grudge against Noxus for that and use their position to screw Noxus over.

The greatest strength in Noxus that I believe much of the community perceived was the power of choice Noxians had over other areas like Demacia. But apparently that's not the case or it's a very recent thing under Swain. Which further pisses me off because points out that only is a true living Noxian and I don't think using children to do your dirty work is something that Noxus would respect, certainly not and I hope not .

Final Note: Kayn's story seems to just paint Noxus as incompetently evil right now. Yes I know child soldiers are a common tactic, but at the very least you train and brainwash them so they don't abandon you the first chance they get.