Because he was mid air and Law took advantage of this. This is, again, also on theme for Teach.
Nobody blinks twice at this because every encounter he gets overwhelmed and humiliated.
Its like being surprised Luffy runs out of stamina.
Stalemating is not true lol, he can’t match Luffy in any stats besides speed. He got hit by Luffy’s ACOC blow then Luffy ran out of stamina, both of them downed.
Put Kizaru against any top tier without stamina issues and you see where the problem is.
You are genuinely starting to sound like a low effort shitposter now. I've been saying Luffy in G5 is not supposed to represent an average top tier? We already got confirmation from Kaidou that he can go toe to toe with him (unlike even Big Mom)
prior to G5 being a thing. He was splitting the sky and giving Kaidou a toe to toe fight as per canon.
You can't have your cake and eat it too. There is no replace Luffy with another top tier when it comes to G5, G5 is a very limited mode for a reason. It's not supposed to be sustainable, the minute it becomes sustainable then Luffy clears every single top tier.
I should have known this convo was gonna be complete nonsense when the entire premise is "don't read or pay any attention to context, just look at the fact that 5 Gorosei and an Admiral were on an island"