Pick up 5 tier 2 players and pay them minimum wage. Take your money you earn from riot and have fun. You don't need a superteam just literally let your org pocket a bonus 300k every year from stipends. Especially in this eSports recession.
For real, people overestimate how far tier 2 is from tier 1. I can only speak for NA, but a lot of tier 2 talent could easily dominate in franchising.
Eg is a perfect example, people thought these guys belonged in challengers and they became world champions. Also jakee and runi were playing very well up until America's playoffs. And also the best player itw last year couldn't just frag out without good support and igl like he used to have on optic