I am sorely uninformed about both apac and china and honestly I want to rectify that so I can enjoy their games as well as properly assess their fantasy value
Ion know much about CN so Imma yap about APAC
Meteor's brother is really cracked actually, he is in T1's academy roster iirc or atleast used to be.
https://www.vlr.gg/player/29839/tenten
Almost every second Korean player is cracked, probably the most stacked tier 2 in APAC
Some MYSG rosters are good
PatrickWatson and Papichulo are probably the best PN tier 2 players (talkin' about so far, I don't know how they will do with GE)
Lots of Koreans in Japanese tier 2
South Asia probably you have heard of Venka and Techno at some point from South Asian users on this site
I can't remember much at this point but uhh these were just at the top of my head
CHINA
It is very likely EDG, FPX and Trace are top 3 again this year. FPX are adding Yosemite in place of Lysoar, but as long as that doesnt go terribly the top 3 should be set. As for the final champs spot, it seems like one of Nova/Wolves/DRG will end up there, with WOL looking quite strong so far this offseason. (WOL has a very good fragging core with Lysoar, Spring, and Yuicaw.) Nova has far performed expectations with their current roster, GuanG CB Swerl and Ezeir have all looked quite promising at different points in the offseason. DRG look quite iffy right now, and I am tempted to put XLG over them here, but given DRG have just made 2 roster moves (Spiritz1 and Cangshu from Taiwan) and so I'll give them some leeway. (Vookashu and TvirusLuke still seem pretty good, and at the very least Spiritz1 seems promising.) XLG has been relatively successful this offseason, although they have been giga hard carried by Happywei and Rarga's strong performances. Most of the rest of CN has been pretty mid to bad, although a few players to watch out for are AG and Tyloo's neon hard carries Spitfires and Ninebody, who played pretty good at the offseason Wall-E cup.
TLDR China top 3 seems locked EDG FPX Trace, with #4 being Nova/Wol/DRG, players to look out for in China are Spring, Yuicaw, Spiritz1, Happywei, with HMs of Spitfires and Ninebody