BLEED, G2 and Gentle Mates all look a step below the partnered teams.
Maybe if riot let the original bleed roster play but age requirement had to be a thing
gentle mates was a flukey win. apeks and acend were way better mostly
g2 as well, m80 were better all year except on the lan. i think they lost due to lack of experience on lan
apeks got the chokers lmfaoo. When will these orgs ever learn not to sign chokers
tier 1 teams have had time to try different things, test new players and adapt to the new meta whereas the tier 2 teams that have won ascensions have always been at the top so they haven't really needed to change much up and adapt. (this is a problem in gc as well).
Bro whenever tier 2 teams perform well and win stuff their players are bought by bigger orgs, welcome to capitalism