*9: Shanghai, London, and Seoul.

I'm gonna say it now. People think the koreans are unbeatable, and there is going to be a gap to be closed. But seeing that the season is so long, the gap will close after roughly two months, and by then basically all of the underage players will be playing, and three teams will emerge as far better than the rest... Kongdoo will be the only korean Roster, Envy, and one other team seeing as LW blue isn't nearly as good as they need to be, and Lunatic Hai's DPS will be outclassed, and their tank/support play will be matched by most rosters. Immortals will struggle until they start hyped, and Envy will end up riding bench (if their coaches know what they are doing).

After Season 1 1/3 of the players will be dropped and some rosters scrapped. at least 4 new teams will be introduced (mostly in europe), Tokyo will get a spot, Paris will get a spot, and Sydney might get a spot. Korea will get a second spot most likely in Busan. GC Busan, and Runaway will dominate Apex with the formerly dominant teams gone. Super teams will be the structure followed by managers and coaches. The super squads that are newly formed will struggle at the beginning.