It sucks that we never get to see the true potential of a tier 2 team that wins Ascension because of age or Tier 1 teams poaching. The only ones we have actually seen through really is G2 and Gentlemates if I'm correct.
Apeks lost their star duelist and Soulcas, Bleed lost their core because of age and then their org was shit, XLG lost one of their players because of the import rule, and the ascension winning roster is different from the current one. 2G couldn't have their star duelist because of age, then they drop their IGL because of the performance. Its a sad system to see this so frequently.
That being said, I think M80 winning ascension either years would've been really great for the scene. That core of both rosters 23 and 24 were incredible and they would've made moves in franchising.