I'm ngl, the difference between Tier 1 and Tier 2 is so much larger than y'all realize.
neT
Zander
Moose
Flyuh
Supamen
Oxy
Verno
v1c
These are two lists of players who all fried in Tier 2 and got called up to Tier 1 as a result. But 1 of these lists is not like the other, however they were all "farming" T2 teams. When y'all make posts that replace like 2-3 veteran players for Tier 2 players, understand that it is literally impossible to predict whether these players will be good and honestly... I bet if you place 3 players (especially an IGL) on a Tier 1 team right now, they'd fail horribly.
And I guarantee that 95% of players who are in Tier 1 would "farm" in Tier 2