The tight clustering around 45-47.5% reflects parity among the world's top Tier 2 League of Legends scenes heading into the inaugural WSCI. China’s LPL academies, Korea’s LCK CL squads, EMEA Masters contenders, APAC representatives from PCS, VCS and LJL, plus North American and Brazilian circuits have all produced strong qualifiers with proven talent pipelines and recent domestic success. The double round-robin group stage in best-of-ones followed by best-of-five knockouts introduces variance that limits any single region’s implied edge. With seeding designed to separate top seeds from the same region and the Asia Masters champion already locked in, traders see multiple realistic paths for any of the five main regions—or an unexpected run from the field—to claim the title on October 2.