Pre-seed funding: gap between advice and reality?

Observation from building at pre-seed:

There’s a big gap between what founders are told vs what actually happens with funding.

Advice 1: “Strong team = you can raise on just an idea.”
Advice 2: “No traction = no funding in today’s market.”

Both can’t fully be true.

For those who’ve raised or invested recently:
What’s actually working right now at tech pre-seed?

Trying to understand the real pattern, not just general advice.