The
Toronto Defiant
Toronto Defiant
OWL
Rank #20
KariV
Park Young-seo (박영서)
flex support
Nevix
Andreas Karlsson
off tank
Logix
Andreas Berghmans
dps
Mangachu
Liam Campbell
dps
Agilities
Brady Girardi
dps
Surefour
Lane Roberts
dps
Beast
Adam Denton
tank
Kellex
Kristian Keller
support
have promoted
Montreal Rebellion
Montreal Rebellion
Contenders NA
Rank #9
Smex
Eoghan O'Neill
off tank
UltraViolet
Benjamin David
flex support
Vizility
Jeffrey de Vries
dps
Mistakes
Stanislav Danilov
dps
JkAru19
Louis Power
tank
Tensa
Joshua Small
support
RoKy
Park Joo-seong (박주성)
support
DPS
Logix
and added
Revival
Revival
Contenders NA
Rank #11
Manneten
Tim Byhlund
off tank
Doggo
flex support
Aspire
dps
Reyzr
dps
Bogur
Clyde Wylde
tank
Aspen
Becca Rukavina
support
DPS
Mangachu
to their team.
Today we call up another from @MTLRebellion. Making his way back into the big leagues, please welcome @LogixOW to the team!#RiseTogether | #OWL2019 pic.twitter.com/PoRCSTaGQm
— Toronto Defiant (@TorontoDefiant) June 28, 2019
Canada, we've got an early #CanadaDay present for you! Please welcome our new DPS player, Canadian born and raised, @Mangachu_! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦#RiseTogether | #OWL2019 pic.twitter.com/ITfndVV60c
— Toronto Defiant (@TorontoDefiant) June 28, 2019
The new additions further the Defiant's transition to a mixed roster of western and Korean players. The franchise played with an entirely Korean roster until late May when they promoted the Rebellion's western tank line to the Overwatch League.
This marks Logix's return to the Overwatch League after he was on the roster of the Florida Mayhem last season. He was one of the franchise's original team members and remained with the team for the entire season, but was not re-signed in the offseason. No other team picked him up.
Logix then joined XL2 Academy in November, but was later released in January. He was then added as a part of the Rebellion's original roster when they formed their academy team. Logix played with Defiant tanks sharyk and Gods, who were added to the Rebellion later on, for four matches.
While Mangachu will be making his first entry into the Overwatch League, his career is no less storied. He has played professional Overwatch since the days of the game's beta and has represented Canada in the World Cup in each of the past two years, including in 2017's second place run.
Mangachu is not only the first Canada native to join the Toronto Defiant but also the first Canada native to join either of Canada's two Overwatch League franchises. Despite being the team's first Canada native, he is not the first resident of Canada to join the team. im37, who is originally from South Korea, had lived in Canada before joining the Defiant since 2014 and was attending university in British Columbia.
Both of the Defiant's new DPS players have experience playing together. They were both members of XL2 Academy between November of 2018 and January of 2019, although Mangachu had been a member of the squad prior to that.
The Defiant now have 10 players on their roster, four of which are western and six of which are Korean.
They are currently 7-10 on the season and 0-3 in Stage 3. They are fighting for a spot in the top 12 to make the season end's play-in tournament.
Their next match is later today against the Los Angeles Gladiators.
The
Toronto Defiant
Toronto Defiant
OWL
Rank #20
KariV
Park Young-seo (박영서)
flex support
Nevix
Andreas Karlsson
off tank
Logix
Andreas Berghmans
dps
Mangachu
Liam Campbell
dps
Agilities
Brady Girardi
dps
Surefour
Lane Roberts
dps
Beast
Adam Denton
tank
Kellex
Kristian Keller
support
are:
- Lee "Ivy" Seung-Hyun (DPS)
- Jin "im37" Hong (홍진의) (DPS)
- Andreas "Logix" Berghmans (DPS)
- Liam "Mangachu" Campbell (DPS)
- Daniel "Gods" Graeser (Off-tank)
- Jo "Yakpung" Gyeong-mu (Tank)
- / Normund "sharyk" Faterins (Tank)
- Park "Neko" Se-hyeon (박세현) (Flex Support)
- Go "Aid" Jae-yoon (고재윤) (Support)
- Park "Roky" Joo-seong (박주성) (Support)
The Defiant staff is: