The pros of Overwatch: Brady Girardi (Agilities), L.A. Valiant Matt Dias (Clockwork), Houston Outlaws Indy Halpern (Space), L.A. Valiant Brandon Larned (Seagull), Dallas Fuel Matt Iorio (Coolmatt), Houston Outlaws Terence Tarlier (SoOn), L.A. Valiant Ted Wang (Silkthread), L.A. Valiant I arrive at the house at 21 am on a late September Friday, and Disalvo is sitting with his teammates in a large living room that has been completely transformed for gaming purposes.
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From left to right: Fate, KSF, Izayaki, Agilities, SPACE, Custa.
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The farm offers pony rides and agilities with alpacas, which is a specialty of the farm.
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The Defiant's first offseason pick-up was on October 23, when the team acquired Young-seo "KariV" Park from the Los Angeles Valiant. A week later, KariV was joined by his former teammate, as DPS Brady "Agilities" Girardi signed with Toronto. The team signed tank Adam "Beast" Denton from Philadelphia Fusion's academy team Fusion University on October 30. On November 4, the Defiant announced the signing of former Los Angeles Gladiators DPS player Lane "Surefour" Roberts.
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When the boy turned 15, he became a squire. In a religious ceremony, the new squire swore on a sword consecrated by a bishop or priest, and attended to assigned duties in his lord's household. During this time the squires continued training in combat and were allowed to own armour (rather than borrowing it).David I of Scotland knighting a squireSquires were required to master the “seven points of agilities” - riding, swimming and diving, shooting different types of weapons, climbing, participation in tournaments, wrestling, fencing, long jumping, and dancing - the prerequisite skills for knighthood.
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The Valiant made their first offseason moves on October 23, releasing DPS Brady "Agilities" Girardi, trading off-tank Indy "SPACE" Halpern to the Los Angeles Gladiators, and trading flex support Park "KariV" Young-seo to the Toronto Defiant. In mid-November, Los Angeles announced that they had parted ways with main tank Russell "FCTFCTN" Campbell. On December 12, support player Scott "Custa" Kennedy announced that he was retiring from professional Overwatch play to join the Overwatch League as an analyst. Prior to the start of the season, Owen 'Slur' Warner silently departed with the team after it was revealed that he had previously used a racial slur.
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The Defiant entered the Summer Showdown as the 11th seed, and were selected by the fifth-seeded Los Angeles Valiant for their knockout stage matchup. However, with the prevailing Genji-focused metagame at the time, ushered in by buffs to the hero's abilities prior to the tournament, the Defiant were able to best the Valiant 3–1 with former Valiant player Agilities' Genji as the centrepiece. The Defiant narrowly defeated the Atlanta Reign 3–2 in the subsequent quarterfinal, before falling 3–0 at the hands of the Philadelphia Fusion in the tournament semifinals. On June 21, 2020, the team announced that zYKK had been upgraded to a long-term contract.
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Over the following off-season, the Defiant parted ways with the vast majority of their originally Korean- speaking roster with the exception of RoKy, rebuilding around a core of Canadian Overwatch players in Lane "Surefour" Roberts and Brady "Agilities" Girardi, acquired from the Los Angeles Gladiators and Los Angeles Valiant, respectively. The new Defiant roster consisted entirely of veteran league players with the exception of rookie tank player Adam "Beast" Denton, signed from the Philadelphia Fusion's academy team. Former Paris Eternal coach Felix "Féfé" Münch was announced as the team's new head coach. The Defiant began the 2020 season with a 3–1 victory over the Paris Eternal.
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In the 2018 Overwatch World Cup, Lengyel played as a main tank on the starting roster for Team Canada. Several months prior to the world cup, the head coach of team Canada, Justin "Jayne" Conroy announced on his Twitch stream that Lengyel, along with players Lucas "NotE" Meissner, Brady "Agilities" Girardi, Lane "Surefour" Roberts and Liam "Mangachu" Campbell, would be welcome to join the Canadian national team without going through the regular trialing process. He played in the Los Angeles Group Stage, finishing second place to move on to the quarterfinals at BlizzCon. In July 2019, Team Canada announced that Lengyel would return as the starting main tank for the team at the 2019 Overwatch World Cup.
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