The academy team of the Toronto Defiant Toronto Defiant OWL Rank #14 Twilight Lee Joo-seok (이주석) flex support Heesu Jeong Hee-su (정희수) dps Finale dps MuZe Kim Young-hun (김영훈) tank Ch0r0ng support have revealed their Montreal Rebellion Montreal Rebellion Inactive Shuh Pfleger Alban off tank Mangachu Liam Campbell dps Leaf Lucas Loison dps numlocked Seb Barton tank RoKy Park Joo-seong (박주성) support dridro Arthur Szanto support branding. They've also revealed their staff, which will be spearheaded by Blizzard .

The co-founder and director of OverActive Media, Adam Adamou, cited an 1837 Lower Canada Rebellion as the inspiration behind the branding of both the Defiant and the Rebellion.

The Rebellion will be coached by Dream , previously the analyst of the British Hurricane. He will be assisted by ByZenith , who last coached First Generation. The team's general manager, Blizzard, was the head coach of First Generation.

Blizzard and ByZenith will work with players they are familiar with. Four of the Rebellion's seven players were on First Generation in Contenders Season 3.

The first season of Contenders 2019 will be the Rebellion's Contenders debut. Toronto is the second of North America's four Overwatch League expansion franchises to introduce an academy team. The first was the Atlanta Reign.

Montreal Rebellion Montreal Rebellion Inactive Shuh Pfleger Alban off tank Mangachu Liam Campbell dps Leaf Lucas Loison dps numlocked Seb Barton tank RoKy Park Joo-seong (박주성) support dridro Arthur Szanto support is:

  • Nikolai "naGGa" Dereli (DPS)
  • Andreas "Logix" Berghmans (DPS)
  • Estevao "Hooey" Gama (Off-tank)
  • Shayne "Chayne" La Rocque (Tank)
  • David "Nomy" Ramirez (Tank)
  • Anthony "Goliath" Pietro (Flex Support)
  • Joshua "Tensa" Small (Support)

The Rebellion staff is: