Week 9 of the Overwatch League kicked off on Saturday afternoon, featuring three matches from the North America region, as the Chinese games have been delayed until Monday. The SF Shock rematched the L.A. Valiant, the L.A. Gladiators played against the Dallas Fuel, and the Toronto Defiant matched up against the Washington Justice. In all three games, fans were treated to a unique Torbjorn/Reinhardt death ball hero meta. As it turns out, when you ban Mei and McCree, Torbjorn suddenly becomes super viable in the Overwatch League. Who knew? Yet another discovery about Overwatch brought to you by hero pools. Every single team who played Saturday combined Reinhardt and Torbjorn in various ways. It was an exciting afternoon of matches, filled with aggressive Reinhardts, insane Lucio boops, and some clever Torb turret placements.
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