The Overwatch League will adapt weekly hero pools next season. What does this mean for teams across the league? (2:35)

Hero pools had a massive effect -- as expected and likely intended by Blizzard Entertainment and the league itself -- on the Overwatch League this past weekend in Washington, D.C. Teams were forced to adapt quickly not only going into the weekend but between matches as a small, hyper-focused metagame developed over two days. Next week, the league travels to Florida and we have four new hero bans to discuss in Lúcio, Winston, Soldier: 76, and Sombra.

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Here's a broad overview of how these bans could affect teams in Florida this weekend.

Support Ban: Lúcio -- 74.9 percent pick rate over the first five weeks (third-most-picked hero overall)

Teams will have to make do without Lúcio's area healing and speed boost this upcoming weekend. Provided by Blizzard

This is the big one.

With Reinhardt returning as an available hero after a week off, Lúcio suddenly being unavailable will impact compositions immensely and ensure that things won't exactly return to the status quo of the first four weeks, due to Lúcio's ability to speed Reinhardt into melee range. This past weekend, Brigitte was the main support hero of choice, skyrocketing from a 10.3 percent pick rate for the month of February to the second-most-picked hero in the league last week at 74.6 percent. Meanwhile, Lúcio usage tanked from 88 percent to 10.7 percent.

A lot of these percentages are due to a limited amount of main supports (as opposed to the plethora of DPS options available). With Lúcio out, we'll probably see more of what we saw from teams this past weekend: Brigitte-Ana and Brigitte-Zenyatta combinations, although this too could change based on what teams want to go with for their tank options. It will also be interesting to see where Baptiste fits in, as well as Moira, who will be returning from a week off as part of the first hero pool rotation. It's times like these where I miss Chengdu Hunters the most, since I know they would try to go with a Wrecking Ball-Pharmercy combination based on the available supports and tanks, hitscan availability be damned. That's the type of attitude I'd like to see from teams in hero pools regardless.

One of the teams affected the most by this will likely be the Paris Eternal, especially after Week 5, where support Brice "FDGod" Monsçavoir didn't look nearly as comfortable on Brigitte as he had on Lúcio.

Tank Ban: Winston -- 17.1 percent pick rate over the first five weeks (ninth-most-picked hero overall)

Winston briefly brought back a resurgence of the dive meta in the Overwatch League, but teams will likely play less mobile main tanks this weekend. Provided by Blizzard.

Tanks and supports are the two hero pools that, week after week, are going to determine the meta far more than most DPS bans. The combination of a Lúcio ban, even with Reinhardt returning, and a Winston ban could see more of the Orisa-D.Va combination that worked so well for the Florida Mayhem and Atlanta Reign this past weekend. Lúcio's impact on how teams play with Reinhardt shouldn't be underestimated.

Meanwhile teams like the Houston Outlaws, who spent the majority of their time on Winston-D.Va enabling dive compositions with Dante "Danteh" Cruz's Tracer, will once again have to change up their approach for the coming week. As an aside, this is where hero pools get really interesting -- some teams may have found strategies that stick around for more weeks than one while others will have to continuously shift their approach.

D.Va is the hero who topped usage rates in Week 5 with a 91.5 percent pick rate. Her versatility allows her to fit in pretty much any composition, so until she's banned, fully expect to see her in tandem with most other tank picks. This past weekend she was the queen of dive with Tracer-Winston making a comeback, but this week she'll likely return to more shielding combinations, like the aforementioned Orisa-D.Va. Week 6 may additionally be the week where Wrecking Ball makes, at the very least, a small localized return among one or two teams.

We also could simply return to a world where it's Mei/hitscan, D.Va, Reinhardt, Brigitte, Ana/Zenyatta, and Lúcio being unavailable won't impact tank picks at all. Rest in peace, Winston dive. It was nice having you back for two days of stage play. Hopefully you will be back in Week 7.

DPS Bans: Soldier: 76 -- 5.9 percent pick rate over the first five weeks (19th-most-picked hero overall); Sombra -- 11.9 percent pick rate over the first five weeks (12th-most-picked hero overall)

We know you loved seeing teams lock the Legs last weekend, but Soldier 76 won't be available this time around. Provided by Blizzard.

Of all hero bans, these two have the least amount of impact, especially when compared to the elimination of any tank/support hero, or even the double hitscan ban of Widowmaker/McCree last week. That being said, I'm sad that Hackfist won't be able to make a glorious return in the coming week due to the Sombra ban.

Both Widowmaker/McCree return for Week 6 alongside Mei, who remains unscathed despite being the second-most-picked hero in the league to date. She did drop significantly in pick rate last weekend with some teams eschewing her entirely, but her pick rate will likely rise again with Widowmaker/McCree back in the rotation. As for the main difference from Week 5 to Week 6 of available heroes, Tracer will drop off in pick rate due to the Winston ban.

Teams that would do well on this hero pool but we won't see due to unfortunate circumstances

CHENGDU HUNTERS

SHANGHAI DRAGONS

I may just yell these teams' names into the void over and over until there comes a week where I think their DPS players wouldn't appreciate the hero pool rotation.

Team to watch out for in Week 6: London Spitfire

Not only do I just like this London Spitfire team, but London had last weekend off, so I'm curious to see what they come up with going into Week 6. They're the first team to have a break and come back during this new weird world of hero pools.