Wolfe Glick (/ˈwʊlf/; born December 6, 1995),[4] also known as Wolfey or WolfeyVGC, is an American competitive Pokémon player, streamer and YouTuber. He is the 2016 World Champion of the official Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC) format,[5] and has won numerous other VGC competitions. Glick was also one of the first people to have completed a Hardcore Nuzlocke of Emerald Kaizo, along with Pokémon Challenges.[6]
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| Team | M80 | |||||||||
| Game | Pokémon | |||||||||
| League | Play! Pokémon | |||||||||
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| Born | December 6, 1995 Washington DC, US | |||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||
| Playing career | 2011–present | |||||||||
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| 2018–2021 | Panda Global | |||||||||
| 2022 - 2024 | Beastcoast | |||||||||
| 2024 - Present | M80 | |||||||||
Twitch information | ||||||||||
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| Followers | 170.673 | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
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| Years active | 2016–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.48 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 405,6 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: April 8th, 2024 | ||||||||||
Glick has been called one of the most renowned VGC players of all time,[7] and his unique strategies often strongly influence the metagame.[8][9] His YouTube channel, WolfeyVGC, posts videos about competitive Pokémon content[10] and is the only competitive Pokémon channel to surpass 1,000,000 subscribers.[citation needed]
Education
editGlick has degrees in Economics and Computational Modelling and Data Analytics from Virginia Tech. Before making competitive Pokémon his career, Glick worked as a government analyst.[6]
Competitive Pokémon
editGlick began competing in competitive Pokémon in 2009 as a freshman in high school.[11] He made his debut in the World Championships in 2011, placing 6th overall. He won the Washington, D.C. Regionals and US Nationals in Indianapolis to qualify.[12][13]
Following his 2nd placing at the 2012 World Championships, Glick's team was added into the Pokémon World Tournament facility in the Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 games. Accessible via an optional download, the "2012 Masters Division Challenge"[14] allowed players to battle against an in-game trainer with his team.[15] The battle followed the same ruleset as the 2012 VGC format.[15]
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In 2016, while attending Virginia Tech,[11] Glick won the Pokémon VGC World Championships, collecting $10,000 in prize money. This achievement is generally regarded as the peak of his VGC career.[16] Glick played Johnathan Evans in the 2016 finals and beat him 2–0 in their best of 3 set, being crowned the World Champion.[5][16]
From 2011 to 2019, he qualified for Worlds every year, qualifying again in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 being the player with the most World Championships' participations in competitive Pokemon's history. After he won the 2019 North American International Championships and the 2020 Player's Cup II, Glick became the first player to win a Regional, National, International, World Championship and a Player's Cup.[17][18] Additionally, Glick has qualified the most times for World Championships, reached the most top cuts (round of 24) at World Championships and has played in two world finals (an achievement held by only two other players, Ray Rizzo[6] and Park Se-jun[19][20]).
Following his 2020 Players Cup II win, one of Glick's Pokémon, a Coalossal, was distributed to Pokémon video game Sword and Shield players via a Mystery Gift in-game code that expired in August 16, 2021. The code was 'V1CT0RYENG1NE25'.[21]
Though the Pokémon VGC scene was paused during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Glick returned to action when Play! Pokémon began hosting live events again in 2022. He returned with a top-32 finish at the Salt Lake City Regional Championships.[citation needed]
Glick started the 2023 season with a top-16 finish at the 2023 London Open, and placed top-16 across several more events during the year. He won his first official offline championship in over three years by winning the 2023 Orlando Regional Championship, at the time the biggest Pokemon VG tournament ever. Glick qualified for the 2023 Pokémon World Championship, but was eliminated on day one with a 4-3 record.[citation needed]
Wolfe Glick's 2024 season began with a second-place finish in the Pittsburgh Regional Championships, losing to Riley Factura in the finals.[22] From there, he enjoyed generally strong showings including first-place finishes in the 2024 Charlotte Regional Championships, which at the time was the new biggest tournament ever, and Orlando Regional Championships, successfully defending his title from 2023. In International Championship events, he placed top-16 in the 2024 Europe International Championships and top-32 in the 2024 North America International Championships.[citation needed]
This qualified Glick for a day-one invite to the 2024 Pokemon World Championships where he had an unprecendented run to start 9-0 in sets and 18-0 in games. He was, however, eliminated on day two of the event with a 9-3 record by Kylan Van Severen, finishing in 17th place.[23]
Wolfe's 2025 season started with a strong showing in the Baltimore Regional Championships, pushing into the top 16 and finishing in 9th place after a loss to Junxi Zhu. He continued with another good tournament in the Louisville Regional Championships, finishing in 8th place with a loss to the eventual winner of the tournament, Andrew Zheng. After a rather quick break, Wolfe entered the 2025 Toronto Regional Championships, and after defeating a numerous amount of competitors, including 3x International Champion, Marco Silva, he triumphed, becoming the very first and only player ever to have won 10 Regional Championships.
Esports teams
editIn 2018, Glick joined the esports team Panda Global, departing in 2021.[7] Glick joined the competitive Pokémon section of the esports team Beastcoast in 2022.[24] In 2024, esports organization M80 announced they had acquired the esports division of Beastcoast.[25]
Tournament placings
editRegional Championships
edit| Tournament | Date | Age Division | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|
| DC Regionals 2011 | June 11, 2011 | Masters | 1st |
| Philadelphia Regionals 2015 | October 4-5, 2014 | Masters | 2nd |
| Virginia Regionals 2015 | February 15, 2015 | Masters | 8th |
| Florida Regionals 2015 | March 1, 2015 | Masters | 1st |
| Massachusetts Regionals 2015 | May 17, 2015 | Masters | 1st |
| Pennsylvania Regionals 2015 | October 11, 2015 | Masters | 1st |
| Florida Regionals 2016 | February 28, 2016 | Masters | 1st |
| Georgia Regionals 2016 | May 21, 2016 | Masters | 3rd |
| Orlando Regionals 2016 | October 16, 2016 | Masters | 3rd |
| Georgia Regionals 2017 | January 14–15, 2017 | Masters | 5th |
| Charlotte Regionals 2018 | March 17–18, 2018 | Masters | 1st |
| Madison Regionals 2019 | June 1–2, 2019 | Masters | 3rd |
| Richmond Regionals 2020 | November 2-3, 2019 | Masters | 4th |
| Collinsville Regionals 2020 | February 29 - March 1, 2020 | Masters | 2nd |
| Secaucus Regionals 2022 | May 21–22, 2022 | Masters | 3rd |
| Orlando Regionals 2023[26] | February 4–5, 2023 | Masters | 1st |
| Knoxville Regionals 2023[27] | February 25–26, 2023 | Masters | 5th |
| Charlotte Regionals 2023 | March 25–26, 2023 | Masters | 9th |
| Fort Wayne Regionals 2023 | April 1–2, 2023 | Masters | 9th |
| Hartford Regionals 2023 | May 20–21, 2023 | Masters | 3rd |
| Pittsburgh Regionals 2024 | September 9–10, 2023 | Masters | 2nd |
| Charlotte Regionals 2024[28] | January 20–21, 2024 | Masters | 1st |
| Orlando Regionals 2024[29] | April 13–14, 2024 | Masters | 1st |
| Baltimore Regionals 2025 | September 14-15, 2024 | Masters | 9th |
| Louisville Regionals 2025 | October 12-13, 2024 | Masters | 8th |
| Toronto Regionals 2025 | December 14-15, 2024 | Masters | 1st |
National Championships
edit| Tournament | Date | Age Division | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Nationals 2011 | July 3–4, 2011 | Masters | 1st |
| US Nationals 2012 | June 30 – July 1, 2012 | Masters | 1st |
| US Nationals 2013 | July 5–7, 2013 | Masters | Day 1 |
| US Nationals 2014 | July 4–6, 2014 | Masters | Day 1 |
| US Nationals 2015 | July 3–5, 2015 | Masters | 8th |
| US Nationals 2016 | July 1–3, 2016 | Masters | Day 1 |
International Championships
edit| Tournament | Date | Age Division | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Internationals 2017 | December 9–11, 2016 | Masters | 11th |
| Oceania Internationals 2017 | March 10–12, 2017 | Masters | 9th |
| European Internationals 2019 | April 26-28, 2019 | Masters | 4th |
| North America Internationals 2019[30] | June 21–23, 2019 | Masters | 1st |
| North America Internationals 2022 | June 24–26, 2022 | Masters | 9th |
| North America Internationals 2023 | June 30 - July 2, 2023 | Masters | 17th |
| European Internationals 2024 | April 5–7, 2024 | Masters | 13th |
| North America Internationals 2024 | June 7–9, 2024 | Masters | 22nd |
| Tournament | Date | Age Division | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worlds 2011 | August 15, 2011 | Masters | 6th |
| Worlds 2012 | August 12, 2012 | Masters | 2nd |
| Worlds 2013 | August 9–11, 2013 | Masters | 25th |
| Worlds 2014 | August 15–17, 2014 | Masters | 9th |
| Worlds 2015 | August 21–23, 2015 | Masters | 12th |
| Worlds 2016 | August 19–21, 2016 | Masters | 1st |
| Worlds 2017 | August 18–20, 2017 | Masters | 15th |
| Worlds 2018 | August 24–26, 2018 | Masters | Day 1 |
| Worlds 2019 | August 16–18, 2019 | Masters | 32nd |
| Worlds 2022 | August 18–21, 2022 | Masters | Day 1 |
| Worlds 2023[31] | August 11–13, 2023 | Masters | Day 1 |
| Worlds 2024 | August 16-18, 2024 | Masters | 17th [32] |
Other Events
edit| Tournament | Date | Age Division | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Players Cup II | 2020 | Masters | 1st |
| 2023 Pokémon London Open | 2022 | Masters | 12th |
| Victory Road to Yokohama | 2023 | Masters | 15th |
| 2023 Global Challenge I | 2023 | Masters | Top 64 |
| 2023 Global Challenge II | 2023 | Masters | 6th |
| 2025 Grand Challenge I | 2024 | Masters | Top 64 |
References
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- ^ "M80 acquires Beastcoast - Moves into DOTA2 & Pokemon". m80.gg. December 5, 2024.
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