Wolfe Glick

Wolfe Glick ( ; born December 6, 1995), also known as Wolfey and known online as 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, and has won 10 Regional, 2 National, and 2 International Championships. Additionally, he won the Players Cup II in 2020, and the Global Challenge in 2020 and in 2025 under the alias "33-4".

Wolfe Glick has been called one of the most popular VGC players of all time, and his unique strategies often strongly influence the metagame. His YouTube channel posts videos about competitive Pokémon content, including detailed overviews of his experiences at official VGC tournaments. In recognition of his VGC pursuits and impact on the competitive Pokémon community, Glick was inducted into the 'Games' category of the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30.

Education Glick has a degree in economics, computational modeling, and data analytics from Virginia Tech. Before making competitive Pokémon his career, Glick worked as a government analyst and was an RA for his hall when attending university.

Competitive Pokémon

2011–2021: Early career and first major event wins Glick began competing in competitive Pokémon in 2009 as a freshman in high school. He made his debut in the World Championships in 2011, placing 5th overall. He won the Washington, D.C. Regionals and US Nationals in Indianapolis to qualify.

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" allowed players to battle against an in-game trainer with his team.

In 2016, while attending Virginia Tech,

Following his World Championship victory, he went on to win other major events, namely the 2019 North American International Championships (NAIC) and the 2020 Players Cup II. After this success Glick became the first player to win a Regional, National, International, Players Cup and a World Championship. As a reward for winning the 2020 Players Cup II, 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.

2022–2026: Return to Pokémon VGC and continued success 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.

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.

2024 VGC Season Wolfe Glick's 2024 season began with a second-place finish in the Pittsburgh Regional Championships, losing to Riley Factura in the finals. He subsequently had several other strong showings including first-place finishes in the 2024 Charlotte Regional Championships, which at the time was the new largest tournament ever, and the 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.

This qualified Glick for a day-one invite to the 2024 Pokémon World Championships, where he had an unprecedented run to start 9-0 in sets and 18-0 in games. After qualifying for the final round of 32 with a Swiss record of 9-2, he was eliminated at 17th by Kylan Van Severen.

2025 VGC Season In 2025, Glick's season started with a 9th place finish at the Baltimore Regional Championships, losing to Junxi Zhu. At the Louisville Regional Championships, he finished in 8th place with a loss to the eventual winner of the tournament, Andrew Zheng.

Glick won the 2025 Toronto Regional Championships after defeating three-time International Champion Marco Silva in the final, becoming the first and only player to have won 10 Regional Championships. In addition, Glick revealed that he had also won the 2025 Global Challenge I, initially under the pseudonym '33-4', finishing with a 1811.7 Rating.

In May 2025, Wolfe took part in the Milwaukee Regionals, finishing in 21st place after being beaten by James Evans. Afterwards, he appeared as one of the casters in the Portland Regionals, the final North American Regionals in the 2025 VGC season. He was eliminated on Day 1 of the Pokemon North America International Championships with a 5-3 record. At the 2025 Pokemon World Championships, he made Day 2 but was eliminated at 42nd by Chih-Hung Chiu.

2026 VGC Season Wolfe began his 2026 Season with a top-16 finish in the North American bracket of the 2026 Grand Challenge I. At the Milwaukee Regional Championships, he finished in 8th place, losing to the eventual winner of the tournament, Alex Arand. On October 23, 2025, Glick posted a video to his channel called "Moving Forward". In the video, Glick announced a four-month hiatus from attending in-person tournaments, citing groping from fans combined with a neck injury and overall stress. During his hiatus, Glick won the online 2026 Grand Challenge III in November 2025. He returned to in-person competition at the European International Championships in February 2026, placing 39th of a record 1,455 players. He then attended the first two North American tournaments played in Pokémon Champions, placing second at the Indianapolis Regional Championships and third at the North American International Championships before being eliminated on day 1 of Worlds with a record of 5 wins and 3 losses.

Esports teams In 2018, Glick joined the esports team Panda Global, departing in 2021. In 2024, esports organization M80 announced they had acquired the esports division of Beastcoast.

Personal life

Wolfe Glick is a vegetarian. In 2021, Glick said that he might have aphantasia. He resides in Washington, D.C.

Tournament placings

Regional Championships April 15, 2012 Masters Virginia Regionals 2014 January 11-12, 2014 Masters 5th Philadelphia Regionals 2015 October 4-5, 2014 Masters Virginia Regionals 2015 February 15, 2015 Masters 8th Florida Regionals 2015 March 1, 2015 Masters Massachusetts Regionals 2015 May 17, 2015 Masters Pennsylvania Regionals 2016 October 10-11, 2015 Masters Florida Regionals 2016 February 28, 2016 Masters Georgia Regionals 2016 May 21, 2016 Masters Orlando Regionals 2017 October 15-16, 2016 Masters Georgia Regionals 2017 January 14–15, 2017 Masters 5th Charlotte Regionals 2018 March 17–18, 2018 Masters Madison Regionals 2019 June 1–2, 2019 Masters Richmond Regionals 2020 November 2-3, 2019 Masters 4th Collinsville Regionals 2020 February 29 - March 1, 2020 Masters Secaucus Regionals 2022 May 21–22, 2022 Masters Orlando Regionals 2023 February 4–5, 2023 Masters Knoxville Regionals 2023 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 Pittsburgh Regionals 2024 September 9–10, 2023 Masters Charlotte Regionals 2024 January 20–21, 2024 Masters Orlando Regionals 2024 April 13–14, 2024 Masters Baltimore Regionals 2025 September 14-15, 2024 Masters 9th Louisville Regionals 2025 October 12-13, 2024 Masters 8th Toronto Regionals 2025 June 21–23, 2019 Masters European Internationals 2022 April 22-24, 2022 Masters 9th North America Internationals 2022 June 24–26, 2022 Masters 15th 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 European Internationals 2025 February 21-23, 2025 Masters European Internationals 2026 February 13-15, 2026 Masters 39th North America Internationals 2026 June 12-14, 2026 Masters World Championships

Online Events + Tournament Date Age Division Placing 2020 Global Challenge 2020 Masters Players Cup II