Wolfe Glick

Wolfe Glick
Current team
TeamBeastcoast
GamePokémon
LeaguePlay! Pokémon
Personal information
Born (1995-12-06) December 6, 1995 (age 28) Washington DC, US
Career information
Playing career2011–present
Team history
2018–2021Panda Global
2022 - presentBeastcoast
Twitch information
Channel
Followers170.673
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2016–present
Subscribers1.48 million[1]
Total views405,6 million[1]
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2019[2]
1,000,000 subscribers2023 [3]

Last updated: April 8th, 2024

Wolfe Glick (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]

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]

  1. ^ a b "About WolfeyVGC". YouTube.
  2. ^ Glick, Wolfe (December 3, 2019). 100K SUBSCRIBERS. Retrieved November 1, 2022 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Glick, Wolfe [@WolfeyGlick] (April 16, 2023). "Today I reached 1 million subscribers on YouTube. When I started making YouTube videos, my goal was to hit 100K subscribers - and I didn't think it would be possible. A million wasn't even unthinkable, it was laughable. And yet, for a little while now, I've known it was coming" (Tweet). Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Michael, Cale (December 14, 2020). "Wolfey Glick wins Pokémon Players Cup II". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "2016 Pokémon World Championships Masters Division Top Cut Teams". The Pokémon Company. August 2016. Archived from the original on January 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "A Pokémon Champion's quest to master the unmasterable". Eurogamer.net. November 26, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  7. ^ Chillerón, Lucas (June 18, 2019). "In-depth with Wolfe Glick, the face of present-day Pokémon esports". Upcomer. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  8. ^ Michael, Cale (December 1, 2019). "Former Pokémon VGC world champion helps build a devastating Dracovish strategy". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  9. ^ Jackman, Tom (August 31, 2012). "Wolfe Glick of McLean, 16, is two-time U.S. Pokemon champion, world runner-up". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  10. ^ Bell, Lowell (August 16, 2022). "Wolfe Glick Reveals What It Takes To Compete In Pokemon's VGC World Championships". TheGamer. Retrieved November 1, 2022.