In a harsh reversal of fortunes after a strong season, Wolfe “WolfeyVGC” Glick has been eliminated from the 2025 Pokemon World Championship in relatively short order.
Wolfe Glick has become the face of competitive Pokemon for many fans, and for good reason. While he was already heavily decorated before blowing up on YouTube, he has seemingly kicked into a higher gear. The competitor-to-influencer pivot often marks the end of someone’s esports career, but since 2023, Wolfe has won four regional championships and won the Europe International Championship in February 2025.
Expectations are always high for Glick, but living up to them is difficult in a game like Pokemon. His elimination from the 2025 Pokemon World Championship with a 6-3 record speaks to that.
What happened to Wolfe Glick in the 2025 Pokemon World Championship?
Wolfe Glick was eliminated from the 2025 Pokemon World Championship in round nine of the group stage after suffering a loss to Chiu Chih-Hung. This officially left him in 42nd place.
Glick’s run in Worlds started with a match against Diego Gutierrez, a Peruvian player who has a number of strong placements throughout his career in both regional and international events. Though he came out on top of this match, he was then defeated by Raghav
Malaviya, a relative veteran of the scene who placed top-64 in five events this season.
He then recovered with a win over Javier Freire, a Spanish competitor that placed top-64 in multiple European regionals and top-eight in the 2025 Grand Challenge 3 in December. Once again, that win was counterbalanced with a loss, this time to Brazilian standout Yan Vianna Sym.
Three losses guaranteed an elimination from the 2025 Pokemon World Championship, so each match going forward for Glick was an eliminator. His do-or-die run started with Chile’s Francisco
Trigo, followed by Thailand Master Ball League semifinalist Jittarin Rojmahamongkol, then British staple Joseph Martin.
Day one wrapped with a match against Marcus Dion in a rematch of the Toronto Regional Championships quarterfinals. Glick overcame a tough lead disadvantage in the first game and squeaked out a razor-thin game two with a field-clearing Earthquake from his Ursaluna.
Despite surviving day one, Glick remained in an elimination position entering day two. The second day started and ended with a match against Taiwan’s Chiu Chih-Hung. His elimination was confirmed on the Worlds broadcast by his longtime teammate and collab partner Aaron “Cybertron” Zheng.
Wolfe Glick’s tightrope walk throughout the 2025 World Championship was quite different from his run in the 2024 World Championship. The last event saw him start with a 9-0 run where he didn’t lose a single game, only to then go 0-3 in his final matches of the opening stage.
What was Wolfe Glick’s 2025 Worlds team?
Wolfe Glick’s team at Worlds 2025 included a restricted core of Koraidon and Lunala, with a number of meta staples surrounding them. Here is his full lineup:
- Koraidon (Life Orb)
- Lunala (Covert Cloak)
- Incineroar (Safety Goggles)
- Flutter Mane (Focus Sash)
- Amoonguss (Rocky Helmet)
- Ursaluna (Flame Orb)
Life Orb Koraidon was a proven success for Glick, as he used it to win the 2025 Europe International Championship. His team was radically different however, with a focus on facilitating a few deadly attackers instead of Perish Song shenanigans.
Koraidon and Ursaluna are two of the hardest-hitting physical attackers in the format. Past that were a variety of support options including Wide Guard from Lunala and redirection from Amoonguss. Despite Wolfe Glick’s elimination, his overall record with this lineup was strong and other top players at the 2025 Pokemon World Championship showed that this is a uniquely powerful composition.
