Exeggutor made it to Worlds Finals. Here’s how.

[@blossomchan6428]

Oh god the vgc commentator section was pure pain

[@ivancosta3408]

Critical hit!

[@kamemelia]

metagross is a strong pick against garchomp

[@ItsMrBozToYou]

"There appears to be japanese on the screen!"

[@letsgetfluffy3138]

Uhh uh... ut appears that.. uhh..

[@Aymaan689]

they were probably not even understanding what they were saying

[@tedestrada57]

What I knew was that the Pokemon Worlds weren't recorded and streamed in 2011-2012-but my goodness, Wolfie. I wish I never learned otherwise with how GameSpot's commentators performed. No wonder you had to Pain Split the footages with us.

[@backpackerraden6268]

OH they were bad. I've never even finished watching a match from 2012 cuz the casters are too painful to listen to

[@yunzhiunfiltered]

Wolfe Glick used pain split！！ Viewer’s hp has gone to 20% Wolfey’s hp has gone to 50%

[@butteredsalmonella]

One of the most hilarious quotes by the commentators I've heard of is how Thunder Wave has a chance to paralyze (well technically that's partially true in Gen 6 and beyond LOL)

[@speokeosai]

@@butteredsalmonella Its true any gen, since you are mistaking accuracy with paralyze chance.

[@Julian-pw5mv]

@@speokeosai no hes not. He is just saying using thunder wave has a chance to paralyse the opponent, because the other 10% is a miss. He isn't talking about the effect of the move, but rather the result of using the move. Slight difference.

[@aldenkaiser248]

I’d be interested to hear you break down any of your old championship runs. This is super insightful. I loved the BW meta :)

[@3Immotommi3]

Echo this. Please react to the full game. Your reactions to your past games (worlds 2016, nats 2019) are arguably my favourite videos of your. Well probably eclipsed by #teammemeball

[@ilianplompen9975]

I very much agree. Awesome to see you play and often break the other (and older) metagames and to see what they were back then!

[@renewedphoenix6263]

What this person said

[@_J10_]

@@renewedphoenix6263 I agree what that person said about the other person

[@dylankiley1311]

Why not just hack your Pokémon like Wolfe does???

[@tiron3218]

„Thunderus has also a...uh...hit everyone on the field effect“ nailed it.

[@Nate3417]

I love seeing this blast from the past and more VGC! And also, that montage at the end was _baffling._ I have never seen commentators who know less about the game they're watching and I've watched a Smash event where they got people who literally don't play the game to commentate a round as a joke.

[@theendersmirk5851]

The real issue is they clearly think they're being smart. If they had this little of an idea, but had a more upbeat tone to it, you could believe they're memeing, and were selected exclusively for lack of knowledge as a joke. Issue is, they seem to be legitimately under the impression their comments were serious.

[@cedricbernier140]

Excellent retrospective on the tournament and the 2012 format for both newer and older players alike. What really sets this video apart for me is despite the success you achieved with the team, you've clearly put thought into how it could be improved in a modern context, and more importantly how it affected your building and play habits down the line. Amazing job by both yourself and the editors, really enjoyable.

[@overdadeiroguik5848]

Wolfey is so sweet when he talks about the 2012 VGC format, it's amazing how enjoyable the video is when the KZbinr had fun doing it

[@alexgrissom3513]

WHAT DID YOU CALL WIDEO 😤 👿

[@overdadeiroguik5848]

@@alexgrissom3513 this masterpiece that he produced

[@alexgrissom3513]

@@overdadeiroguik5848 I don’t think so, check the spelling bozo /s

[@aquartertwo]

Explaining how you lost and expounding on those bad habits you've had to unlearn would make a good wideo. And, since Ray's started streaming VGC recently, maybe he'd be open to sharing his perspective, too. :)

[@Marcusjnmc]

Ray's occasionally streamed VGC a bunch of times over the years

[@aquartertwo]

Oh, that's cool. So to be specific, started streaming SwSh VGC*. It's been fun watching him still reach Top 2-digits on Master Ball while calling Incineroar 'Infernape' and not knowing Necrozma's Typing 😅

[@tentavision13]

OOOOOO, YES

[@tnrdarkyt6334]

What was his bad habit?

[@SirMisterMister]

Oh God the last part Hurts so much to Watch I Cry everytime

[@jackalscry8173]

The professional commentary over the matches is so bad it is comical. I’m glad Pokémon got popularized solely for the fact that now we have good commentators.

[@bear5425]

You could tell they didn’t want to be there and did not give a fuck about anything that was happening

[@mistercrimesb]

That's why you get ex pro players to comment on the games, someone who has a damn idea about what's going on. :D

[@roojackaroo8517]

"Pokemon got popularized" bro its the largest franchise in the world

[@JohnsonSaUceZach]

@@roojackaroo8517 I think they were talking about the vgc meta

[@mistercrimesb]

@@roojackaroo8517 franchise doesn't matter, only currently active players in the game...specially ones that play ranked games. And there is not that many of those compared to Apex/LoL...

[@grunkleg.29691]

Wideo idea: "Why My Defense-Oriented Strategies Failed" Stuff like your Hippowdon/Gliscor/Registeel team, for example

[@butteredsalmonella]

I want to find out why he put Magmar in that team.

[@Bladius_]

@@butteredsalmonella Gen 3 Pokemon XD Magmar, with Follow me. It's the only fire type that learns follow me and I believe it was holding Eviolite so it was fairly bulky. It also had flame body, ran will-o-wisp and helping hand. It could also pull mamoswine ice shards off of his Latios with FM. I believe that was the logic, can't remember who is was an answer for though... Though at a glance Volcarona, Heatran and Abomasnow seem fairly popular. Sejun park hit 5th with it too (and lightningrod marowak!). Edit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIG4dpmnipitY9k False swipe explains it better than me. I think Sejun had a better Conkeldurr matchup too with Jellicent.

[@xcstar7]

I just want more of this commentary from worlds 2012. That’s all I want in life now

[@watsonwrote]

I was talking to a friend about how I've never seen commentary so bad in any sport, and we decided there needs to be an entire channel of people who know literally nothing about a competitive game or sport narrate over well-known matches like this

[@sapnupua5]

ikr, id love more compilations, this was hilariously bad

[@jamesontaber2741]

In case you’re curious, the meteor mash at 17:57 actually was a critical hit (not that it mattered) However, the commentators seem to have magical prediction ability because the text they react to saying “ooh, a critical!” Actually says “it’s super effective” The critical hit text doesn’t come out until after that, (ironically) right where the editing says “it was NOT a critical hit”

[@lukashosemann383]

This lets us appreciate commentators like Aaron Cybertron Zheng even more! :)

[@ct.s.8101]

I love these breakdowns of matches and games! As someone who doesn't play or watch competitive Pokemon a lot, it's a lot easier to fully understand what's going on when you break it down like you do. Thanks for the quality content!

[@DarkSoulsSauron]

i really appreciate these breakdowns. they're more digestible than your streams but are really information heavy and analytical

[@Whit_Edit]

I'd really love to hear the commentator's perspective, like how they were chosen and why it had to be them when they didn't know anything

[@wertyswar]

THAT MONTAGE AT THE END WAS AMAZING!

[@Shimahou]

*Painful* bonus content at the end there. It gives me a whole new appreciation of the quality of VGC content in recent years.

[@Oldglen]

I love that wolf has made a living off Pokémon. Been watching since he started his channel. Perish trap was my favourite strat I’ve ever seen you do

[@12jswilson]

My favorite is when he lied about using an evil timer stall strat based around celebrate Vaporeon and everyone believed it for YEARS.

[@Oldglen]

@@12jswilson oGs will remember that 😅

[@ShayminStation]

What an interesting video that is definitely only 16:46 long and definitely doesn't have a compilation of the most cringe commentary in VGC history

[@avengy852]

I would say it's one of the most cringe in competitive gaming history your comment almost sounds like a compliment

[@fujiapple9675]

Exeggutor has always been under appreciated so it's nice to see a video dedicated to it. Sleep powder with a high special attack can be difficult to deal with.

[@milonchello1643]

Sleep powder and leech seed is a dangerous combo

[@SilvaShadow1990]

With harvest or chlorophyll definitely

[@BatpegBackAgain]

Breakdowns/analysis of top level sets is my favorite content on this channel, whether its your loss or any other set :)

[@billyhatfield7049]

This was SO cool to watch. Having only recently gotten into VGC stuff myself, it's so fun to see what I missed!

[@dylankiley1311]

I wouldn’t trust this man too much… he’s is a CONFIRMED cheater by many other people facts and stats. He’s a very dishonest Person

[@billyhatfield7049]

@@dylankiley1311 disagree wholeheartedly. Idk how you cheat in Pokemon and get away with it at the world's level. So I think I'll take my odds with the world champ over a random dude on YT.

[@pokemontrainer6941]

@@dylankiley1311 verlisify was just clout hunting and his channel is dead now

[@evanmorisky4604]

@@dylankiley1311 A verlisify fan? I've never seen something like this before

[@celerityx2110]

“I almost never mention this”😅

[@adimon9544]

These kind of vids about professional Pokémon are my favorite. Its been a while and I love it.

[@theboi5584]

This is such a good look back on not just the 2012 World Championship, but the BW championships in general. I love these kinds of videos 👍

[@ItsAZues]

We all know he's the 2016 Pokemon World Champion. But, let us not forget that Exeggutor that pushed him to glory. It'll be remembered, for birthing a legend in the VGC scene.

[@joshframent9385]

I've read this team breakdown on Nugget Bridge a dozen times since Series 10 began. The Egg and it's Alolan form just interest me so much as grass types that can pack trick room support. Congrats on being so successful with it!

[@rixrobin]

I miss gen 5 competitive both doubles and singles. Yes rain and dragons were overpowered in OU but every other meta game was so fun.

[@daphenomenalz4100]

So tru, dragons and fighting types yeeting every where. And volt turn along with weather wars were the most dirty metagame of ou ever. But, dragons are still top tier right now Dragapult, Garchomp, etc😂

[@amaanverma8248]

Though one thing I did complain was the early meta was hell Deoxys and darkrai. God it was a mess

[@JackMcCabe_76]

I love this sort of content. I'd love even more breakdowns of your previous worlds runs, or other players previous runs that interested you for whatever reasoning.

[@hasedase4238]

Sillody is such a great editor. Fantastic work bro! Great video as well mr Wolfe

[@chickenmaster1090]

I watched all the 2012 vgc matches I could find and those commentators are so funny to listen too

[@DrRadula]

Exeggutor has always been a really great mon. I loved how gamefreak recognized this in gen 7 and elevated it to mythic status as Tapu Coconut, guardian deity of exeggutor island.

[@iantaakalla8180]

The transcendental Tapu Coconut, the only Pokémon with four types: Electric/Fairy/Grass/Dragon

[@peardude8979]

I’d love to see both you and Ray go over the finals. I think it would be fascinating to see how two players prepare to go against each other.

[@aidenpons9584]

I absolutely adore the editing! From little comedic laughs to actually showing & highlighting stats of a Pokemon and important info, it's amazing! Also I had no idea the official commentary footage was just that bad xD

[@its2three4]

I enjoyed the video! Definitely was a change of pace from your past reviews of your other world champ videos haha so that took a moment to adjust but I enjoyed the video nonetheless. Looking forward to what you do next Wolfe!

[@blindninja5688]

i like documentary wolfey alot, he's very entertaining.

[@gauravsaluja3833]

I'd love to hear these commentators try to commentate again that was hillarious

[@nintendope8837]

Oh boy.. this brings me back... times were simpler when wolfey was just the egg man

[@theojohnson2218]

Honestly as much as I love all your videos your videos going through moments of VGC history even when your own I have always loved. Would love to see more videos going through unusual mons people used to shake up the format or even in depth discussions of more common mons. I loved all your tier lists as well but I do appreciate there are only so many of those you can do. Adore all your content and will watch anything you produce as long as your enjoying it.

[@deadm1ku155]

Who else remembers the Gengar, Haunter, and Delcatty team Wolfe build?

[@Robbie-qh3ni]

Ngl, when he started talking about skill swap, this team was the first that came to mind

[@ERamos1993]

This was super cool to watch. I love the behind the scenes and inner commentary that players have as it lets me get an idea of what it’s like to be in that place. Also Ray is back playing VGC! He’s been streaming and posting to KZbin!

[@yasktekken5507]

Yes we would definitely like to see a break down. An uncut 1-2h video just like 2016 finals.

[@Rangelrok]

Great video, love this style of content! Would love to hear the story of the loss to Rizzo.

[@Seinsmelled]

ray rizzo disposed of him with ease (easily)

[@zioplys]

I love gen 5 so much, im sad that when i was younger i didnt know about the competitive side because its so interesting to see all these mons and strategies in my favourite games

[@benk9773]

a fun mini-doc on 2012 pokemon, nice. thanks wolfey team

[@fujiapple9675]

I love how Ray Rizzo got the Cynthia battle music at 15:15! Since she's the strongest in-game Champion, the parallel is perfect!

[@4fives992]

This is an excellent video and I enjoyed it immensely. Your ability to crystallize the 2012 Worlds meta, your team building, and your experience at the time was thoroughly engrossing. I would love to see more videos like this where you draw on your long career as a competitive Pokemon player and discuss different tournaments and the metas they were built around.

[@icyraud]

I remember watching one of your videos. It was a skill swap + normalize combo and your enemies cant hit your ghost Pokémon. I'm still blown away up to this day. Pokémon battles are so fascinating to play and watch.

[@saintsoul.3875]

Love these videos because they help me a be a better player in so many different ways. I’d be curious to see you talk about how you lost the finals, but also why you would have changed about your team if you could go back? You mentioned you had flaws in defensive mindedness, but what sorts of changes would you make looking back?

[@pandaman1559]

6:03 Papa Fuego is the best Heatran name I've ever seen XD

[@frankiebecerra3]

It’s really cool to learn about the history of this event/culture, thank you for this

[@johncarnabucci4460]

This is a very cool video idea! I love to get glimpses into the history of VGC being a relative newcomer to the scene starting with SWSH. I always think it’s good to know the history of what came before to truly appreciate what we have now! You should def make that video about your worlds loss, even if it brings back some painful memories.

[@vego71]

I appreciate any match commentary you put out even if they're other famous matches

[@jaroca784]

This is such good content, more please.

[@chukadoo1871]

watching you break down your (or any) competitive experiences is awesome; great insight. your editor also is a hard carry nowadays edit: the end lmao, wonder where these twos' expertise actually lies

[@inactivechristine]

ive been waiting for more vgc content for months! please keep em coming :D

[@cynthia-op8rx]

I really really like these breakdowns of tournaments, whether it's following your perspective like here or someone else's like the pachirisu video. hearing the story of how a player got rewarded for making the right calls and playing well is really cool. the meta background is always really interesting to hear as well.

[@aidanswartz2842]

Where's the 'Can I get to number 1 in the World with Exeggutor?' It just seems to make sense to me as a callback to your Worlds 2012 run, not the same team but I think it'd be interesting. Also love the video btw it's so interesting to hear about old VGC.

[@louismgemane610]

"... Also has a hit everybody on the field attack..." lol best commentary ever!

[@SoGoodContent]

This content is INSANE. Amazing

[@cameronossing495]

This video is super fun to watch thanks for this. Black/white was the only game I ever ev trained and iv bred Pokémon. I was in college so there were a ton of tournaments on my campus i got to play in and it’s so cool seeing the format again!

[@lashwood]

Great wideo Wolfey, I can tell you put a lot into your narration and the editing is *chefs kiss*

[@algar6616]

Hey Wolfe, I liked this video Haven’t been around in a bit, this was a good’in Keep it up big dog, cool how your presentation quality upped itself

[@thebohorevolution315]

It's great to have you back

[@emmyanderson2291]

adore this video. i'd really love a breakdown on the game itself because i find your breakdowns of past matches really interesting, and super informative as someone who is just getting into VGC!

[@Brownsugarcb]

Love the video! As someone who's fairly new to competitive pokemon it's really cool to see how the old meta used to work. Would love to see more videos like this!

[@znzn06]

two? days late but finally had time to watch the exeggutor wideo :') yay would love to hear you break down more of your old matches! enjoyed the editing and commentary too (like always) thank you for sharing this with us!!!!

[@codyyoung2550]

Love this style of content. So cool to see a potentially devastating lost in the world final make you a better player instead of negatively affecting you.

[@slendveny7191]

Disappointed. Thought I'd get to see him lose because he forgot wurmple was a bug type.

[@joshalls14]

Great video!!! I've been wanting this video since Wolf made the 2016 reaction.

[@KarlBast]

Yes!!! Please share a breakdown of your 2012 finals match against Ray Rizzo!

[@alecbormia4523]

This was a great video. Truthfully I’d be down to watch any Pokémon breakdowns in this style (or really just in general). Really enjoyed these types of vids

[@Giljabrar]

Wonderful video, would LOVE to see more like this. Hearing your thought processes on building, and past mistakes is a very valuable tool for anybody interested in competitive Pokémon. Really hearing you talk about team building in general, or even a series where you talk about the meta-games of past generations both seem amazing to me personally. Got my sub today

[@colossaldonut5190]

Seeing you had a light blue DS made me happy. I also had that exact colour for mine!

[@1-derfulpiece]

This was an awesome video! Loved this format, your story telling is just brilliant.

[@protonjones54]

The commentating was S tier comedy

[@Bizzozeron]

the point of mentioning how 2012's format managed to not become too decentralized is a big one for lots of games. I feel while people seem to clamor for variety and 'get tired' of seeing 'the same old things', it really helps competition to be able to have a good idea of what is going to appear to prepare your team for it. That's actual problem solving and I think its far more interesting than a game with so many viable options that you can't prep for them all.

[@pieoverlord]

1:34 I like the idea that I might not know what a metagame is but I can instantly understand it by referring to the CHALK core.

[@JRR31]

Wolfe: u might not have even known that I was world champ, as its not posted in my videos anywhere. Also Wolfe, basically every wideo: WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE BAY BEEE!!

[@saxmasterproductions]

We want commentary/ analysis of You vs Ray Rizzo. Very much enjoyed the wideo, keep the content coming

[@calebolds9609]

I really like the editing on this video!

[@GormGear]

That closing montage was incredible

[@vicnent651]

Love the editing and quality!

[@stigurna]

that commantery was really painful

[@robertmcphillips7915]

Easily one of my favorite format playing back in the day.

[@2wildpigs353]

I want to see the breakdown!!! I like hearing you talk about your past runs! Great vid dude 👌

[@scottcollins7198]

I really like these kinds of wideos! Would love to see you break down your 2012 GFs set or talk about any of your other Worlds runs. I think it could be really useful/insightful for newer players who might be in the same place you were back then to avoid common pitfalls/unoptimal habits.

[@ricardoraulroblesrivera7315]

The editing is really good and fun

[@galliussbattlefield3621]

Exeggutor was shown in the Scarlet and Violet trailers if I'm not mistaken. We have to make it earn some CPs in the next VGC season Those comentators really hurt, but they're hilarious as hell. I love the part where they repeatedly say that Metagross has a positive match-up against Garchomp, and when they mistake Rock Slide ("Avalancha" in Spanish) for Avalanche ("Alud" in Spanish)

[@jaxsonpiwek7537]

I’d love to see more Wolfe worlds reviews, successful or not, the insight on the mental aspects/habit building is super cool

[@PityDawg]

I love this style of video! Insightful at the front, hilarious at the back

[@user-ki7ux9mz6l]

The quality of this video is fucking amazing and I'm shocked it doesn't have more views

[@dimonutive]

this was really interesting! Thanks for sharing this with the community

[@thetorfywebster]

4 minute intro is tame compared to the 40+ minute intros you used to do lmao. I love the content either way ❤️

[@joadic]

This was one of my favorite videos

[@jetstreamjackie3437]

That ending compilation is beautiful

[@Lo33y_]

Honestly always loved the vgc breakdown. Would love for the vgc content to come back

[@paul3v767]

This video is fantastic (and I wouldn’t mind at all see some others; this insight at previous championships and matches are really interesting and fun to watch) (Man, I would to see Cybertron react to the commentators clip - he would probably have an heart attack)