The Best Competitive Plays of 2023 

It’s not official circuit, but nobody should forget that Wolfe predicted his opponent would use trick room to take down his trick room so he used trick room taking down his own trick room, and making it so his opponent would take set up a fresh trick room for him For everyone interested, it’s in his video for the random tournament at around the 54 minute mark. I recommend watching the full video for context though.

I love how Ludwig wins that match and then when he explains his strategy he calls it "Terrorizing"

This is why I wish Pokemon was bigger as an eSports, it's not taken seriously by a lot of people but the highest level players are so skilled and fun to watch because they can find a way out of seemingly impossible situations

I remember the #2 play, with James and Luca it was just genius. It was like i had a brain blast moment that just had a huge meta shift

I think James’ burn tech was absolutely wild stuff to see. A 9000+ IQ play

Whoever edited this video was on some next level shit. THAT IRON HANDS TRANSITION @5:20 was sick as hell. Shoutout to you editor.

the editing was so unimaginably clean this video shoutout to the editors

I think the Tera type has to be my new favorite gimmick in Pokémon I really like the extra layer of strategy it gives :D

wolfey winning those matches today shows he has the wcd

That volkarona giga drain to his partner was CRAZY

I love it whenever attacking your partner is the right play to win the game. It doesn't happen very often, but the fact that its still an option and is very rarely the right play just adds another option to pokemon that only the truly best trainers would ever think of.

big fan of this type of content, great work Wolfe and good luck in the tournament!

The Gholdengo double trick from Chuppa Cross was one of the slickest sequences I've seen.

MARKUS #1 LET'S GOOOO! Very well deserved, I remember that Trick Gholdhengo play so well, it was pure genius and pretty much locked in the match turn one. It's also kinda crazy how many of these plays came out of NAIC, just goes to show how insane the competition and skill ceiling was for this final tournament before Worlds. The editing here was so clean too, those transitions were smoother than a polished Voltorb! Keep up the great work Wolfey and team

5:04 That transition was smooooooooth! I love the editing done in these videos. You really knocked this one out of the park, Wolfe!

This was my first season competing (went to Charlotte and NAIC), and I had a ton of fun battling and spectating. Getting to see some of these plays live was a highlight of my year.

5:20 That transition was incredible, well done editor

Love this type of content. Great way to highlight some of the best plays so far!

I would love more of these for each season and generation gives a great insight on high level play and is just cool to watch

It is rlly nice to be featured in a Wolfey Video, especially about good plays >:) although i have to admit that Chuppas Trick Play looks way better imo, like damn, i wouldnt have thought of that! Great Video!

The Number 1 Plays was a crime I hope someone called 911 in this moment. 🤧🤧🤧

Alex Gomez's NAIC run was such a beautiful sight to behold

Love this sort of content from someone who really knows what they’re talking about! Great job Wolfey!

I did a similar play to one of the plays featured; it was a 2v1 between my Iron Hands and Chi-Yu and my opponent's Glimmora, and I knew I had to avoid the Spiky Shield damage, so I intentionally Drain Punched my own teammate (to also get recovery), and I positioned correctly to win the match

I met you on Sunday briefly at NAIC (my first irl Pokemon event) and you were so kind and welcoming!! Was so exciting to check off so many boxes as a first-timer, seeing you included! I had such a great time at the event that I didn't even get to tell you that you were a huge reason I got into VGC in the first place!! I've learned so much from your matches and videos and I just can't overstate how much of an asset you are to this community. Thanks for another great video and all you do Wolfey!!

Good lord, Wolfey your editing is getting spicier and spicer! What a visual treat!

The way u explain, the content u create and also the way ur videos are amazing for me. After a couple of years that I tried ur content, I wondered if u kept on that and the surprise was amazing. Fr, I love how ur content has evolved and even though I don't know so much about competitive (and nothing about new generations) u somehow make me want to click on another video. Gj! U r for real so good on this and all this videos are gold for people wondering about this world!!

This video was a great showcase, it's like the NBA highlight vids everyone loves to watch, I hope you make more of these in the future.

Well Played in the tourney Wolfe. Love these breakdown style videos, keep it up!

The SportsCenter that I never knew I needed. As a casual fan of competitive Pokemon who doesn’t have the necessary patience to be a spectator but who LIVES for these type of omega brain moments, I would be thrilled to see you make more of these for past generations and formats

Very nice video, really enjoy the format and would love more for the future of SV and beyond as well as older gens.

Not just each generation, I'd like you to do it for each year. It'd be a nice miniseries on the channel.

i don't even play or watch competitive pokemon but wolfey always helps me understand whats going on which makes it really easy to follow these great plays

Please do more of these! This was a fantastic video and I love seeing the strategies that go into this high level of competition!

You and your editor(s) are doing an amazing job, Wolfey! Wishing you the best of luck at worlds!

I really love compilations like this, and I think you're great at narrating these.

The reads these guys make are insane. But I want to see top 10 misplays. Completely blowing a read and a game on turn 1. Because I'd probably end up in one since I'm not great.

Yo the editing in this video goes crazy! Great video champ

As someone who doesn't tune in live to these battles, I love seeing the highlights of these moments, so more of this would be the best!

Love these play highlights. Big plays are my favorite part of competitive pokemon

I loved this video. I really like the detailed breakdowns of actual matches.

this was so fun!!! and yes please do this for other generations!!!!! if you do that, we can see stuff from worlds in past years!!! (You could even do like- "The Best Play of Every Pokemon Generation", I'd click on that lol. But whatever form it comes in, I'd LOVE to see more vidoes like this). I feel like #10 should've been way higher on the list, but I think in terms of the videos story it sets up/foreshadows the tricking a choice item right at the start with #10 and then comes back at the end with #1 too so thats awesome, the storyboarding/layout of the video is so good!! the plays dont have to be in any kind of order for the next one, you can just share them however they best fit together for the video :3

Really well edited. Love it. I wanna see more

I really enjoyed this video concept. It would be cool to see this for other generations and perhaps a yearly (or every time teh ruleset changes) series.

My Pokémon knowledge ends at the gameboy and I still watched this whole video. Was like sport highlights for competitive Pokémon.

wolfey i really love this video!!!!! i’d love to see another like this soon

AWESOME VIDEO. I hope you do more expert reporting like this! My favorite play was either the #1 (Trick Trick Room...), James's sick burns, or the Fake Out + baby Pala into Flutter read. Shouts out to the editor as well.

Dude, the editing on these videos is bonkers good

videos like this really help more people (like me) get into VGC/pokemon and I hope you keep them coming!

Love to see this Wolfe! Great vid.

Absolutely love this type of content.

This was a very cool video, would love to see more like these!

Amazing video, would love to see more of these ☘️

What an incredible upload. Thanks for putting this together!

bro was resisting the urge to put his play at #1

not first, excited to hopefully be learning for you through esports match and good luck at worlds!

please do more like this! I would absolutely love to see a video about your all time favorite plays ever made by other players, your favorite plays of yours in your career, maybe your favorite plays of your own in scarlet & violet. Really anything like this

Best scene transitions yet man! Love it

I wonder how many cool plays like this happen on the battles that aren't on the camera

Plays like these makes me exicted on what plays players will make when Regulation D rulesets are adding into VGC!

Man, the editing was godlike as always

It was really cool to see the Championship last weekend and seeing all this plays in real life and hearing everyone cheer or hiss about hen someone lost a Pokémon

This video was great, I'd love to hear the commentator & crowd reactions to some of these!!

The editing on this video is amazing!!

Would love this kind of video for older gen games

Videos like this are super cool It feels like when I was watching ash electrocute an onix for the first time lmao Would love this for throughout the generations

This would be an amazing series. Top plays of the month/week or something like that

Honestly, if I was Wolfey, I'd just make all the top 10 plays my own.

Omg, i gotta watch these tournaments. So exciting!

I definitely would enjoy seeing such a video for previous generations!

LOVED THIS VIDEO. More like this please!!

Ok, this video earned my subscribe. I absolutely love stuff like this, and it's one of the most exciting parts of competitive pokemon for me. The opponent will do something baffling, and you should be afraid.

That Markus v. Alex game, what Markus did was so good yet so brutal (in a positive meaning) I can't help a laughter from getting out 😂

These players have more knowledge and skill of Pokémon in their left ear than I do as a whole. Great video!

all of these are very impressive and kinda make me wanna pick up pkmn again^^ can't wait for gen10!

Thank you Stream Wolfe for gifting us this vid

yes! keep talking about the VGC circuit and other players. I see these plays (on stream or on twitter) and not many people get to see how damn cool it is. it’s really cool to see other players and see your opinions on how they work

Your editors have some crazy skills. These transitions are awesome.

Please make this a series! 🙏

Would love more content like this!

The double trick was ridiculous, my vote for 1

I remember calling Paul Chua's double up into bax on game two when he was in the same position, seeing it play out game three had me super hyped

Watching the first play live was so hype

More plz, this was very fun

Cool to see there are other players besides Wolfey!

I loved the honarable mention wolfey play

Wolfeys editors with those clean transitions.

Jeudy’s turn one at NAIC was hilarious, I’m really surprised that wasn’t really tilting

one of your best video's lately! well done

I agree with these!

I would love to see great vgc plays as far back as gen 5!

GOOD WORK ON TODAYS TOURNEY ON STREAM!! GOOD LUCK FOR TMR!!

I like this style of video and think it could be interesting to see your opinion on other gens as well

Love how much doubles adds things

The live pop off when Chuppa did the self trick was amazing

I love, absolutely love that it has just been accepted that before palafin goes into hero mode it’s just called baby palafin.

Great video as always Wolf

Congrats on the million subscribers!!!

Seeing this for other generations would be awesome

If we do another video in this style I think the Pokémon Gen 5 tournaments had some of the most insane moments.