Icirrus Gym

The Icirrus Gym (Japanese: セッカジム Sekka Gym) is the official Gym of Icirrus City. It is based on . The Gym Leader is Brycen. s who defeat him receive the .
==In the core series games==
===Pokémon Black and White===
Like in most other Gyms, the challenge here is a skating challenge. There are curved surfaces which curve the skating. These surfaces can be redirected by stepping on colored switches. There are also two sets of ramps that can be jumped to get over seemingly bottomless ravines. After defeating Brycen, the can take a long ice slide back to the entrance.
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
Although the Gym is no longer in use in , it can still be entered and traversed, with the Gym puzzle still active. Brycen does appear at the end of the icy paths, where he will briefly talk to the player before leaving. Talking to Brycen here is one of the requirements for unlocking the fourth and final Brycen-Man movie at Pokéstar Studios.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Icirrus Gym appeared in Caution: Icy Battle Conditions, where challenged Brycen in a 3-on-3 Gym battle. At first, Ash, sent his against Brycen's , but when Krokorok was partly by Vanillish's and subsequently struck by a , Ash switched to instead. Although Scraggy's 's aim was still poor, it managed to hit Vanillish with sheer luck, allowing Scraggy to finish off Vanillish with a . Brycen then sent out , which knocked out Scraggy rather easily, at least due to Scraggy's Focus Blast constantly missing. Ash next sent out , who managed to defeat Cryogonal with a . Brycen's last and strongest Pokémon, , however, proved to be too much for Pignite, defeating it with super effective and attacks. Ash was left with just Krokorok, who was in a type disadvantage. Despite this however, Ash managed to come up with a winning strategy and defeat Beartic, earning him the .
Like in the games, the Gym is located underground, and is kept constantly cold. The battlefield is covered with ice, similar to a hockey rink, with large chunks of ice standing on it. The slippery conditions can offer a challenge of their own for unprepared challengers.
====Pokémon used in the Gym====
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
The Gym is preceded by Brycen's home, which is filled with numerous items and posters from the time he used to be a movie star.
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The Icirrus Gym appeared in Tooth and Claw, The Cold Hard Truth, and A Cold Reception, during the time when challenged the Gym. After making his way through the ice maze, he started his battle with Brycen. During the battle, Black asked Brycen about the talk about "truth" and "ideals" he and Drayden had had at the Tubeline Bridge. Brycen explained that as Team Plasma had stolen the Dark Stone and were attempting to revive , Black should take the Light Stone to awaken in order to fight Zekrom. After a while of thinking, Black agreed to this, saying that as was also attempting to defeat Alder, he was bound to face him at some point.
Meanwhile, as the battle progressed, both sides were left with just one Pokémon: Costa the and , respectively. Despite taking multiple hits from Beartic's moves, Costa managed to hang on and evolve into . After Beartic seemingly defeated Costa, Brycen handed the Light Stone to Black. Upon hearing that the tournament was going to be held despite of Team Plasma's actions, Black revealed that Costa hadn't been defeated after all, and used the opportunity to defeat Beartic, after which Brycen gave Black a as a sign of his victory.
====Pokémon used in the Gym====
==Trivia==
* Thomas says that he is from the Fighting Dojo in Kanto.
* In , there are in the Gym. It is possible to abuse this glitch to get to Brycen without battling Black Belt Thomas.
** While this was fixed in , there are no Trainers left in the Gym to battle.
* When jumping at the ice slides, the player's shadow is still seen below their feet, even though the player is jumping over an abyss.
==Related articles==
Category:Gyms
Category:Unova Gyms
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