Grusha

Grusha グルーシャ Grusha
"The Sub-zero Shredder"
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Blue
Hometown	Glaseado Mountain
Region	Paldea
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	IX
Counterpart(s)	Grusha (Masters)
Games	Scarlet and Violet, Masters EX
English voice actor	Edward A. Mendoza (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Natsuki Hanae (Masters EX)
Member of	Paldea League
Rank	Gym Leader
Leader of	Glaseado Gym
Badge	Ice Badge
Specializes in	Ice-types
Animated series	Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut	HZ056
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	Chiaki Kobayashi

Grusha (Japanese: グルーシャ Grusha) is the Gym Leader of Glaseado Mountain's Gym, known officially as the Glaseado Gym. He specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.

In the core series games

Before being the Gym Leader of Glaseado Gym, Grusha used to be a professional snowboarder, and the second best in the world — at one point having won six times in a row at Paldean major competitions. He was forced to retire from the sport after sustaining an injury from an accident. He usually keeps his cool, but will show his hidden emotions in the heat of battle. Because being a Gym Leader is the only thing he has left, he is overly worried about maintaining his position, creating some discomfort around Geeta. After the player defeats him in a rematch during a Gym Inspection, Grusha regains his former determined side, intrigued by the player's skills.

In addition to the Gym Badge, Grusha gives out TM124 (Ice Spinner) after defeating him.

In The Indigo Disk, Grusha can be invited to Blueberry Academy as a special coach.

Pokémon

Grusha will Terastallize his Altaria at the first opportunity.

Gym battle

Gym Leader Grusha Glaseado Gym Scarlet and Violet Reward: $8,640

Types: Ice Bug Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Shield Dust Held item: None Frosmoth♀ Lv.47 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Tailwind Flying Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Ice Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: None Beartic♂ Lv.47 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Icicle Crash Ice Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Ice Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: None Cetitan♂ Lv.47 Ice Spinner Ice Physical   --       Liquidation Water Physical   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Dragon Flying Tera Type: Ice  or  Unknown Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♀ Lv.48 Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Hurricane Flying Special   --

Rematch

Gym Leader Grusha Glaseado Gym Scarlet and Violet Reward: $11,880

Types: Ice Bug Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Shield Dust Held item: None Frosmoth♀ Lv.65 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Tailwind Flying Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Ice Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: None Beartic♂ Lv.65 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Icicle Crash Ice Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Ice Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: None Cetitan♂ Lv.65 Ice Spinner Ice Physical   --       Liquidation Water Physical   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Types: Dark Ice Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Weavile♂ Lv.65 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Types: Dragon Flying Tera Type: Ice  or  Unknown Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♀ Lv.66 Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Hurricane Flying Special   --

League Club Room

Gym Leader Grusha Blueberry Academy Scarlet and Violet Reward: $17,820

Types: Ice Fairy Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Snow Warning Held item: None Ninetales♂ Lv.80 Aurora Veil Ice Status   --       Freeze-Dry Ice Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Type: Ice Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: None Beartic♂ Lv.80 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Icicle Crash Ice Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Ice Bug Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Shield Dust Held item: None Frosmoth♀ Lv.80 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Quiver Dance Bug Status   --       Type: Ice Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: None Cetitan♂ Lv.80 Ice Spinner Ice Physical   --       Liquidation Water Physical   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Dark Ice Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Weavile♂ Lv.80 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Icicle Crash Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Types: Dragon Flying Tera Type: Ice  or  Unknown Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♀ Lv.81 Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Hurricane Flying Special   --

Traded to the player

Upon the third unique interaction with Grusha in the League Club Room, he will trade a Cetoddle to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding Shiny, Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon.

Flying Tera Type Pikachu Gift
#0974  Cetoddle   Level 37 Type: Tera Type: Ability: Sheer Force Held item: None	ID: 209896 OT: Grusha Met: a Link Trade Nature: Bashful Ribbons / Marks:
Flail Normal Avalanche Ice Bounce Flying Body Slam Normal
Games Method Duration SV In-game trade
This Pokémon has a fixed Scale value of 128.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.
This Pokémon has a % chance to be received when the event is redeemed.

In the spin-off games

Art of Grusha and Iono for Pokémon Masters EX

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Grusha (Masters)

Grusha forms a sync pair with Cetitan in Pokémon Masters EX. Grusha became a playable sync pair on January 22, 2024.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#192		Grusha	#0975		Cetitan♂	Ice	Steel			★★★★★☆EX	Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout

Gallery

Sprites and models

VS model from Scarlet and Violet	Special Coach profile image from Scarlet and Violet

Artwork

Key artwork from Scarlet and Violet	Concept art from Scarlet and Violet

Animation

Pokémon Horizons: The Series concept art	Pokémon Horizons: The Series artwork

Quotes

Main article: Grusha/Quotes

In the anime

Main series

Grusha in the anime

Grusha first appeared in silhouette alongside the other Gym Leaders of Paldea in HZ046 during Clavell's explanation of how Terastal Training works.

Grusha debuted properly in HZ056. He watched Liko and Katy battling against Rika and later exchanged brief words with Liko about her spirit during said battle. In the following episode, Grusha was assigned as Liko's second opponent as part of the Terastal Training course.

In HZ062, Grusha was seen watching Roy and Ryme's Terastal Training battle in the middle of the crowd. After the battle ended, he left silently.

In HZ063, Grusha was seen with his Cetoddle when he met with Liko again after witnessing her bobsledding on another Cetoddle. Grusha was unamused about Liko having fun before her test and thought she wasn't taking it seriously. It was soon revealed that in the past, Grusha used to be a pro snowboarder, but was forced to retire early from an injury. He then focused on his Gym Leader duties with a cold-hearted attitude, becoming Paldea's strongest Gym Leader.

Liko and Grusha's battle commenced soon afterwards, but despite Liko doing her best, she still lost without defeating either of his Pokémon. Afterwards, Grusha declared that Liko had failed her test, as he refused to pass anyone who couldn't defeat him. He also told her he wasn't willing to give her a rematch before leaving.

Grusha reappeared in HZ065, where it was revealed that Friede contacted him to help search for Liko. He helped Roy and Dot fend off Sidian and Coral's Pokemon with his Altaria, forcing the Explorers admins to retreat. AFterwards he commanded his Altaria to destroy a rock that seperated Liko from her friends, finding Liko and Floragato and reuniting them with their friends. After Liko thanked Grusha for his help, Grusha soon left on his way.

Character

Grusha as a snowboarder

Considered the strongest Gym Leader in the Paldea League, Grusha is a perfectionist, not allowing mistakes in his assessments and battles. Grusha is considered the pride of Glaseado Mountain, both for his achievements as a snowboarder and as a Gym Leader.

Although he partially recovered from the accident, Grusha eventually retired from competition, focusing solely on his career as a Gym Leader. His reason for leaving the sport remained a mystery, although some locals believed it was because he could no longer achieve the same results as before.

Despite his cold and strict personality, Grusha is a kind and compassionate person deep down, as he was willing to answer Friede's calls to help find Liko and saved Roy and Dot from the Explorers admins as seen in HZ065, despite having no reason to.

Pokémon

Cetoddle

Debut	HZ063
Voice actors
Japanese	Yuna Ogata

Cetoddle is Grusha's first known Pokémon and his first partner Pokémon. While it was still wild, Cetoddle walked onto a course where Grusha was competing in a snowboarding race, causing him fall over and get injured. After recovering, Grusha consoled Cetoddle for mistakenly causing his injury and added it to his team. It can usually be seen outside its Poké Ball, following Grusha around. It cheered on its Trainer during Liko's Terastal Training test battle.

None of Cetoddle's moves are known.

Altaria

Debut	HZ063
Voice actors
Japanese	Ikue Otani

Altaria is Grusha's second known Pokémon and his ace in battle. During Liko's Terastal Training test, it went up against Floragato after Cetitan was swapped out. It mostly had the advantage of flight until Floragato grabbed its legs with her vine and brought it crashing down with Acrobatics. Both Altaria and Floragato were soon Terastallized by their respective Trainers. A clash between Terastallization-boosted attacks followed, which eventually resulted in Floragato's defeat, causing Liko to lose the battle.

In HZ065, Altaria was used to fend off Coral's Glalie, which resulted in the Explorer admins retreating. Altaria then destroyed the boulder seperating the path between Liko and her friends to reunite them.

Altaria's known moves are Moonblast and Ice Beam.

Cetitan

Debut	HZ063
Voice actors
Japanese	Taku Yashiro

Cetitan is Grusha's third known Pokémon. It was used during Liko's Terastal Training test battle against him, taking on her Floragato, who was swapped out for Hattrem. Hattrem put up a decent fight and dealt some damage to it, but Cetitian ultimately overpowered and defeated her. It then went up against Floragato once again, but this time, it was incapacitated when it choked on her Magical Leaf. Cetitan was then swapped out in favor of Altaria.

Cetitan's known moves are Icicle Spear, Ice Spinner, and Liquidation.

Grusha with one of his snowboard competition trophies

Achievements

• Several unnamed snowboard competitions - (winner; prior to HZ056)

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 小林千晃 Chiaki Kobayashi

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Grusha in Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Grusha appeared in Breathe Together, in which he is introduced by Iono as one of Paldea's Gym Leaders during her video collaboration with Naranja Academy.

Pokémon

Altaria

Biri-Biri

Grusha in Biri-Biri

Grusha briefly appeared as a silhouette alongside the rest of Paldea Gym Leaders in the music video for Biri-Biri.

In the manga

Pocket Monsters

Grusha briefly appeared in a cameo in HZM03.

In the TCG

Special illustration rare Grusha

Main article: Grusha (Paldea Evolved 184)

Grusha was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Snow Hazard expansion and the English Paldea Evolved expansion, with artwork by GIDORA. An ultra rare version with artwork by the same artist, and a special illustration rare version of the card with artwork by DOM were released in the same sets. It allows players to draw cards until they have 5 cards in their hand, unless they have no Energy attached to any of their Pokémon; in which case the player draws cards until they have 7 cards in their hand.

Trivia

• Grusha's Japanese Gym Leader title is 絶対零度トリック.
• Grusha is the first Gym Leader since Blaine in Generations II and IV whose Gym is not located in a town or city.
• Grusha's Altaria's Ice Tera Type may allude to icy clouds in the skies, considering Glaseado Mountain's high altitude.
• Grusha's Altaria is the only Pokémon used in a Gym Battle in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet to have a full moveset.
• Grusha's Trainer ID is 209896. He has the same ID as Clavell.
• Grusha and Pryce share similarities in the anime as both are Ice-type Gym Leaders with cold-hearted attitudes. In their pasts, they both sustained injuries before becoming Gym Leaders.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	グルーシャ Grusha	From груша grusha (Russian for pear)
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Indonesian, Brazilian Portuguese	Grusha	From his Japanese name
Korean	그루샤 Grusha	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	古魯夏 / 古鲁夏 Gǔlǔxià	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese)	古魯夏 Gúlóuhhah	Mandarin-based transcription of his Japanese name
Thai	กรูชา Krucha	Transcription of his Japanese name

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Gym Leaders of the Paldea region
Cortondo Gym Katy	Artazon Gym Brassius	Levincia Gym Iono	Cascarrafa Gym Kofu
Medali Gym Larry	Montenevera Gym Ryme	Alfornada Gym Tulip	Glaseado Gym Grusha

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