Levitate (Ability)

Levitate	ふゆう
	Floating
Flavor text Generation III Not hit by Ground Attacks. Generation IV Gives full immunity to all Ground-type moves. Generation V Gives full immunity to all Ground-type moves. Generation VI Gives full immunity to all Ground-type moves. Generation VII By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves. Generation VIII By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves. Generation IX By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.

Levitate (Japanese: ふゆう Floating) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Levitate renders the Pokémon with this Ability immune to damaging Ground-type moves (except Thousand Arrows). It also is unaffected by the effects of Arena Trap, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Sticky Web, Rototiller, and terrain. Additionally, Poison-type Pokémon with Levitate do not remove Toxic Spikes upon switching in.

These immunities are lost during Gravity or if the Pokémon with Levitate is holding an Iron Ball, is under the effects of Ingrain, or has been hit by Smack Down or Thousand Arrows.

Pokémon with this Ability are eligible to enter Sky Battles, except Gengar because its model lands on the ground when entering the battle.

Generation V

If an opponent uses a Ground-type move that targets a Pokémon with Levitate, the message "It doesn't affect <Pokémon>..." will be displayed.

Outside of battle

Levitate has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Levitate

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	Levitate	None	None
0093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	Levitate	None	None
0109		Koffing	Poison		Poison	Levitate	Neutralizing GasGen VIII+	StenchGen VIII+
0110		Weezing	Poison		Poison	Levitate	Neutralizing GasGen VIII+	StenchGen VIII+
0110		Weezing Galarian Form	Poison	Fairy	Levitate	Neutralizing Gas	Misty Surge
0200		Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost	Levitate	None	None
0201		Unown	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	Levitate	None	None
0330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	Levitate	None	None
0337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0343		Baltoy	Ground	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0344		Claydol	Ground	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost	Levitate	None	FriskGen VI+
0358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0380		Latias Mega Latias	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0381		Latios Mega Latios	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0429		Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost	Levitate	None	None
0433		Chingling	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic	Levitate	Heatproof	Heavy Metal
0437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic	Levitate	Heatproof	Heavy Metal
0455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass	Levitate	None	None
0479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost	Levitate	None	None
0479		Rotom Heat Rotom	Electric	Fire	Levitate	None	None
0479		Rotom Wash Rotom	Electric	Water	Levitate	None	None
0479		Rotom Frost Rotom	Electric	Ice	Levitate	None	None
0479		Rotom Fan Rotom	Electric	Flying	Levitate	None	None
0479		Rotom Mow Rotom	Electric	Grass	Levitate	None	None
0480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0482		Azelf	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0487		Giratina Origin Forme	Ghost	Dragon	Levitate	None	None
0488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0602		Tynamo	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
0603		Eelektrik	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
0604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
0615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice	Levitate	None	None
0635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon	Levitate	None	None
0738		Vikavolt	Bug	Electric	Levitate	None	None
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Pokémon that formerly had Levitate

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	LevitateGen III-VI	None	None
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

• Prior to Generation VII, Gengar had Levitate instead of Cursed Body.

Pokéstar Studios opponents with Levitate

Brycen-Man  Dark  Psychic  Levitate HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 100 100 100 100 100 100

UFO  Flying  Electric  Levitate HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 100 100 100 100 100 100

UFO 2  Psychic  Electric  Levitate HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 100 100 100 100 100 100

In other games

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Levitate is Gengar's Ability. When the user leaves combat, its movement speed is increased by 10% for 8s.

Description

Games Description MDRB Blocks all Ground-type moves. MDTDS Keeps all Ground-type moves from hitting the Pokémon. BSL じめんタイプの わざを うけない Conq. Gives full immunity to all Ground-type moves. MDGtI Ground-type moves don't damage the Pokémon.* Ground-type moves won't damage the Pokémon!* SMD Ground-type moves won't damage the Pokémon! MDRTDX Ground-type moves, such as Magnitude, won't damage the Pokémon.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Gengar Lunatone
By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Lunatone has the ability to float through the air. It is also unaffected by Ground-type attacks while floating.
Liza's Lunatone	It's Still Rocket Roll to Me!		Debut
	Gengar has the ability to float through the air.
Fantina's Gengar	A Shield with a Twist!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Rotom
By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Rotom can float into the air to dodge Ground-type attacks.
Diamond's Rotom	Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)		Debut

• In PASV12, Iono's Mismagius was mentioned to have Levitate as its Ability.
• Koga's Weezing and Koffing, Agatha's Gengar, Morty's Misdreavus and Gastly, Wally's Flygon, Tate's Solrock, Liza's Lunatone, Fantina's Mismagius and Duskull, Palmer's Cresselia, Brycen's Cryogonal, Ghetsis's Hydreigon and Eelektross, Buck's Claydol, a group of Unown controlled by Sird, Latios, Latias, Giratina in its Origin Forme, and Hugh's Eelektross were revealed to have Levitate as their Ability.

Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!

Bronzong
By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bronzong has the ability to float through the air, making it unaffected by Ground-type moves.
Yū Shirogane's Bronzong	Clash! Yū vs. The Wondering Player		Debut

• In PBK4, Yū's Heatran gained Levitate when his Bronzong used Skill Swap on it.

In the TCG

Levitate debuted as a Poké-BODY in the Pokémon Trading Card Game with Vibrava from the EX Dragon expansion. If a Pokémon with Levitate as a Poké-BODY or Ability has any Energy attached to it, it has no Retreat Cost. At its debut on EX Dragon Vibrava, the Poké-BODY only worked with Basic Energy cards instead of any Energy cards.

The following is a list of Pokémon cards with the Levitate Poké-BODY or Ability.

Pokémon cards with Levitate Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	Mark	English Expansion		Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion		Rarity	#
Vibrava			EX Dragon			46/97	Flygon Constructed Starter Deck			009/019
Beldum			EX Hidden Legends			28/101	Metagross Constructed Starter Deck			011/019
Metang			EX Hidden Legends			43/101	Metagross Constructed Starter Deck			012/019
Claydol			EX Emerald			24/106	Deoxys Half Deck			006/019
Flygon			POP Series 4			3/17	PCG-P Promotional cards			125/PCG-P
Weezing			XY Black Star Promos			XY163	XY-P Promotional cards			240/XY-P
Tynamo			Vivid Voltage			057/185	Amazing Volt Tackle			038/100
			McDonald's Collection 2022			10/15

Trivia

• Many non-Flying-type Pokémon that have been seen to be capable of floating or flying, such as Beedrill or Miraidon, cannot have this Ability.
• Despite the fact that its descriptions from Generation IV on state that Levitate gives immunity to all Ground-type moves, Pokémon with Levitate are affected by the status move Sand Attack.
• Fan Rotom is the only Pokémon with this Ability to be naturally immune to Ground-type moves due to being Flying-type in Generation V and onward.
• This is the most common Ability among the winning Video Game World Championships teams.
• This is the most common Ability in Generation VII, with 40 different cases of it, including Mega Evolution and Pokémon with alternate forms.
• This is the most common Ability to be a Pokémon's only Ability option.
• Levitate is the only Ability that provides immunity to an attack type to not restore HP or alter the stats or damage output of the Pokémon when hit by the attack.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 飄浮 Pīufàuh * 漂浮 Pīufàuh * 浮游 Fàuhyàuh * Mandarin 飄浮 / 飘浮 Piāofú * 漂浮 Piāofú * Dutch Levitatie French Lévitation German Schwebe Italian Levitazione Korean 부유 Buyu Polish Lewitacja Portuguese Brazil Levitação Portugal Levitar Romanian Levitație Russian Левитация Levitatsiya Spanish Levitación Turkish Havalanma Vietnamese Lơ lửng

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