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Levitate
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ふゆう
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Floating
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Flavor text
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Levitate (Japanese: ふゆう Floating) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Thirty-three Pokémon have this ability naturally, most of them either Psychic- or Template:Type2s.
Effect
In battle
Levitate renders the user immune to Template:Type2 moves, Spikes, Toxic Spikes and Arena Trap.
Outside of battle
Levitate has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Levitate
In the anime
Trivia
- Many non-Flying Type Pokémon that have been seen to float or fly cannot have this ability. Beedrill, Flying Pikachu, Clefairy, Clefable, Jigglypuff, Venomoth, Geodude, Magnemite, Magneton, Magnezone, Staryu, Starmie, Porygon, Porygon2, Porygon-Z, Dragonair, Mewtwo, Mew, Sunkern, Forretress, Dunsparce, Scizor, Heracross, Celebi, Dustox, Gardevoir, Meditite, Volbeat, Illumise, Castform, Shuppet, Banette, Glalie, Froslass, Luvdisc, Beldum, Metang, Metagross, Jirachi, Deoxys, Buizel, Garchomp, Probopass, Dusknoir, Dialga, Palkia, Darkrai, Munna, Musharna, Monmen, Erufuun, Desumasu, Cofagrigus, Yuniran, Daburan, Reuniclus, Vanipeti, Baniricchi, Baibanira, Goruugu, Ulgamoth and Genesect all share this trait.
- Shedinja also cannot have this ability, however, its Wonder Guard ability gives it immunity to Ground-type moves.
- Despite the fact that its Generation IV description says that it gives full immunity to all Template:Type2 moves, Pokémon with Levitate are affected by Sand-Attack.
- Even if a levitating Pokémon uses Dig, Levitate still makes Earthquake and Magnitude miss.
- Origin Forme Giratina is the only Pokémon with Levitate as its sole ability that possesses a hidden ability besides Levitate.
- Rotom's Fan forme is the only Pokémon with this ability to be naturally immune to Template:Type2 moves due to being partly Flying.
In other languages
- French: Lévitation
- German: Schwebe
- Greek: Αιώρηση
- Italian: Levitazione
- Portuguese: Levitação
- Spanish: Levitación