Levitate (Ability)
Levitate (Japanese: ふゆう Floating) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.
| Levitate | ふゆう | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Floating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Description
| Event | Gen III | Gen IV | Gen V | Gen VI | Gen VII | Gen VIII | Gen IX |
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| Levitate activated | "(Wild/Foe) <Pokémon> makes Ground moves miss with Levitate!" | "(The wild/foe's) <Pokémon> makes Ground moves miss with Levitate!" | "It doesn't affect (the wild/foe's) <Pokémon>..." | "It doesn't affect (The wild/opposing) <Pokémon>..." | "It doesn't affect (the wild/the opposing/Totem) <Pokémon>..." | "It doesn't affect (the wild/opposing) <Pokémon>..." | "It doesn't affect (the wild/opposing) <Pokémon>..." |
Effect
In battle
Levitate renders the Pokémon with this Ability immune to damaging Ground-type moves (except Thousand Arrows). It also makes it ungrounded, therefore 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.
Outside of battle
Levitate has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Levitate
- Prior to Generation VII, Gengar had Levitate instead of Cursed Body.
Pokéstar Studios opponents with Levitate
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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
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In animation
Pokémon animated series
 Lunatone  Gengar | |||
| By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Used In | Notes | |
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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 | |
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Gengar has the ability to float through the air. | ||
| Fantina's Gengar | A Shield with a Twist! | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
 Rotom
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| By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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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
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| By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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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. | ||||||||||
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| Card | Type | Mark | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # | ||
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EX Dragon | 
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46/97 | Flygon Constructed Starter Deck | 
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009/019 | ||
| Beldum | 
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EX Hidden Legends | 
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28/101 | Metagross Constructed Starter Deck | 
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011/019 | ||
| Metang |
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EX Hidden Legends |
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43/101 | Metagross Constructed Starter Deck |
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012/019 | ||
| Claydol | 
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EX Emerald | 
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24/106 | Deoxys Half Deck | 
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006/019 | ||
| Flygon |
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POP Series 4 | 
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3/17 | PCG-P Promotional cards | 
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125/PCG-P | ||
| Weezing | 
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XY Black Star Promos |
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XY163 | XY-P Promotional cards |
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240/XY-P | |||
| Tynamo | 
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Vivid Voltage | 
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057/185 | Amazing Volt Tackle | 
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038/100 |
| McDonald's Collection 2022 | 
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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 | |
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| 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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