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
	Gastly	Ghost	Poison	Levitate	None	None
	Haunter	Ghost	Poison	Levitate	None	None
	Koffing	Poison		Poison	Levitate	Neutralizing Gas	Stench
	Weezing	Poison		Poison	Levitate	Neutralizing Gas	Stench
	Weezing Galarian form	Poison	Fairy	Levitate	Neutralizing Gas	Misty Surge
	Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost	Levitate	None	None
	Unown	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	Levitate	None	None
	Flygon	Ground	Dragon	Levitate	None	None
	Lunatone	Rock	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Solrock	Rock	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Baltoy	Ground	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Claydol	Ground	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Duskull	Ghost		Ghost	Levitate	None	Frisk
	Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Latias	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Latias Mega Latias	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Latios	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Latios Mega Latios	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost	Levitate	None	None
	Chingling	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Bronzor	Steel	Psychic	Levitate	Heatproof	Heavy Metal
	Bronzong	Steel	Psychic	Levitate	Heatproof	Heavy Metal
	Carnivine	Grass		Grass	Levitate	None	None
	Rotom	Electric	Ghost	Levitate	None	None
	Rotom Heat Rotom	Electric	Fire	Levitate	None	None
	Rotom Wash Rotom	Electric	Water	Levitate	None	None
	Rotom Frost Rotom	Electric	Ice	Levitate	None	None
	Rotom Fan Rotom	Electric	Flying	Levitate	None	None
	Rotom Mow Rotom	Electric	Grass	Levitate	None	None
	Uxie	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Azelf	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Giratina Origin Forme	Ghost	Dragon	Levitate	None	None
	Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
	Tynamo	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
	Eelektrik	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
	Eelektross	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
	Cryogonal	Ice		Ice	Levitate	None	None
	Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon	Levitate	None	None
	Vikavolt	Bug	Electric	Levitate	None	None
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation IX games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later. For Generation VIII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IX or later.

• 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 Spd 100 100 100 100 100 100

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

UFO 2  Psychic  Electric  Levitate HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd 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 the anime

Gengar Lunatone
The Pokémon can float in the air. It can also dodge Ground-type attacks by floating into the air.
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
The Pokémon can float in the air. It can also dodge Ground-type attacks by floating into the air.
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

• 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.

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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