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Levitate
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ふゆう
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Floating
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Flavor text
Generation VII
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By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.
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Generation VIII
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By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.
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Generation IX
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By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.
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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 that formerly had Levitate
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Pokémon
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Types
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First Ability
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Second Ability
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Hidden Ability
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0094
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Gengar
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Ghost
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Poison
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LevitateGen III-VI
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None
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None
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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.
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Pokéstar Studios opponents with Levitate
In other games
In Pokémon UNITE, Levitate is Gengar's Ability. When the user leaves combat, its movement speed is increased by 10% for 8s.
Description
Games
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Description
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MDRB
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Blocks all Ground-type moves.
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MDTDS
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Keeps all Ground-type moves from hitting the Pokémon.
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BSL
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じめんタイプの わざを うけない
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Conq.
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Gives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.
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MDGtI
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Ground-type moves don't damage the Pokémon.* Ground-type moves won't damage the Pokémon!*
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SMD
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Ground-type moves won't damage the Pokémon!
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MDRTDX
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Ground-type moves, such as Magnitude, won't damage the Pokémon.
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In animation
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
- 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.
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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.
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.
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