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 Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

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

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	Levitate	None	None
0093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	Levitate	None	None
0094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	Levitate	None	None
0109		Koffing	Poison		Poison	Levitate	None	None
0110		Weezing	Poison		Poison	Levitate	None	None
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	None
0358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0429		Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost	Levitate	None	None
0433	Chimecho	Chimecho	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
0480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0482		Azelf	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
487O	Giratina	Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	Levitate	None	Telepathy
0488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0602	Shibishirasu	Shibishirasu	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
0603	Shibibiru	Shibibiru	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
0604	Shibirudon	Shibirudon	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
0615	Furiijio	Furiijio	Ice		Ice	Levitate	None	None
0635	Sazandora	Sazandora	Dark	Dragon	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.

In the anime

File:Gengar Levitate.png

Gengar floating

Lunatone. Lunatone is unaffected by Template:Type2 moves.

• Activated by Liza's Lunatone in It's Still Rocket Roll to Me!. Debut.

Gengar. Gengar floats in the air around the battlefield.

• Activated by Fantina's Gengar in Shield with a Twist!.

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, Desukaan, Yuniran, Daburan, Rankurusu, Vanipeti, Baniricchi, Baibanira, Goruugu, Ulgamoth, Meloetta 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.
• Giratina is the only Pokémon with Levitate as its sole ability that possesses a Dream World ability besides Levitate.

In other languages

• French: Lévitation
• German: Schwebe
• Italian: Levitazione
• Portuguese: Levitação
• Spanish: Levitación

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