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 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 which are either Psychic- or Ghost-type.

Effect

In battle

Levitate renders the user immune to Ground-type moves (except Sand-Attack), Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Arena Trap, and damage from Sky Drop. These immunities can be lost if holding an Iron Ball, or the Pokémon is under the effects of Smack Down, Gravity, or Ingrain.

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		Chingling	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
479O	Rotom	Rotom	Electric	Fire	Levitate	None	None
479L	Rotom	Rotom	Electric	Grass	Levitate	None	None
479F	Rotom	Rotom	Electric	Flying	Levitate	None	None
479R	Rotom	Rotom	Electric	Ice	Levitate	None	None
479W	Rotom	Rotom	Electric	Water	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	None
0488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0602		Tynamo	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
0603		Eelektrik	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
0604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric	Levitate	None	None
0615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice	Levitate	None	None
0635		Hydreigon	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.

Pokéstar Studios Pokémon with Levitate

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0000	Brycen-man	Brycen-man	Dark	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0000	UFO	UFO	Flying	Electric	Levitate	None	None
0000	UFO 2	UFO 2	Psychic	Electric	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

Gengar
The user 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 Rock-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

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Rotom Levitate Adventures.png Rotom
The user 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.
A wild Rotom	VS. Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)		Debut

Trivia

• Many non-Flying-type Pokémon that have been seen to be capable of floating or flying, such as Beedrill, cannot have this Ability.
  • Shedinja also cannot have this Ability, but its Wonder Guard Ability gives it immunity to Ground-type moves. However, Shedinja is still affected by the effects of Arena Trap, Spikes and Toxic Spikes.
• Despite the fact that its Generation IV and Generation V descriptions state that Levitate gives immunity to all Ground-type moves, Pokémon with Levitate are affected by Sand-Attack.
• Even if a levitating Pokémon uses Dig, the Pokémon will still be unaffected by Earthquake and Magnitude.
• 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.
• Bronzor and Bronzong are the only Pokémon that can naturally have this Ability that also have a secondary Ability. In addition, they are the only ones that have a Hidden Ability as well.
• Gengar, Vibrava, Eelektrik and Eelektross, despite having this ability, land on the floor of the battlefield when sent out of their Poké Balls. All others with this ability float without touching the floor.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 漂浮 Piāofú French Lévitation German Schwebe Italian Levitazione Korean 부유 Buyu Portuguese Levitação Romanian Levitație Spanish Levitación

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