Levitate (Ability)

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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 Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

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) and the damage from Sky Drop. It also is unaffected by the effects of Arena Trap, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Sticky Web, Rototiller, and terrain. Additionally, a Poison-type Pokémon with Levitate cannot remove Toxic Spikes.

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. This Ability can also be suppressed by Gastro Acid or ignored by Mold Breaker, Teravolt, or Turboblaze.

Many Pokémon with this Ability are eligible to enter Sky Battles; however, some Pokémon with this Ability—such as Gengar—are ineligible, due to them landing on the ground when entering the battle.

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
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	Frisk
0358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
380M	Latias	Latias	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
0381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	Levitate	None	None
381M	Latios	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
0738		Vikavolt	Bug	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.

• Prior to Generation VII, Gengar had Levitate instead of Cursed Body.

Pokéstar Studios opponents 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 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 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

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

In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga

Bronzong
The Pokémon is immune to Ground-type attacks.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	When Bronzong is in the air, it is unaffected by Ground-type moves.
Yū Shirogane's Bronzong	Clash! Yū vs. The Wondering Player		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.
• 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.
• Bronzor and Bronzong are the only Pokémon that can have this Ability that also have a secondary Ability.
• Despite having this Ability, Gengar, Vibrava, Eelektrik, and Eelektross (the latter three only in Generation V) land on the ground when sent out of their Poké Balls. All others with this Ability float without touching the ground.

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 Levitação Romanian Levitație Russian Левитация Levitatsiya Spanish Levitación Turkish Havalanma

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