Levitate (Ability)

Levitate (Japanese: ふゆう Floating) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

In battle
Levitate renders the Pokémon with this Ability immune to damaging moves (except ). It also is unaffected by the effects of, , , , , and terrain. Additionally, a Pokémon with Levitate cannot remove Toxic Spikes.

These immunities are lost during or if the Pokémon with Levitate is holding an, is under the effects of , or has been hit by  or. This Ability can also be suppressed by or ignored by, , or.

Pokémon with this Ability are eligible to enter Sky Battles, except because it lands on the ground when entering the battle.

Outside of battle
Levitate has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Levitate

 * Prior to Generation VII, had Levitate instead of.

Description

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In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * Koga's and  are revealed to have Levitate as their Ability.
 * Agatha's Gengar are revealed to have Levitate as their Ability.
 * Morty's and  are revealed to have Levitate as their Ability.
 * 's is revealed to have Levitate as its Ability.
 * Tate's Solrock and Liza's Lunatone are revealed to have Levitate as their Ability.
 * Fantina's and  are revealed to have Levitate as their Ability.
 * Palmer's is revealed to have Levitate as her Ability.
 * Brycen's is revealed to have Levitate as its Ability.
 * and are revealed to have Levitate as their Ability.
 * in its Origin Forme is revealed to have Levitate as its Ability.

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

 * In PBK4, Yū's gained Levitate when his  used  on it.

Trivia

 * Many non- Pokémon that have been seen to be capable of floating or flying, such as, cannot have this Ability.
 * Despite the fact that its descriptions from Generation on state that Levitate gives immunity to all  moves, Pokémon with Levitate are affected by the status move.
 * Fan is the only Pokémon with this Ability to be naturally immune to  moves due to being  in Generation V and onward.
 * ,, and are the only Pokémon that can have this Ability that also have a secondary Ability.
 * This is the most common Ability among the winning Video Game World Championships teams.

In other languages
Schwebe Levitación Lévitation Levitazione ふゆう 飘浮（特性）