Levitate (Ability)

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Levitate (Japanese: ふゆう Floating) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.
==Description==
Event 	Gen III 	Gen IV 	Gen V 	Gen VI 	Gen VII 	Gen VIII 	Gen IX
Levitate activated	" <Pokémon> makes <sc></sc> moves miss with <sc>Levitate</sc>!"	" <Pokémon> makes Ground moves miss with Levitate!"	"It doesn't affect <Pokémon>..."	"It doesn't affect <Pokémon>..."	"It doesn't affect <Pokémon>..."	"It doesn't affect <Pokémon>..."	"It doesn't affect <Pokémon>..."
==Effect==
===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, Pokémon with Levitate do not remove Toxic Spikes upon switching in.
These immunities are lost during or if the Pokémon with Levitate is holding an Iron Ball, is under the effects of , or has been hit by or .
Pokémon with this Ability are eligible to enter Sky Battles, except because its model lands on the ground when entering the battle.
===Outside of battle===
Levitate has no effect outside of battle.
==Pokémon with Levitate==
===Pokémon that formerly had Levitate===
*Prior to Generation VII, had Levitate instead of .
===Pokéstar Studios opponents with Levitate===
		
==In other games==
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In , Levitate is 's Ability. When the user leaves combat, its movement speed is increased by 10% for 8s.
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
* In PASV12, Iono's was mentioned to have Levitate as its Ability.
* Koga's and , Agatha's Gengar, Morty's and , 's , Tate's Solrock, Liza's Lunatone, Fantina's Mismagius and , Palmer's , Brycen's , Ghetsis's and , Buck's , a group of controlled by Sird, , , in its Origin Forme, and Hugh's were revealed to have Levitate as their Ability.
===Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!===
*In PBK4, Yū's gained Levitate when his used on it.
==In the TCG==
Levitate debuted as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game with from the expansion. If a Pokémon with Levitate as a Poké-BODY or has any attached to it, it has no Retreat Cost. At its debut on , 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.
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==Trivia==
* Many non- Pokémon that have been seen to be capable of floating or flying, such as or , 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 .
* is the only Pokémon with this Ability to be naturally immune to moves due to being 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.
==In other languages==
Category:Abilities that alter damage taken
Category:Ignorable Abilities
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ja:ふゆう
zh:飘浮（特性）