Levitation should be an attribute given to all Pokemon with the potential to avoid ground moved through any means for a considerable amount of time (e.g. Not just jumping very high).
Flying type should lose its inherent immunity to ground and all Pokemon that can fly or hover should given the new attribute.
This allows them to receive another ability
The attribute works like this:
If the levitating Pokemon is faster and doesn't flinch or become incapable of moving due to freeze or paralysis, it is immune to all ground based ground moves.
If the Pokemon is incapable of moving due to flinching, paralysis or is frozen, it crashes to the ground and takes 1/16 damage, losing its immunity to grounded ground moves.
Bonemarang, bone club, thousand arrows, mud shot, and mud bomb all hit air borne foes. The first three down the opponent till the end of the next turn.
Levitating Pokemon are immune to the effects of terrain moves, spikes, sticky Web, and the grass water pledge combo
Notable Pokemon who with levitate attribute :
Carnivine (keeps it)
Mega Charizard X
Ferrothorn
Chandelure
Magnemite family
Dumsparce
Unown
Metagross
Klingklang
Mew
Flygon (keeps it)
Rotom alternate forms get motor drive while normal gets volt absorb
Zekrom
Reshiram
Kyurem
Palkia
Dialga
Giratina (both formes)
Pixies
Arceus
Mega Altaria
Mega Mewtwo Y
Notable Pokemon that don't
Farfetch'd
Doduo
Togepi line
I want to put Landorus therian in this category just to nerf it. Op bastard. [\spoiler]
Hawlucha
Air balloon grants this status as well
Ring target gives no benefits, but makes smack down do maximum damage each time it connects with the bearer
Many ground types like Groudon will now have access to gravity and smack down, which works like knock off now giving 1.5 multiplier for downing a foe.
Also a cool ground type legend with an auto gravity ability based on planet formation itself
I tried to be reasonable and balanced on both sides. How did I do?
