No Items Ever!

No Items Ever! (アイテムなぞ使ってんじゃねぇ!) is Barbatos Goetia's Mystic Arte. It activates, as its name suggests, whenever an enemy uses an item.

Arte Description and History
No Items Ever! begins, not as an arte, but as a phrase that appears across the top of the screen when using items while fighting Barbatos Goetia. Barbatos's fights are tricky because he responds to different player maneuvers with uninterruptable artes; in this case, he responds to item use with either Shadow Edge extending to Bloody Cross or, in harder difficulties, Execution extending to Luna Shade.

It first appeared as an arte in the PS2 remake of Tales of Destiny, where Barbatos will grab the user of an item before slamming him into the ground. He will then swing his axe upwards, lifting his opponent to the sky as he eventually finishes them with a mighty jumping axe uppercut. It is considered a Blast Caliber.

It reappears in Tales of Vesperia as the Killer of Heroes's mystic arte, where he runs towards the foe, grabs them by the neck, then throws them to the ground. He then pummels the helpless foe into the floor with his foot, before uppercutting the foe in to the air with his axe. In the PS3 version's Team Arena, the recipient of an item use is targeted, rather than the user.

Mothership Titles
Tales of Destiny (PS2) - Barbatos Goetia Tales of Vesperia - Killer of Heroes (No Items Ever!)

Escort Titles
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Barbatos Goetia