I can't provide a definite answer for this, unfortunately. My server files have TK jobs implemented about as successfully as we have Ninja here, Esma doesn't show up in skill_cast_db or skill_castnodex_db.
The way I see it, there are three ways to find out. One is to try with no dex, and then with very high dex (Marionette Control would be a great help). The second is to get Panda to tell us if Esma (skill#469) shows up in skill_castnodex_db. The third is to dig up eAthena files from early 2006 and check skill_castnodex_db there. If any gypsy/clown wants to test, let me know.
Kroggles ensures the living stay living, and the dead stay dead.
Clobberella beats you up.
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Flosshilde communes with the very souls of the damned.
Walsung is actually pretty cool. For a guy made of metal.
