^ What everyone else has said. Even getting 0.0001 skill ups (10% chance of 0.01 skill up - lowest possible amount of exp a desynth can give) is enough to hit max, as long as you are making money from it. When Bridesmaid's Sandals were introduced, I went from ~60 LTW dSkill to 100.00 (max at the time) on the r70 shoes. Sure, it took about a thousand desynths to get from 99.00 to 100.00, but I desynthed over five thousand of them, so that really wasn't much of anything. I might do the same with my favorite belts in 3.0 to get to LTW 178 (they are only r148), and that's totally a valid option as they are still very profitable right now.

But, as others have said, dungeon gear from Ex dungeons is r160. It will take dozens to level up, so it won't happen fast. Alternatively, just wait it out. Getting your dSkill up ahead of time doesn't generally help *that* much in the long run, especially if you don't generally use Tinker's Bacon. Tinker's Bacon is the equivalent of 7.5-10 desynth skill points, after all, depending on the relative dSkill/rlvls involved.

Only CUL desynth can get useful amounts of dSkill near cap, as there are r180 fish that can be desynthed. However, I believe the fish jump from r150 (f60) right to r180 (f60*), so that's likely an awkward gap...



LTW and WVR guides largely updated with ~100-160 suggestions. I'll do the others soon, and then redo the early parts of the guide now that I have a program that tells me exactly which are the cheapest way to level, and which leveling items are actually profitable!