"Dirty-Tiering" Items

:see also: :Category:Items
The process of "Dirty Tiering" involves taking a weapon or armor piece of normal attributes and using the fusion stones to rip useless gear to gain Mana Stones, then re-transmuting it on another item to raise it to a higher tier. This method usually involves the player using the item that in offers, as it is the cheapest in price.
As seen above; Once a player has a set of three stones of an equal high-tier, they can then transmute the three stones onto an item of their choice and tier-up the weapon, matching the damage to the tier in which they have stoned it for. This is an often expensive way to upgrade a weapon; however, on higher-end weapons, it can raise the power to levels beyond normal stat transmutation methods. 
Often, the higher-tier stones are only reachable through a series of transmuting lower-tier stones to acquire a higher one and then repeating the process.
Above is an example of an item that has been tiered up, using the methods listed.
As for Tiering a weapon in general, I have created a slightly better rough-chart that explains the actual length you have to go through in order to tier a weapon, regardless of which stats are being placed on the item. Please click the thumbnail (warning, large image size).