SKULL-8

Skull-8 is a machine gun attached with an underbarrel axe bayonet in the Skull series.

Overview
Skull-8 is a belt-fed, anti-zombie machine gun that fires 120 rounds of 5.56mm Anti-zombie ammunition. It is attached with a light axe bayonet under the weapon's barrel to be used for emergency melee combat situations. The weapon's primary fire has superior penetration towards Kevlar.

Its melee attack also inflict a small knockback, which can be used for the user's advantage.

Advantages

 * Can perform melee attack in secondary fire
 * High rate of fire
 * High penetration power
 * Light weight
 * Melee attack can be used even when reloading

Disadvantages

 * Does not have scope
 * Expensive price
 * Long reload time
 * Low damage

Tips

 * Use the secondary fire for surprise attacks as the attack range is rather short and not suitable for close combat situations.
 * Each shot can penetrate up to 4 objects.
 * Use the secondary fire when you are out of ammunition. The secondary fire of this weapon may still help in killing zombies.
 * Noted the attack delay of the secondary fire.
 * A 120 rounds of Skull-8 can deal 3600 ~ 7200 damage to zombies.
 * The attack damage and range for the secondary fire is lower and shorter than the Skull-9.
 * The firepower is the same as the MG3.
 * The weight is the same as the M4A1.

Release date
Skull-8 was released alongside Plasma and Laser Blade on:
 * South Korea: 27 June 2013.
 * There was a resale on 12 June 2014.
 * Taiwan/Hong Kong: 2 July 2013.
 * There was a resale on 21 January 2014.
 * China: 3 July 2013.

Skull-8 was released alongside Gallery and Battle weapons on:
 * Indonesia: 29 January 2014.

Skull-8 will be released alongside Shoreline on:
 * Singapore/Malaysia: 18 June 2014.

Advantages

 * Cheaper (-$2800)
 * Lighter (+5% move speed)
 * Can do melee attack

Neutral

 * Same rate of fire (90%)
 * Same magazine size (120)
 * Share the same ammo type (5.56mm AZ)

Disadvantages

 * Lower damage (-1)
 * Less accurate (-2%)
 * Higher recoil (+3%)
 * No scope

Gallery
Shoot sound

Slash axe



Trivia

 * This is the second even numbered weapon in the Skull series after Skull-4.
 * This weapon is the third to feature a melee attack mode as its secondary fire in Counter-Strike Online.
 * The model of Skull-8 and its reference strings is available early during the release of Panic Room, allowing it to be hacked into the game with complete functionality.
 * The words "Gun Blade" is printed on the axe.