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.

Advantages

 * Does a melee attack for the weapon's secondary fire
 * High damage to zombies
 * High rate of fire
 * Bullets penetrate up to 4 objects
 * Light weight

Disadvantages

 * Does not have scope
 * Expensive price
 * Long reload time
 * Lowest damage to humans (Among the Skull machine guns)

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.
 * Note the attack delay of the secondary fire.
 * A 120 rounds of Skull-8 can deal 3600 ~ 7200 damages 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.

Events
Skull-8 was released alongside Plasma and Beam Sword on:
 * South Korea: 27 June 2013.
 * Taiwan/Hong Kong: 2 July 2013.
 * There was a resale on 21 January 2014.
 * China: 3 July 2013.

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%)
 * Cannot zoom

Gallery
Shoot sound

Slash axe



Trivia

 * This is the second even numbered weapon in the Skull series. The first one is 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 has already been predicted since the release of Panic Room.
 * Skull-8 is the combination of Skull-7 and Skull-9, making it the first permanent weapon to feature a melee attack.
 * The word "Gun Blade" is printed on the axe.
 * Skull-8 is the first non-cartridge weapon that allows the user to "reload cancel"; by using the melee attack while reloading.