Doll Info :: XM8
XM8
AR
#216
Type: AR
Rarity: 4 *
Obtainable from:
- • Obtainable from standard production
- • Obtainable from heavy production
Affects SMG
- Increases evasion by 15%
- Increases damage by 20%
Affects SMG
- Increases evasion by 20%
- Increases damage by 20%
| Stat | Value (per dummy link) |
|---|---|
| HP | (x1) (x2) (x3) (x4) (x5) |
| RECOV | (x1) (x2) (x3) (x4) (x5) |
| DMG | |
| ROF | Max cap |
| ACC | |
| EVA | |
| CRIT % | % |
Equipment
Pending implementation
Anti-Personnel Grenade
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Restraining Matrix
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Anti-Personnel Grenade
ICD: S.
CD: S.
Doll review
Overview
XM8 is an AP Grenadier, dealing significant damage in a small area with a long ICD.
8 seconds is long enough for a lot of earlier game fights to already be over or close to it, meaning this is almost entirely useless in such situations. Later on, enemies have too much health for a simple AP Grenadier to make much of an impact, and the ICD being long makes this even worse. To make matters worse, HK416 has both a powerful Mod and SPEQ-set which make her eclipse all other AP Grenadiers. As such, XM8 is not recommended for use.
Mod review
Overview
How the turntables. Overshadowed by M4 SOPMOD since the dawn of the game, XM8 gets a mod that brings her to the spotlight meant for Soppo. With both an ICD reduction, and a Skill 2 that cleanses enemy debuffs and creates a debuff area, XM8 manages to make herself relevant in a niche that relies on her cleaning enemy buffs, and/or stunning enemies for brief periods. On top of that, her AoE has the same targeting as her grenade, which makes it predictable.
Pros
ICD reduction
At 6s ICD, XM8 is one of the few AP grenadiers with this cooldown, which puts her leagues above the others, including M4 SOPMOD.
Buff cleansing
Her buff cleansing is a welcome addition when enemies specialized in buffing units have become common in late game.
AoE debuff
Her AoE debuff not only has the same targeting system as the AP nade, it also targets the next group of enemies if her nade happens to kill its target, which means that it’s quite unlikely to be wasted. Moreover, it debuffs, for 8 seconds, 25% Damage and 50% Accuracy, both very relevant starts to debuff. It can also stun enemies inside the AoE for 1.5s
Cons
416 Mod
As the defacto 6s ICD nader, XM8Mod lives in the shadow of 416Mod just as much as her premod does.
Stun only works on stunnable enemies
So no stunning Gundams, or most of the Paradeus’ Faction enemies, or any other unstunnable enemy. This limit severely her use against Paradeus enemies, which are pretty common in endgame content.
Stun/damage is single-target
While the debuff effect has an AoE, the stun/damage only affects 1 target per effect over time.