Choosing the right weapon for your character to use is one of the first things you should do before you start Free Fire. Planning will help you to get advantages over other players. Of course, the goal is to get the best result like what you want. Speaking of weapons, you can choose many of them. This time, we are going to talk about one of the best weapons for beginners, the XM8.
About XM8
Garena first released this weapon in 2018. At its first release, it immediately became many players’ favorites. It has everything that you need to fight against the enemy. Satisfying damage, range, accuracy, reload speed, movement speed, and many other elements are the best. We can call it an all-rounder weapon.
The XM8 balanced stats also is the best thing for you who just start playing Free Fire. You don’t have any specialty in the playing style. It is a good choice for you who are in the middle of finding the best style for you and your favorite character.
Other than balanced stats, it also comes with a useful initial attachment, which is scope 2x. Therefore, you can use it for mid-range battles. Or, if you want to aim at the enemy from afar, you can do it with this scope. Its versatility and benefits you can get at the earlier stage are what every player needs.
XM8 Specifications
Here are the detailed specifications of XM8:
⦁ Damage: 57
⦁ Range: 60
⦁ Magazine: 25
⦁ Rate of Fire: 61
⦁ Reload Speed: 45
⦁ Accuracy: 57
⦁ Movement Speed: 86
⦁ Armor Penetration: 0
As you can see, the specifications show you how good XM8 is for various situations. Furthermore, it is also compatible with various attachments. You can use Silencer, Muzzle, extra magazine, and Stocks, and it also comes with a scope. The only attachment you can’t use on XM8 is Foregrip.
Advantages and Disadvantages of XM8
Even though it sounds like a perfect weapon, to balance things out, Gerena also gives it several drawbacks. It doesn’t mean those disadvantages make it a bad choice for your play. You will get more challenges and fun when you use it. Moreover, the knowledge about XM8 plus and minus points also help you to use this weapon better. Or, you also can find the best way to deal with your enemy that uses this weapon. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of XM8.
Advantages
- It has scope 2x as an initial attachment.
- It has good accuracy, plus with a scope, you can aim and shoot your enemy much easier from the beginning of the battle,
- With a scope, you can save time to find other attachments, weapons, and items,
- It has enough magazine rounds, which help you to stay in the battle longer without reloading it too often,
- It has good stability, which is all beginner players need,
- A perfect weapon for mid to close-range battle.
Disadvantages
- You can only use the scope twice,
- You can’t attach a foregrip, which gives you recoil reduction for better accuracy and stability when attacking.
The disadvantages here could be solved by using the correct character or character skill. In this case, we recommend Laura with XM8.
Laura has the ‘Sharp Shooter’ skill, which allows her to improve the weapon accuracy by 30% (at max skill level) when using a scope. So, because you can only use the XM8 scope twice, this skill allows you to attack more efficiently.
The Best Skin for XM8
How to make XM8 more deadly? The answer is using the best skin. Here, we have chosen three skins that will help you to bring out the beast inside this weapon. Let’s see what they are:
Toxic Pumpkin
This skin is a bit tricky to get. You can’t find this skin at the Armory Shop. It is obtainable through XM8 Evil Pumpkin Incubator. You should trade 4 Evolution Stones and 2 Blueprint: Evil Pumpkin to get this skin. Here are the bonus stats you can get from this skin:
⦁ Range: 62 (+2)
⦁ Rate of Fire: 62 (+1)
⦁ Magazine: 24 (-1)
Sinister Pumpkin
You can get this skin similar to the previous skin. Use the XM8 Evil Pumpkin Incubator. The materials you need are 6 Evolution Stones and 3 Blueprint: Evil Pumpkin. This skin is one of the best and our favorite because it gives extra armor penetration points. XM8 comes with zero armor penetration stats, therefore, these extra stats is a massive boost for this weapon. Even though it also reduces the movement speed, you can solve it by using character skills.
⦁ Range: 61 (+1)
⦁ Armor Penetration: 2 (+2)
⦁ Movement Speed: 85 (-1)
Abyssal
This skin is the rarest skin for XM8. You can only get it from the event in May 2020 with 9 Diamonds. See the bonus stats below. You’ll know how good this skin is.
⦁ Damage: 59 (+2)
⦁ Range: 61 (+1)
⦁ Magazine: 24 (-1)
Conclusion
Versatility, stability, damage, and easy-to-use since you got it are many elements that make XM8 the best weapon in Free Fire. It is also compatible with various characters. Try it now and find the best battle style with this weapon.