Eight/Gameplay

Eight is a playable character in Final Fantasy Type-0. Eight wields knuckles and fights with kicks and punches. In his abilities marked as Stances, directional inputs with the control stick allow him to execute a variety of moves at no cost of the ability gauge. The player can cancel Eight's attacks to make infinite combos, as well as quickly maneuver to an opponent's side and gain extra damage for executing back attacks. Mixing all these allows the use of his true potential.

A downside to Eight's battle style is his range; as most of his attacks are closed-ranged and ground-based, he will struggle trying to get reach long-ranged, airborne enemies. His MP pool is low and his damaging special attacks consume a lot of the ability gauge.

As compensation, Eight is quick. Both his movement speed and attack speed are on par or better, than that of Cater and Ace. Since his attacks are quickly executed, Eight can abuse the Killsight function. His body tends to step out before attacking, saving players the need to get close to their opponents, and his Stances balance out his ability gauge-heavy attacks, allowing him a variety of quick attacks and patterns.

Eight's quick and aggressive battle style is suitable for players with an aggressive play style. Alongside Cater, he is an ideal character to use to solo a level with ground-based enemies. With proper equipment and well-timed dodges and attacks, Eight can easily become a lethal force in the right hands.

Equipment
Unlike the rest of the weapons, Eight's knuckles do not have a weapon model; he fights barehanded. Eight's exclusive accessory is the Transcendent Scroll, which boosts his Strength by 80, decreases all his magic stats by 40, and grants Auto Endure status.


 * Brass Knuckles
 * Silver Knuckles
 * Killer Knuckles
 * Heavy Knuckles
 * Platinum Knuckles
 * Iron Fists
 * Boxing Gloves
 * Steel Claws
 * Mythril Gloves
 * Diamond Fists
 * Adamant Knuckles
 * Godhands
 * Master Fists
 * Golden Hands
 * Kaiser Knuckles
 * Demon Fists (ultimate weapon)

Support Personnel
Some Support Personnel characters in Final Fantasy Type-0 HD appear as Eight: Hideo Masu (Drummer for Bump of Chicken), Rina Okumoto (Battle Animator), Taisuke Ooe (Lead Character Action Designer), and Hashimoto Meijin (Executive Producer).