FWIW EDCO cassettes last a long time, are very reasonably light in their price class & won't bite into the freehub body...And given the proper lock ring you can run 11 speed road on the standard Shimano compatible 8,9,10 speed freehub. Potentially saving you the cost of a wheel build should you find yourself with 11 speed shifters, derailleurs but no budget for wheels. The upgrade path is a no-brainer.

The smaller the front chainring, the higher the chain tension is. Aluminum freehub bodies just don't stand much of a chance against the individual skinny cogs of modern cassettes. Especially against strong riders. If you can't have a Titanium or steel HG freehub body a monoblock cassette really is a smart way to go unless you have a ready supply of replacement freehubs kicking around.

Shimano's failure to bundle cogs on the smaller half of the cassette is reprehensible.

High end hubs cost many, many, hundreds of dollars. Why waste a perfectly good wheel build or expensive hub with a self destructive, poorly designed, failure causing cassette?

Cassettes of monoblock design from any manufacturer beat the poorly crafted, pizza cutter design of ShimaNO any time, anywhere. It's a shame most people just accept aluminum freehub bodies are disposable. They don't have to be.

To put it plainly: If you have a nice hub, why waste money on anything other than a monoblock?

That being said: You've got 8 speed. None of what I typed is relevant here. 8 speed hubs are held together with pins/rivets, etc...to spread the load evenly over a large area. You won't have freehub bite problems. Get what's most readily available & the range you like.