Shaolin Master Slot Review

The Shaolin Master Slot Game

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According to the internet, a ‘Shaolin’ is any martial arts school developed by the monks of the Shaolin Temple, a Chinese Buddhist monastery. The art is the premise of this Hacksaw Gaming slot!

Launching the Shaolin Master takes you to a Dojo’s balcony, where a master stands on the left-hand side and a student on the right. But what’s impressive is how the student sways while balancing on one leg. As the game’s description goes, ‘Strike first, strike hard, no mercy!’ it’s clear the chap hasn’t come to joke!

It’s magnificent that the visuals aren’t generic. Moreover, the ambient sounds take the design to a whole new level!

Symbols and Payouts

Everything necessary happens on the 5x6 gameboard, which uses a cluster-paying engine. Meanwhile, you have 10 symbols in the paytable, each paying when 5 or more of the same connect orthogonally anywhere on the grid.

All the payouts are based on the stake, and cascades are triggered after winning. As a result, the paying symbols are removed, while new ones drop into the grid, which could trigger multiple consecutive wins per spin!

Shaolin Master uses the 10 to A royals for its inferior symbols. They all can award 0.1x to 15x stake when you hit 5 to 15+ of the same.

Then, the premium category includes the Blue Fist and Purple Beaded Necklace worth 0.3-20x and the Golden Shuriken and Student worth 0.5-40x bet. Finally, the Master is the highest paying symbol worth 1-60x bet when 5+ OAK.

And guess what?! Even as a cluster-winning slot, it affords the Blue, Red, and Balance Chi Orbs, which are wild symbols that substitute for regulars. The other specials are the Green Chi Orb and the FS scatter.

Shaolin Master Slot Bonus Features   

Brace for several wild multipliers, two bonus games, and bonus buys as you work towards illuminating your body and mind.

Chi Orbs

These are wild multipliers that can land on the Shaolin Master reels. Whenever a Chi Orb is part of a paying cluster, its multiplier will multiply the cluster win value. There are three types:

• Blue - hits with a 1x multiplier, which increases by 1+ whenever it’s part of a winning cluster.

• Red - has a 1x multiplier, which increases every time it’s part of a win. It increases by +1 for every symbol that was part of the cluster win, including any Chi Orbs.

• Balance - appears only on cascades and has a multiplier, which is the product of any Red and Blue Chi Orb multipliers on the reels. If part of a win, it applies its multiplier to the win before disappearing alongside the other winning symbols.

When multiple Chi Orbs are involved in the same win, their values are multiplied before being applied to the payout. Also, the Blue and Red Chi Orbs aren’t removed during the tumbles but persist until the end of the round. 

The Student

Manage 3 or 4 FS scatters simultaneously in the base game to trigger this bonus with 10 and 12 free spins, respectively.

During this Shaolin Master bonus, all the paying symbols from the base game can reappear with a special Green Chi Orb and a Green Gem Multiplier symbol.

This feature also has multipliers below each reel, which increase when you form winning clusters. They increase by +1x for each winning icon on the corresponding reels. The Green Gem multipliers worth 2x to 10x can also multiply the multipliers.

When the Green Chi Orb symbol lands, it activates the corresponding reel’s multiplier. All activated multipliers are global, and their values are added before multiplying each winning cluster’s value. Meanwhile, every activation awards +3 additional spins. Only one Green Chi Orb can hit per column, and the max value per multiplier is 9,999x.

The Master

Hitting 5 FS scatters activates this feature, which has 3 refilling lives. Special stone blocks replace all the Shaolin Master base game symbols. The multipliers here are above the reel and increase whenever an adding or multiplyingMultiplier Modifier Block lands.

Both blocks have Normal and Epic variants, affecting either only the multiplier in their corresponding reel or all multipliers. The top value per multiplier is 9,999x. The Adding modifier blocks can be Blue or Epic Blue Gem worth 2-10x, while the Multiplying modifier blocks can be Green or Epic Green Gem worth 2-10x.

Any Ice Block that lands on the reels will be crushed, and a multiplier block from the overhead multiplier will complete the empty position. The multiplier block’s value equals that of the reel multiplier where they drop. Then, the multiplier blocks fall to the bottom of the grid, where they stick and stack, gradually filling the grid.

A special Crasher Block can also fall through all other blocks to the reels, destroying all multiplier blocks in its path. As a result, it creates room for new blocks to drop in. When the Crusher Block reaches the bottom of the Shaolin Master grid, it becomes a multiplier block with a value equal to the sum of all multiplier blocks it destroyed.

Finally, the remaining spins reset to 3 whenever a multiplier block, multiplier modifier block, or the Crusher Block lands.

Bonus Buy

This game lets you buy the BonusHunt FeatureSpins, The Student, or The Master from the base game for 3x, 100x, and 200x stake, respectively! You can find more details from the bonus buy menu.

How to Win at Shaolin Master Slot

It’s pretty easy to find your way in this video slot as it adopts a simplistic user interface. It includes 5 reels and 6 rows, which pay using a cluster engine.

As is usual with Hacksaw games, you can gamble between €0.10 and €100 bets. In short, after picking your preferred Shaolin Master bet, press the Spin button for a single round or use the Autoplay for several automated spins.

So, pray for luck that 5+ identical symbols land and connect horizontally or vertically anywhere on the reels. In addition to the features, the winning clusters and cascades can help you rack up to 10,000x stake!

Shaolin Master Slot RTP & Volatility

This game’s theoretical RTP can vary between 88.25% and 96.31%. However, it isn’t surprising since it’s typical of Hacksaw—further, the slot’s medium volatility results in moderate winning chances.

The Final Thoughts

Let me acknowledge that this Hacksaw Gaming release follows in Hand of Anubis’ footsteps. However, it advances the quoted example’s features to an advanced level, making it a more thrilling adventure. While I’ve explained it in this review, it would be prudent to accompany the guide with the slot’s demo for a one-on-one experience!

Now, I won’t even lie that, hands down, this video slot has got to have some of the best graphics in the iGaming world. The visuals are mint in the right proportions, and the animations are smooth, whether you’re playing on a mobile, a desktop/PC, or a tablet. Heck, even the sounds cement my analysis.

Coming into the Shaolin Master features, they were fun, but it’s as if this developer has an unshakable bond with multipliers. In fact, it’s as if this slot wouldn’t have functioned perfectly without the wild and global multipliers. However, I wouldn’t be fair to complain about them as they fast-track the chances of hitting the 10,000x win cap.

Moreover, considering the game’s tolerant statistics, it’s a suitable replacement for its predecessor. So, try it, and you’ll see!