The Ways of the Phoenix slot features two mystical creatures clashing on five reels. As we describe in our review, the Phoenix faces the Dragon on an expanding game window with 3,125 ways to win, wild substitutions, a free spins round, and a staggering win potential of up to 62,500 times your wager.

 

 

 

In Greek mythology, the red Phoenix is associated with the sun, but the theme of this slot is actually Chinese. As for the blue dragon, it is deeply rooted in Chinese culture, traditionally symbolizing good luck and controlling water, typhoons, and floods.

 

Providing a stunning contrast between the fire of the Phoenix and the water of the Dragon, the two creatures flank the intricate game window in Ways of the Phoenix. This well-designed game is complemented by a typical Chinese soundtrack and traditional pay symbols.

 

There are ten regular pay symbols in the Ways of the Phoenix slot, as well as a wild symbol and scatter symbol. Low-paying gemstones include green, mint, turquoise, blue, and purple gemstones in different geometrical shapes and colours followed by a set of gold coins, a scroll, a Chines drum, as well as the Dragon and the Phoenix.

 

All other symbols can land in stacks of a maximum of two symbols at a time, but only the last two symbols appear in superstacks. Wild symbols are dragon claws holding golden balls, while scatter symbols are Yin-Yang tiles.

 

 

 

The Ways of the Phoenix video slot has five reels, five rows, and up to 3,125 ways to win. Five of a kind symbols pay out from left to right, ranging from 1.6x to 20x your stake.

 

With the game, you can play from 0.25 to 100 coins on your desktop or mobile device. High-variance slots usually have an RTP of 95.98%, but this one has a lower number. Using Autoplay, you can set up 10 to 99 consecutive spins without interruption.

 

 

 

During our testing, our review team discovered that the default game window on the Ways of the Phoenix slot has 45 ways to win.

 

Other positions are covered with translucent ice blocks. If you win consecutively, the Rising Kingdom feature will be triggered, which will gradually expand the game window to include the full 5-5-5-5-5 format with 3,125 ways to win.

 

As soon as the first winning spin is made, the number of ways will be increased to 135 from 45. In the second round, this will increase to 405 ways, and in the third, it will reach 675 ways. As a result of the fourth consecutive win, you will have 1,125 ways to win, and when you reach the fifth win, you will have a maximum of 3,125 ways to win. As long as a losing spin does not occur, the game window will remain at its maximum size.

 

If you lose a spin, the game will not automatically revert to its default settings. The ways will be gradually reduced, following the same steps as when the ways were increased. When you win again after losing a spin, the number of ways will increase again.

 

Changing bets will save the current stage of the game window, reloading it once the player returns to the same bet size.

 

 

 

The team who reviewed Ways of the Phoenix slot considers the free spins feature to be the best time to hit that big win of up to 62,500 times your wager.

 

Three, four, or five scatters will trigger 8, 20 or 50 free spins, respectively. In addition, three times, twenty times, and fifty times coins can be won. If you get two to five scatters during the feature, you'll get 2 to 50 extra free spins. The number of free spins you can win is unlimited.

 

The round will begin with the same number of ways held during the triggering spin. Now, every win will further increase the number of ways to win until the maximum of 3,125 is reached.

 

In contrast to the base game, the number of ways does not decrease on a losing spin. Once the game window is fully expanded, it will remain on the maximum 5-5-5-5-5 format for the remaining free spins. You are significantly more likely to land bigger and more frequent wins this way. The maximum win on the game can be earned by displaying the red Phoenix symbol on the entire screen.

 

As soon as the free spins feature ends, the 3,125 ways are transferred back to the base game. A further win will keep it at the maximum number of ways to win, while consecutive losing spins will reduce it to 45 ways to win. Whenever it increases between wins, it will increase again.

 

 

 

Would you like to play a slot featuring the majestic Phoenix with more than 3,125 ways to win? On a 5x6 game window, Phoenix Sun from Quickspin offers 7,776 ways to win. The Double Dragons slot from Yggdrasil Gaming also features mystical dragons.

 

 

 

In this highly entertaining Playtech slot, did our reviewers side with the Phoenix or the Dragon? The draw was called since both games can lead to huge mega wins during free spins and the base game.

 

Even though dragon symbols have a maximum win of 37,500x the bet, while Phoenix symbols have a maximum win of 62,500x the bet, both wins are ones that avid slot players will appreciate at any time. Find out which mystical creature you like best.