300 Shields Mightyways

Prepare to fight for Sparta on the slot from NextGen power by Light & Wonder (formerly Scientific Games). 300 Shields Mightyways will see you return to the battlefield for another highly volatile clash across six dynamic reels with up to 262,144 ways, wild substitutions and a Free Spins round with incrementing Warrior Wild multipliers that can lead to wins of up to 25,000x or 250,000 credits whichever is hit first.

Slot Details

300 Shields Mightyways is a cascading video slot with six dynamic reels, featuring 3 to 8 rows and 729 to 262,144 ways to win. Pays are awarded for three to six matching symbols landing on adjacent reels from left to right only. You can join the battle for Sparta on desktop, tablet or mobile from 0.20 to 20 credits per spin. The game has maximum volatility with a default RTP of 95.99%. Lower versions at 94% and 90% are offered, always check the help file for the current setting.

The original 300 Shields slot was clear proof that a game does not always need the best graphics to be immensely popular with players. The MightyWays sequel, however, comes not only with a larger game window and HD graphics but features even more impressive animations. The background is the same Spartan valley with a Parthenon on a hilltop, changing to thundery scenery in the bonus round. Cries of the Spartan warriors, battle noises and a dramatic soundtrack complete the game design.

The pay symbols are virtually unchanged, starting at the low end with card royals from 9 to A, designed in a rugged ancient-style form and awarding 0.50x to 0.90x your bet for a single six of a kind. They are followed by a set of flying arrows, a pair of swords, a Spartan trireme, and an archer. Hit six across the reels to win 1.5x to 10x your stake. A Spartan warrior is the wild, appearing on reels two to six only and substituting for all regular symbols. Lastly, a Spartan shield acts as the scatter.

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300 Shields Mightyways Slot Features

The original 300 Shields slot was released in 2014 and became an instant player favourite, especially for fans of high volatility games. The sequel, 300 Shield Extreme, followed in 2019 with improved graphics and a Buy Pass button. Upgrading such a successful slot to Mightyways is the most logical step for Light &Wonder. Thus, armour on and sword in hand, let’s enter the battle for Sparta once again.

Core to the gameplay is the Mighty Ways mechanic that will expand the reel height from three up to eight rows by transforming winning symbols into two positions, thus increasing the number of betways. Every spin sequence starts as default in a 6×3 format with 729 ways. Hit a winner and all in the combo will be removed before new symbols cascade into the newly created two positions. The reel increment continues after each cascade until all reels have reached a height of 8 rows with then 262,144 Mighty Ways. A spin sequence ends only when no more wins occur after a cascade.

Having three, four or five Shield scatters in view by the time a game round concludes will trigger 5, 7 and 10 Free Spins respectively. Three or more scatters during the feature will retrigger +5 spins, no limits. The aim in the bonus round is to hit Shield scatters as they are collected on a progress bar that will increase the Warrior Wild multiplier and award additional free spins for each level.

• Level 1 – Default: Enter the battle for glory where any wins with a Warrior Wild are multiplied by x2. Collect minimum 2 shields to move on to level 2.
• Level 2 – 2 Shields: An extra five free spins are awarded with the multiplier for wild wins increased to x5. Collect a total of minimum six shields within this set of free spins to advance to level 3.
• Level 3 – 6 Shields: Another 5 free spins are awarded, this time with a 25x multiplier on the wild symbol. You’ll need to collect an improbable, but possible, 12 shields to gain entry to level 4.
• Level 4 – 12 Shields: You have reached the battle climax of the entire game. The Warrior Wild has now a multiplier of x300.

Each level is completed before you move to the next one, even when sufficient shields were collected. Only wins containing a Warrior Wild will benefit from it. Worth noting is that more than one Warrior Wild multiplier in a combo do not stack while any retrigger adds +5 spins at the same level. The feature ends when you run out of spins or hit the max win at 250,000 credits.

And there is more. Hitting six scatters in the base game will award 5 Super Free Spins where the Warrior Wild multiplier starts directly at x300. The Shield collection is the same, however, only the +5 spins will be retriggered with no change to the multiplier.

Lastly, the Buy Pass is allowing players in unrestricted jurisdictions to head straight into the main battle. The cost is 50x bet for a standard feature where the game will start a spin that lands 3, 4 or 5 scatters. Alternatively, you can fork out a whopping 1,566x bet (not a typo) for 5 Super Free Spins. Beware, the feature is immensely volatile and thus you might not return glorious on most occasions.

Final Verdict

The bare original 300 Shields offered an extremely bumpy slotting experience with extreme volatility that would often utterly destroy gaming balances without as much as blinking with an eye. All for that one Free Spins feature to reach the maximum level with x300 wild multipliers, delivering the glory of Sparta and mega wins.

Adding the MightyWays mechanic somewhat conceals the high volatility as a spin sequence is extended by hitting repeated winning cascades. On the other hand, the sheer amount of betways can indeed deliver some mighty wins (pun intended) in the base game and thus provides a more balanced gameplay overall. The Free Spins however, are as volatile as ever. To war!

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