If ever there was a macabre slot to kick in the new year, it’s Pragmatic Play’s Blade & Fangs. Okay, so we’ve seen our fair share of slots with vampire themes, and whatnot.
More often than not they border on the whimsical, well, not here. Blade & Fangs slot epitomizes what a horror slot should be. Let’s just say it puts those pesky effeminate vampires over at Twilight to sleep.
The slot has a 5×3 grid and 243 paylines. What makes it interesting is that it has a grid at the top and one at the bottom.
The volatility is off the charts tipping the Whizz’s slots scale a 9/10. And, the jackpot you’ll be playing for is 5,000x the stake.
The default RTP of Blade & Fangs is 96.05%, yet there are RTP ranges as low as 94.03%. Moreover, your probability of winning the jackpot is 1 in 1,957,151 times.
Each grid has its own Multiplier Symbol that works separately. In typical Pragmatic Play fashion, it offers Free Spins and there is a Buy Option.
However, the hit frequency is 28.5%, therefore, you can expect a payout on every 3.5 spins. The betting range is wide from $0.20 to $240 making the slot ideal for high rollers.
Blade & Fangs almost sounds like a good cover song for an album. The graphics aren’t over the top and the soundtrack compliments the theme.
Let’s put it this way, it’s not the type of slot you’ll play at two in the morning. The high-value symbols are the wolf, skeleton, bat, and ghoul. Five matching low-value symbols pay up to 1.5x.
While the premium symbol pays as much as 10x the stake for 5. There’s also a scatter and two multiplier symbols but no wild.
Blade & Fangs Bonus Rewards
Multiplier Symbols
The Multiplier symbol might sound complex, but it’s quite straightforward. The 1x Multiplier Symbol appears on the left side while the 2x multiplier appears on the right side.
If both multipliers show up simultaneously, the two reels combine into a 6×5 grid for a respin. Additionally, the respin comes with a 2x multiplier. When the 1+ multiplier appears during the respin, it increases by 1+.
Now, when the 2x multiplier lands, it doubles the existing multiplier. After the respin concludes, it multiplies, and the game resumes on the 5×3 grid again.
Free Spins
The symbol you want to see on the grid is the Flaming Skull Scatter. They trigger 8 free spins when 3, 4, 5, or 6 pitch and they award 2x, 15x, 100x, or 500x.
Note that the free spins feature plays out on a 6×5 screen with a starting multiplier of 1x. When the 1x multiplier symbol pitches it increases the multiplier’s value by 1+.
The 2x multiplier doubles the multiplier’s value when it pops onto the grid. Furthermore, you’ll snag 4+ free spins when 3 or more scatter symbols pitch.
Buy Free Spins
If you don’t want to wait for the free spins feature to trigger manually, you can buy them. The price for the free spins will cost you 100x your stake.
Interestingly, for that price, you can play with 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters. Remember, that there are scatter wins of up to 500x.
Paytable & Paylines
What We Like and Don’t Like About Blade & Fangs Slot
The betting range is wide which means it’s ideal for both casual and high rollers. The default RTP of 96.05% is good for a slot of this volatility.
But, if you catch the 94.04% RTP you might be in for a rough ride. To that end, we’re not fond of the RTP ranges.
Tips & Strategy
There’s a fine art of playing and winning money when you play slots. We’re not talking about tiny wins but payouts of 50x the stake or more.
Besides, playing a game as unpredictable as slots is like trying to dry a wet cat. To help improve your chances of winning some cash, know how RTP works.
Play for small stakes at first especially if it’s a volatile game like Blade & Fangs. Doing it that way gives you an idea of how the payouts are. We also advise you to increase your bets slightly to maximize your winnings.
How to Win Money Blade & Fangs Slot
We didn’t have a pleasant outing with the slot as we lost our bankroll of $500. We did however play it in demo mode and the results we got there were encouraging.
Our average bet per spin was $11.20 which gave us around 44 spins to “hit it big”. We never triggered the free spins feature though our biggest win was a palsy 1.5x our stake.
Once again playing slots for real money proved a rather dismal experience for us. Now, you might think why $500 – that’s a lot of money!
Yes, it is, but we’ve also had wins well North of $3,000 recently. To us that comes with the territory, some you win, and some you lose.
Test the slots for at least 500 spins before you play it with real cash.
It’s not the type of slot we’ll play with a bonus.
Verdict: Blade & Fangs
Blade & Fangs slot is just as fickle as the weather blowing in from Drac’s castle. It’s one of those slots that has no gray areas. When it pays it pays big, or it can be a bankroll killer as it was in our case.
See the slot as a “warzone-ification” of sorts. We don’t really get the dual-reel feature as it didn’t do much for us. We can see that Pragmatic Play tried something different.
Did it work? Well, not really, and was rather confusing at times. The only time when the slot “normalized” for us was during the free spins when the two grids merged.
We like the multiplier symbols when it pitches as it hurls the multiplier value into the meter. When the 2x multiplier lands it multiplies whatever value is in the meter.
However, our perspective of the slot changed drastically when we tested the buy option at the highest stake, $240. Ten free spins did not come cheap at $24,000, but we “won” $39,360.
So, a hefty “profit” of $15,360. The moral of the slots story here is to go big or go home. If you’re a high roller and you really have the cash to burn – go full tilt.
Words that come to mind are “intense” and “grinding”, that’s most probably the best way to describe the slot. Another top slot from Pragmatic Play is Rujak Bonanza.
It offers a life-changing jackpot of $2.1 million, a Powernudge feature and free spins with up to 100x multiplier wins.
Mark Taylor, the chief author at Casino Whizz, is a dedicated gambling expert with over a decade within the casino world. His passion for poker, slots, and table games has fueled his career, where he shares invaluable insights, tips, and detailed game and casino reviews.
