Rising Samurai Hold & Win Slot Review

Rising Samurai Hold & Win: Slot Overview

Rising Samurai Hold & Win is iSoftBet's take on a samurai themed Hold & Win slot, played on 5 reels in a 3-4-4-4-3 layout. The action takes place in front of a glowing Japanese sunrise, with a fully armoured warrior standing behind the reels. Wins land from left to right on adjacent reels, starting on reel one, and the expanding reel mechanic can raise the number of win ways from 576 up to 3,087.

Volatility sits around the middle of the scale, rated as medium, with an RTP of 95.98% and a hit rate close to 25.8%, so roughly one in four spins pays something back. Rising Samurai Hold & Win mixes regular line wins with two main features, a Rising Samurai Respins game using the familiar Hold & Win mechanic, and a separate free spins round where extra rows and a growing win multiplier can come into play.

Rising Samurai Hold & Win Symbols and Paytable

The paytable in Rising Samurai Hold & Win follows a classic structure, with 10, J, Q, K and A as the lower paying symbols, worth between 0.75x and 3x your stake for five of a kind. Above them sit four samurai warriors in blue, purple, green and red. Hitting a full way of five premiums lands between 4x and 12.5x the bet, with the red swordsman as the top regular symbol.

A Shuriken style ninja star acts as the wild in Rising Samurai Hold & Win, appearing on reels two, three and four to substitute for all regular symbols and help complete winning combinations. There are also special icons that do not pay in the usual way. Golden coins are used to trigger the Rising Samurai Respins feature, while separate free spins symbols act as scatters that launch the main free spins bonus round.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x12.5
	4	x5
	3	x2.5
	5	x7.5
	4	x4
	3	x2
	5	x5
	4	x3
	3	x1.5
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x3
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.35
	5	x1.5
	4	x1.25
	3	x0.35
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.25
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.25
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	Special
	Scatter
	Wild

Rising Samurai: Hold & Win Slot Information

Rising Samurai: Hold & Win runs with a minimum bet of 0.20 and a maximum bet of 20 per spin, which suits low to mid stakes play rather than high rollers chasing huge single wagers. The maths model is set to medium volatility, paired with an RTP of 95.98% and a stated hit frequency of 25.8%. On average the Rising Samurai Respins hit about once in 246 spins, with free spins around once in 347.

Rising Samurai: Hold & Win Slot Features

Feature wise, Rising Samurai: Hold & Win keeps things fairly focused, but there is still a decent amount going on when the game heats up. The base game benefits from a Katana Modifier, where the samurai can appear over the reels after a paid spin and award either a guaranteed winning spin, an instant trigger of the Rising Samurai Respins bonus, or direct entry into the free spins feature without waiting for scatters.

The Rising Samurai Respins mode is the heart of the Hold & Win mechanic. Landing at least five gold coins in view starts the round with three respins, and every new coin that lands locks in place and resets the counter back to three. Standard coins carry cash values from 1x to 10x stake, while special Mini, Major, Maxi and Grand coins award fixed prizes of 25x, 50x, 100x and 250x respectively.

Two Samurai Boosters spice up both the respins and free spins modes. Arrow Booster coins add one extra row above reels two, three and four at a time, up to three extra rows in total, pushing the number of win ways up towards the 3,087 maximum. X Booster coins increase the feature multiplier by one step, and at the end of the round all collected coin values are multiplied, up to a cap of x4 in free spins.

Rising Samurai Hold & Win: Slot Verdict

Rising Samurai Hold & Win sits in that space where the maths model feels steady enough for regular play, yet the 16,215x max win gives real punch when the reels expand and multipliers line up. I like the way free spins and respins share the Samurai Boosters, and the Katana Modifier helps break up quiet spells. If you enjoy Hold & Win slots with an Asian twist, this one is worth a patient session.

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