Thunderstruck Wild Lightning Slot Review

Our Opinion on Thunderstruck Wild Lightning

When I first loaded Thunderstruck Wild Lightning, it felt like stepping into a Marvel style Thor world, only with Stormcraft's flair. The 5x5, 40 payline grid sits in front of crackling skies, and the animations of Thor swinging his hammer give the slot a big budget superhero vibe. I quickly played with the playlist under the reels, flipping between ambient tracks and passionate rock that change again when free spins worlds appear.

As a long time fan of Thunderstruck 2, I came in with high hopes. Thunderstruck Wild Lightning is packed with visual effects, feature teasers, different backgrounds per bonus, and that familiar Norse mythology atmosphere, even if Odin and Loki have been chopped from the cast. It feels like an overblown superhero production in slot form, entertaining and loud, though it does not quite hit the same iconic heights as the classic sequel.

RTP and Variance in Thunderstruck Wild Lightning

Thunderstruck Wild Lightning is a highly volatile 5 reel slot where most of the serious money hides in the bonus rounds and jackpots. Stakes range from 20 pence to 16 pounds per spin, with a published RTP around 96.1 percent, though some sites run a lower 94 percent model, so I always check the info screen. Wins land roughly once every four or five spins, but long dry spells are very possible.

How to Play Thunderstruck Wild Lightning Slot

Despite the feature heavy design, playing Thunderstruck Wild Lightning is straightforward. You get a clear control bar where you adjust your total bet, switch on autoplay, or speed up each spin. I always pop open the menu to scan the paytable and rules before I start, as the mix of multiplier wilds, Link & Win, and five different free spins modes can look busy at first glance.

Base game action in Thunderstruck Wild Lightning plays out over a 5x5 grid with 40 fixed paylines, paying left to right for three or more matching symbols. Thor as the wild symbol can land anywhere, often stacked, and in the base game he carries 2x or 5x multipliers that apply to any win he helps to create. Five Thor wilds across a line pay a hefty 200 times your stake.

Bonus Features in Thunderstruck Wild Lightning

In Thunderstruck Wild Lightning, flaming Thunderball orbs trigger the Link & Win feature when six or more land anywhere. The reels clear to an almost pachinko like board with four extra rows locked above the main grid. Triggering orbs stay in place while you play out three respins. Each new Thunderball that hits resets the counter back to three and also locks, building up cash values across the board.

During Link & Win in Thunderstruck Wild Lightning you can open those four upper rows by collecting more orbs, reaching rows six, seven and eight once you hit 20, 25 and 30 Thunderballs. Some orbs carry blue, green or yellow jackpot labels which award Mini, Minor or Major prizes of 25x, 50x and 150x your bet. Fill every position with Thunderballs and you hit the Mega Jackpot worth a gigantic 15,000x.

The other half of Thunderstruck Wild Lightning lies in the Hammer scatters and free spins. Three, four or five Mjolnir symbols award a 3x, 20x or 200x scatter prize plus one of four standard free spins modes, each with fewer spins but stronger wild multipliers up to 12x. During Svartalfheim, unlocked via collected scatter pairs, you get a single Wildstorm spin that can turn all reels wild and pay up to 8,000x.

Symbols and Paytable in Thunderstruck Wild Lightning

In Thunderstruck Wild Lightning the paytable leans on glowing stones and rune carved card ranks rather than a full cast of gods. The low symbols are 9 to A, paying around 2x to 3x your bet for five of a kind, while the five coloured World Stones step this up from 5x through 6x, 12.5x and 15x to 25x. Thor as wild pays 200x for five, and Mjolnir scatters award big fixed wins.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter
	5	x200
	4	x20
	3	x3
	Wild
	5	x200
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x1.5
	5	x15
	4	x3
	3	x1
	5	x12.5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1
	5	x6
	4	x2
	3	x0.9
	5	x5
	4	x2
	3	x0.8
	5	x3
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x3
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.3
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.3
	5	x2
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.2

My Thunderstruck Wild Lightning 25 Spins Experience

I ran a long Thunderstruck Wild Lightning session at a steady mid level stake, aiming for at least 200 spins. The base game felt streaky, with stretches of small line wins broken by the odd stacked Thor hit that suddenly lifted my balance. Link & Win triggered more often than I expected, usually paying modest sums unless I opened the higher rows with twenty or more Thunderball symbols.

Across my free spins hits in Thunderstruck Wild Lightning I worked through Jotunheim and Vanaheim, then finally reached Alfheim with the bigger wild multipliers, where a couple of 5x and 8x Thor reels delivered my best returns. I have felt the full power of Wildstorm too, though it can dud and leave Thor facepalming. Overall, I see this as an entertaining Thor themed slot, even if the old classic still sits higher in my mind.

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