Blood & Shadow 2 Pokie Review

Nolimit City got us used to pokies packed with special features. Blood & Shadow 2 slot is no exception. Cascading reels will help you fill the Ritual Bar. Depending on the Ritual Bar, you will be granted the Candle Spins feature and, eventually, the Reign of Terror Spins feature.

In both of these features, you may benefit from Sticky Wilds. Thanks to the xSplit symbols, you will get regular symbols and Wilds boosted by 2x multipliers. When you reach the Enlightenment feature, it means that you have locked the top 16,161x payout.

Cascading Reels

With every winning spin, you will activate cascading reels. The winning symbols are removed and new icons fall to fill the blank cells. Cascading reels are crucial for upgrading the Ritual Bar and triggering candle Spins and Reign of Terror spins.

Ritual Bar

Ritual Bar is connected to the locked 5th row on the grid. Each time you reach a new level, 1 of the cells will unlock and release a Wild symbol. You unlock the cells by landing Scatters and medium-paying and high-paying symbols. Each Scatter is worth 10 points. Medium symbols deliver 1 point, while high-paying icons are worth 2 points.

To unlock Level 1, you need 20 points. You climb up to Level 5, for which you need 80 points. Every time you unlock a level, you remove the lowest-paying symbol on the reels and also convert medium-value icons into high-paying ones.

Note that levels unlock within successive winning cascades. When you land a non-winning cascade, the Ritual bar resets. Usually, I reached either Level 2 or Level 3. On rare occasions, I managed to unlock Level 5.

Candle Spins

Each time you unlock a new level, you trigger the Candle Spins feature. This gives you 2 extra spins where you have the chance to unlock new reels without resetting the Ritual Bar. I had plenty of Candle Spins that brought me decent wins and, on some occasions, the Reign of Terror Spins feature.

Reign of Terror Spins

When you reach Level 5, you trigger the Reign of Terror Spins feature. The Ritual Bar is removed and you play on the 5×5 grid. Only high-value symbols appear during the feature. Each time you land a Scatter, you get 1 extra free spin.

My best Reign of Terror Spins round was with 13 free spins and a total win of 188x. To be honest, I triggered the feature only three times while I tested the game. Either way, my total win was never lower than 120x.

Sticky Wild

Sticky Wilds can land on any spin. During either the Candle Spins feature or the Reign of Terror Spins feature, each time you get a Sticky Wild, it will lock on the bottom of the corresponding reel and will remain there until it becomes a part of a winning combination.

Sticky Wilds will help you form winning payouts during the features and are especially helpful in the Candle Spins feature when you need to fill the Ritual Bar.

xSplit Feature

You will get 2 types of xSplit symbols in the Blood & Shadow 2 slot. Dagger xSplit splits the entire row, while the Guillotine xSplit symbol splits all icons below on its reel. Both xSplit symbols then turn into Wilds.

Also, xSplit symbols always carry a 2x multiplier. The multiplier is applied both on the Wilds and the split symbols on the respective reel/row. The Multiplier value affects the number of symbols on that reel/row. The maximum multiplier is 32x.

Halifax Gibbet Spins

This feature costs 100x the bet and gives you immediate progress to Level 3, awarding you with 6 Candle Spins. Also, 3 high-paying symbols replace 3 of the low-paying or medium-value spins. I tried the feature and it is not that bad. However, be prepared to win less than you paid for.

Nolimit Booster

There are 2 xBet options for you to use. xBet 1 delivers a 3x more likeliness for you to trigger the Reign of Terror Spins feature for a price of 2.5x the bet. As for xBet 2, for a price of 66x the bet, you are guaranteed a spin at Level 5 with Dagger and Guillotine symbols appearing on the reels.

Buy Feature

You can buy the Reign of Terror Spins feature for a price of 500x the bet. The Lucky Draw option costs 240x the bet. I do not recommend any of them because, in most cases, I won less than I paid for.