Fist of Destruction

Fist of Destruction: Slot Overview

Hope you like punching players, that is, punching in video games, not in real life, of course, because software provider Hacksaw Gaming has designed Fist of Destruction, an online slot whose focus is slamming fist to cheek. Punching is what you'll want to see a lot of because in this game, when fist symbols meet pixelated fighters, they're able to trigger wild expansions, possibly carrying sizable multipliers. The duking it out continues in free spins, meaning plenty of opportunities to see warriors square off against each other.

Let's face it, violence in real life sucks, but violence in video games can be fun. It's said the first fighting game was Heavyweight Champ, released in 1976, but that one-on-one fighting games exploded in popularity with 1984's release of Karate Champ, which was hugely popular as both an arcade and a home video game. It's worth having a look at it to see how far technology has progressed since those pioneering days. That brings us to Fist of Destruction, which has the look of a modern-day one-on-one battler, maybe not as advanced as, say, Street Fighter 6, but inviting for those keen to see fighters square up in a gambling game. Two warriors hang on either side of the grid, and if you click the wee face icons above the reels, you can choose the characters you'd like to see displayed .

Fist of Destruction's gaming arena utilizes a 5-reel, 4-row grid matrix with 14 paylines. It's been rated as medium-high volatile (4 out of 5), and of the four possible RTP models, 96.3% is the default value. When looking to glove up, bets of 10 c to $/€100 may be staked.

Winning combinations pay left to right, starting from the leftmost reel, and there are 9 different pay symbols. Starting them off are 10-A card ranks, followed by 4 Fighter high pay symbols. Hitting a winning line consisting of 5 matching low pays is worth 2 times the bet, and the same with the highs pays 5 to 10 times the bet. Wilds hit on all five reels. They substitute for any regular pay symbols, and a line of 5 wilds pays 10 times the bet.

Fist of Destruction: Slot Features

Get ready for a lot of angst amongst Fist of Destruction's features, which include Fist Symbol Wild Reels, the Throwdown! Bonus, the Ultimate Throwdown Bonus, and feature buys.

Fist Symbol Wild Reels

When a Fist symbol appears on the grid, it activates by expanding from its position to the top of the reel if doing so means it will be part of at least one winning combination. These Fist Wild Reels substitute for all other paying symbols. Fist symbols are either Red or Blue, belonging to the respective Red or Blue team. If the Fist symbol punches through a Fighter symbol of the opposite team or a wild symbol, a multiplier of x2 to x200 is added to the wild reel. The multiplier applies to each win it is part of. If the Fist symbol travels through multiple Fighter symbols, the multipliers are added together then applied to the win. If wins have more than one Fist Wild Reel, the multipliers are added before being applied. Each reel can land one Fist symbol only.

Throwdown! Bonus

Landing 3 FS scatter symbols in the base game activates 10 free spins. The Throwdown! Bonus has the same rules as the base game, plus the Red and Blue teams battle each other to increase their Victory Level. Each team starts at Victory Level 3+. Each time a Fist symbol from either team punches a Fighter of the opposing team or a wild symbol, the Fist's team gains +1 Victory Point. When the team has collected 3 Victory Points, a respin with the Epic Drop is awarded, and the winning team's Victory Level increases by +1. The number of Fist symbols guaranteed to drop on the Epic Drop depends on the Victory Level of the team. At Level 3+, 4+ or 5+, at least 3, at least 4, or 5 Fist symbols of the winning team's colours are guaranteed to land on the Epic Drop. Fists landing on Epic Drops do not count towards increasing the Victory Level. During the round, hitting 2 FS scatters awards +2 extra spins, or hitting 3 FS scatter symbols awards +4 extra spins.

Ultimate Throwdown! Bonus

Landing 4 FS scatters in the base game triggers 10 spins in the Ultimate Throwdown! Bonus. The rules of this bonus are the same as the Throwdown! Bonus, except each team starts at Victory Level 4+.

Bonus Buy

Fist of Destruction offers the following bonus buy options, all are either highly or very highly volatile:

• BonusHunt FeatureSpins - Each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger one of the bonus games for 3x bet. RTP 96.33%.
• Uppercut FeatureSpins - Each spin guarantees at least 3 Fist symbols land for 50x the bet. RTP 96.28%.
• Epic Drop FeatureSpins - Each spin guarantees at least 4 Fist symbols land for 150x the bet. RTP 96.28%.
• Throwdown! Bonus – 100x the bet. RTP 96.25%.
• Ultimate Throwdown! Bonus – 250x the bet. RTP 96.35%.

Fist of Destruction: Slot Verdict

Fans of Hacksaw Gaming's expanding wilds, potentially possessing multiplier values style gaming, should be both satisfied and comfortable with what the studio has designed this time. Fist of Destruction sits in good company as it has that wild symbol expanding upward action seen in games like Cursed Seas and Beast Below. As in those games, the Fist Symbol Wild Reels in Fist of Destruction can also grab tasty multiplier values of up to x200 when bashing through wild or opposing Fighter symbols. Like a well-honed jab, jab, uppercut, it's a reliable combo that can be very effective when performing at optimal levels.

The expanding wild multiplier feature goes hand in hand with just about everything else Fist of Destruction does as well. From the one-on-one Street Fighter angle to the Victory Point chase in free spins. Victory Points were not exactly easy to gain, as you might have guessed, but when they do accrue, then Epic Spins, with their 3, 4, or 5 Fists in place, might end up producing quite a body blow. Or at least, they might if Fists land in just the right spots to wild up a good portion of the reels and suck in some multipliers. Players are able to get a taste of this early on by utilising the Uppercut FeatureSpins or Epic Drop FeatureSpins, though they are pricey, the latter one pricey even by Hacksaw Gaming standards, so maybe demoing is the way to go initially to get a feel for them. You might want to pretend you're putting on pads for a sparring session instead of leaping right in the ring to take on the champ.

Or not, up to you, and one nice piece of info is Fist of Destruction's max win of 10,000 times the bet is reachable in all game modes, so you don't necessarily have to win the free spins fight to achieve glory. Such is the potency of the features that Hacksaw Gaming routinely jams into its slots, of which Fist of Destruction is another well-trained, lethally unpredictable example.