Blaze Buddies Slot Review

Blaze Buddies Slot Overview

Blaze Buddies from Backseat Gaming drops me into a frozen valley where four cartoon dragons handle the heavy lifting. The layout is a simple 5x4 grid with 20 fixed paylines, playable from 0.10 up to 100 per spin. Wins hit from left to right, and there are no base game tricks, so the focus sits on old school line wins and waiting for scatters.

I like how Blaze Buddies keeps the presentation clean. Ice and snow frame the reels in the base game, then everything shifts to lava during bonuses, yet the four dragons stay goofy rather than fierce. The soundtrack leans on upbeat brass, which fits the light mood. The slot runs smoothly on mobile and desktop, so I can grind for features on any device without fiddly controls.

Symbols and Paytable in Blaze Buddies

Symbols in Blaze Buddies stick to a classic setup. Low pays are 10, J, Q, K and A, worth around 1.5x to 2x the stake for five of a kind. Premiums are the four dragons in blue, green, purple and red. Line up five matching dragons and you get from 5x to 20x your bet, so premiums carry the real weight in both base game and bonus play.

The golden Wild only appears once modifiers kick in and pays 20x the stake for five, matching the top dragon. Other dragons drop to 10x, 7x and 5x for a full line, with mid-tier hits on four and three of a kind keeping things ticking over. The cracked dragon egg acts as the scatter. Hit at least three eggs and you move into one of the free spins modes.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x20
	5	x20
	4	x5
	3	x2
	5	x10
	4	x3.5
	3	x1.5
	5	x7
	4	x2.5
	3	x1
	5	x5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.3
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.3
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.2
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.2
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.2
	Scatter

Base Game Experience in Blaze Buddies

The base game in Blaze Buddies is about as stripped back as it gets, and I say that as someone who plays a lot of high-tempo slots. There are no wilds, no random features, no cascades, just 20 paylines and steady hit rates. On paper that sounds dull, yet the quoted 57.4% hit frequency does a solid job of feeding small wins while I hunt for bonus scatters.

Bonus Features in Blaze Buddies

Bonuses in Blaze Buddies are where the slot wakes up. Three scatters trigger Dragon’s Delight with 10 free spins and 3 feature picks, while four or five scatters bring Blaze of Glory with 10 spins and 4 or 5 picks. During the round, scatters landing together on reels 1 and 5 award extra picks up to a cap of 6. Once that cap is hit, scatters stop appearing for the rest of the feature.

Before spins start, Blaze Buddies presents twelve dragon eggs for the pick segment. Each pick attaches something to one of the four premium dragons. Expanded Dragon makes that symbol appear as a 1x4 reel when it lands, but only one dragon can gain this upgrade per bonus. Wild Dragon turns a chosen dragon into a golden wild, and if that symbol is expanded the full reel becomes wild for some serious connection power.

Dragon Multiplier gives a chosen dragon a value between x2 and x100, added across any winning line that uses it, and multiple multipliers stack. Extra Spins picks add +2, +3 or +4 free spins to the counter. I have had bonuses where one dragon collected all three upgrades, ending up expanded, wild and multiplied. That is when Blaze Buddies shows how it can reach wins up to 10,000x the stake.

RTP, Volatility and Max Win in Blaze Buddies

Stat wise, Blaze Buddies ticks the boxes I look for in a feature-heavy slot. The default RTP sits at 96.37%, though some sites use a 94.28% setting, so I always check the game info file before grinding. Volatility sits in the medium high to high bracket, yet the 57.4% hit rate softens the blows by throwing in frequent small wins. That balance helps stretch a session while chasing those big dragon rounds.

Max win in Blaze Buddies is capped at 10,000x stake and is only really on the table during free spins. The base game can still hit decent returns, yet even a full screen of the best dragon across all 20 lines tops out around 400x. From my experience, bankroll planning matters here. I treat bonus buys and Bonushunt spins as high risk tools rather than shortcuts to guaranteed profit.

My Verdict on Blaze Buddies

After many sessions, Blaze Buddies feels like a slot that knows exactly what it wants to be. The base game is slow, even boring at times, but that trade-off lets the bonus round go wild with expanded reels, golden wilds and chunky multipliers. If you enjoy patient play, fair stats and free spins that can actually go off, this one earns a place in the regular rotation for me.

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