Champions of Rome Slot Review

Champions of Rome Review & Game Overview

Champions of Rome drops me straight into the Colosseum with a classic 5 reel, 3 row, 20 payline setup from Yggdrasil. The game launched in February 2019, yet still feels fresh thanks to heavy gladiator atmosphere, clanking armour and a brutal arena backdrop. Wilds, free spins and the trademark Gladiator feature sit on top of a pretty straightforward base game, so the focus stays on timing your bonus rounds rather than complex mechanics.

The tone is quite serious, closer to a gritty gladiator film than a cartoon slot, which suits the high stakes feel of the features. I like how the game keeps the core reel set simple while pushing the drama through the weapons, beasts and free spin choices. It is not the flashiest Yggdrasil slot, though the theme is handled with care and the arena tension builds nicely during longer sessions.

Champions of Rome RTP, Variance & Technical Data

On the numbers front, Champions of Rome runs with an RTP of 96.4 percent and medium variance on a 5x3 layout with 20 fixed paylines. Official sheets quote bets from 0.2 to 100 per spin, so it covers casual stakes and higher testing. Hit rate is around 44 percent in regular play, rising towards 77 percent if you lean heavily on the feature buy. The headline potential is a 4800x stake win during the right Deathmatch run.

Champions of Rome Symbols and Paytable

Champions of Rome packs a tidy symbol set built around four tokens, three emblems and three gladiators as the premium icons. The golden deity is the wild, stepping in for regular symbols to complete lines, while a separate free spin symbol acts as the scatter that drives the bonus games. There is also the beast, which only really shows its teeth during features, granting an extra spin whenever it is struck by a weapon.

The paytable in Champions of Rome is quite top heavy, with the leading gladiator paying 60x your stake for five of a kind, followed by 55x and 50x for the other two champions. Below them sit the emblems, topping out around 6x for a full line, while the tokens sit at roughly 1.5x for five. Wilds pay at the premium level too, so stacked wild hits can feel surprisingly strong even outside bonuses.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x60
	4	x6
	3	x2
	5	x55
	4	x5.5
	3	x2
	5	x50
	4	x5
	3	x2
	5	x6
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x5.5
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	Scatter
	Wild

Champions of Rome Gameplay and Gladiator Feature

In regular play, Champions of Rome spins along like a solid 20 line slot, wins landing left to right with a decent stream of smaller hits. The base game itself does not carry massive potential, and as a result I treat it as a staging area for Gladiator and free spins. That said, medium volatility means the balance does not evaporate too quickly while you grind towards the feature triggers.

When you land two scatters in Champions of Rome, the Gladiator feature jumps in so the spin does not feel wasted. One of three weapons is hurled at the reels, turning positions wild. The sword from the red gladiator creates one 2x1 and one 1x2 wild, the mace from the green fighter drops a 2x2 block, while the blue trident scatters four random wilds across the grid for that spin.

Champions of Rome Free Spins and Bonus Features

Free spins in Champions of Rome arrive when three or more scatters land, with extra coins if you trigger them with four or five. You can also buy straight into the bonus for 50x your stake, though that obviously ramps up variance. Before the round starts a gladiator is chosen, replacing all high status symbols, and their weapon fires on every spin just as in the Gladiator feature, layering in guaranteed wild action.

In Training Mode on Champions of Rome you get eight free spins, with the reels playing out automatically from start to finish. There is no target to hit, so every coin you win is safely banked. The beast symbol plays a handy support role here and in Deathmatch, awarding one extra free spin whenever it lands and is hit by a weapon, which keeps decent bonus rounds ticking over longer than expected.

Deathmatch Mode in Champions of Rome is where serious potential and risk sit. You pick between seven free spins with 2x multiplier, six with 3x, or five with 4x, but you must win at least 450 coins to keep anything. Miss that target and your Deathmatch winnings are wiped, though you are handed either five compensational Training spins or a small 2x to 10x cash prize as a safety net.

Champions of Rome Slot Verdict

I walk away from Champions of Rome feeling it is all about chasing the right free spins sequence rather than milking the base game. The Gladiator feature keeps things lively when scatters tease, and the Deathmatch option offers tense, high risk decisions backed by genuine 4800x potential. On the flip side, standard spins can drag a little, yet if you enjoy gladiator themes and structured feature picks this one holds solid appeal.

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