Undefeated Xerxes Slot Review

The Undefeated Xerxes Slot Game

When I first loaded Undefeated Xerxes by Play'n GO, the animated march towards Sparta grabbed me straight away and the comic book style suited the subject. The semi transparent reels stand between two stone warriors, with a distant palace and stormy sky in the background and a tense battle soundtrack that drew me into the Spartan versus Persian stand off.

Symbols and Payouts in Undefeated Xerxes

On the 5x4 gameboard of Undefeated Xerxes the paytable keeps things clear, starting with low paying card ranks painted on Spartan shields. You get 10, J, Q, K and A, all styled with Greek patterns, paying between 0.5x and 2.8x your stake for five of a kind. They hit often enough to keep the balance ticking over, though on a high variance slot like this I never rely on them for any serious return.

Above the shields sit the themed weapons and armour, and these are where the line wins start to feel respectable. Crossed swords, a helmet and body armour pay up to 4x, 5x and 6x for five across a payline. The hero warrior tops the set, paying 4x, 7.5x and 25x your bet for three, four and five, which is decent on its own, and in the bonus his value jumps with an x25 modifier on the last spin.

Undefeated Xerxes adds two types of wilds, both Spartan soldiers, which stand in for all pay symbols and carry their own line prizes. Regular wilds match the hero symbol, while multiplier wilds come with x2, x3, x4 or x5 values that stack together if more than one lands in the same win. The Xerxes scatter is the one symbol they cannot replace, and three of him anywhere start the free spins while paying 1x stake on the trigger.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x25
	4	x7.5
	3	x4
	5	x6
	4	x3
	3	x2
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1.5
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x2.8
	4	x1.4
	3	x0.7
	5	x2.8
	4	x1.4
	3	x0.7
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	Scatter
	3	x1
	Multiplier

Undefeated Xerxes Slot Bonus Features

The feature set in Undefeated Xerxes looks simple on paper, yet the way the parts stack around wilds gives the slot its character. Multiplier wilds with x2 to x5 values can land anywhere, and if more than one sits in a winning line the values add together. Random wild frames spice up the base game as three or four positions can be marked, then later turn into wilds or multiplier wilds in one hit.

Three Xerxes scatters anywhere on the reels grant ten free spins, with a guaranteed scatter feature that sometimes plants two scatters on reels one and two. During the bonus no new scatters appear, so you play out exactly ten spins, and every wild that lands leaves a frame that stays in place. If a wild lands again in a framed spot it upgrades that square, and on the final spin all frames turn wild while upgraded ones become multiplier wilds.

How to Win at Undefeated Xerxes Slot

In terms of handling, Undefeated Xerxes plays like many Play'n GO titles I have put time into, with a clean panel under the reels. You choose your stake between £0.10 and £100, hit the green spin button or tap the screen, and hope to line up at least three matching symbols across one of the thirty paylines from the far left on every spin.

Winning on Undefeated Xerxes still comes down to lining regular symbols, but in practice the larger hits often lean on the wild multipliers and that packed final free spin. My own approach on a high volatility slot like this is to pick a stake that lets me ride out dry spells while waiting for a solid run of wild frames and, ideally, a bonus round with plenty of upgraded positions.

Undefeated Xerxes Slot RTP & Volatility

Undefeated Xerxes runs on a high volatility model, and you feel that in the long slow spells between the better rounds, especially when the base game refuses to throw in many frames. The default RTP sits at 96.20 percent, with alternative settings down to 84.20 percent, and the slot carries a quoted 10,000x max win at a 1 in 100 million hit rate, so I always check the info screen before I start staking real cash.

The Concluding Verdict on Undefeated Xerxes

After a fair number of sessions, Undefeated Xerxes feels like a slot built around one moment, that last free spin where all the frames flare up and the wilds land in a wave. The nine spins beforehand can be cagey, and the base game often drifts by with only the odd set of random frames or a stray multiplier wild to keep you awake, yet when it all lines up the payoff can be very satisfying.

For me the game sits where the art and audio are strong, the mechanics are straightforward, and everything does its job even if it never really brings a fresh idea. If you enjoy slow burn high volatility slots with most of the promise in a single big spin, Undefeated Xerxes is worth a look, but if you want constant features you may find the march to that spin a bit of a grind.

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