5 Lions Megaways 2

5 Lions Megaways 2 Slot Review

Two gold guardian lions flank a red-and-gold logo beneath a temple archway, waves rolling somewhere under all the gilt. Most Megaways slots decide the risk for you; 5 Lions Megaways 2 from Pragmatic Play puts the volatility dial in your hands, and that choice, more than the theme, is the reason to load it.

The argument for playing is simple: a top multiplier of 100x that shapes every decision the game asks you to make. It runs on six Megaways reels holding up to eight symbols each, with a maximum of 262,144 ways to win, a 96.50% RTP and medium volatility. It sits alongside the studio’s earlier 5 Lions Megaways and 5 Lions Reborn in a series that has always traded on multiplier maths rather than raw spectacle.

Base Game & Features

Six reels sit inside the temple archway, each spinning up a variable number of symbols, up to eight. Wins pay for left to right adjacent combinations of any size, so there are no fixed paylines, just the shifting ways count that Megaways built its name on. When every reel fills to eight rows, the ways top out at 262,144.

Tumble Feature

After every winning spin, the winning symbols disappear and new symbols fall from above to replace them. Tumbling continues for as long as new winning combinations appear, so a single spin can chain several payouts before the reels settle.

Wild Multipliers

The wild stands in for other symbols, and whenever it forms part of a winning combination it applies a random multiplier to that win, both in the base game and during tumbles. The possible values are:

• 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, 8x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 30x, 40x or 100x

That top value is the number the whole game is built around, and the bonus round exists largely to narrow the odds of hitting it.

Symbol Values

Payouts are multiples of the stake, for three to six matching symbols on adjacent reels from the left:

• Red Dragon: 1x, 2x, 4x, 25x for three, four, five and six
• Gold/Purple Dragon: 0.75x, 1.25x, 2.5x, 5x
• Green Frog: 0.5x, 0.75x, 1.5x, 5x
• Blue Fish: 0.3x, 0.5x, 1.25x, 2.5x
• Purple Turtle: 0.3x, 0.5x, 1x, 2.5x
• A, K: 0.2x, 0.3x, 0.5x, 1.25x
• Q: 0.1x, 0.3x, 0.4x, 1x
• J, 10, 9: 0.1x, 0.2x, 0.4x, 1x

The gap between the frog and the dragons is smaller than it looks on screen, but the jump to 25x for six red dragons is where the top of the ladder lives in the base game.

There’s no published maximum win figure for this one, which is an unusual silence in a series so comfortable with big multiplier talk.

Ante Bet

Two bet multipliers are on offer before you spin. At 20x it’s normal play. At 50x, the chance of triggering the free spins round is seven times higher and tumbles land more readily, though the buy option is switched off while it’s active.

5 Lions Megaways 2 Free Spins & Bonus Features

Three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the free spins round, and that’s where the game hands you an actual decision to make.

Choosing Your Free Spins

Before the round starts you pick one of eight options, each trading spin count against the range of wild multipliers on offer:

• 25 free spins, 2x to 8x wild multipliers
• 20 free spins, 3x to 10x
• 15 free spins, 5x to 15x
• 13 free spins, 8x to 20x
• 10 free spins, 10x to 30x
• 7 free spins, 15x to 40x
• 5 free spins, 20x to 100x
• Mystery option, which picks for you at random

Super Free Spins

Land a combination of regular scatters plus at least one super scatter and the round upgrades. One to ten free spins are added at random on top of your chosen option, and the round can randomly begin from level 2, giving the level system a head start.

Level Up Coins

During free spins, level up coin symbols appear at random and collect in a meter. Every three coins moves the round up a level, up to level four, and each level awards three extra free spins while removing the lowest wild multiplier from the possible range.

After level four, every further three coins just adds three more spins.

Trigger the round with three or more super scatters only, and it becomes Max Free Spins: 35 free spins from the off, every wild carrying a 100x multiplier for the whole round, no level system, and every three coins collected still worth three additional spins.

It’s the ceiling of the game, and everything below it is a version of the same idea with the dial turned down.

Round Cap

If the total win of a round reaches the cap, the round ends immediately, the win is awarded and any remaining free spins are forfeited. Given the 100x wilds in Max mode, that cap is not a distant theoretical corner.

Bonus Buy

Three buy options are available where the feature is permitted:

• Buy Free Spins: 100x total bet, regular free spins with at least three scatters guaranteed on the trigger spin
• Buy Super: 150x total bet, free spins with at least one super scatter plus enough regular scatters for Super Free Spins
• Buy Mystery: 500x total bet, randomly triggering a regular, super or Max free spins round

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.2/10

Playing this is mostly a wait, dressed in very nice gold. The base game tumbles along at medium volatility, paying small and often enough to keep you seated, but every spin is really a step towards the temple gate: a bonus round you get to configure yourself. That’s the one reason to pick it, and it’s a good one.

The strength is that the eight spin-and-multiplier options mean the same round can play cautious or reckless, whichever you chose, and Max Free Spins with a flat 100x on every wild is a proper prize at the top. The weakness is everything between rounds. Getting there naturally is slow work, the 500x Mystery buy is a lot to pay for a lottery ticket, and the ante bet locks the buy menu out entirely.

This one suits players who like setting their own odds inside a feature and don’t mind earning it. Anyone after a base game that pays its own way will find the wait long. The lions guard something worth guarding, if you’ve got the patience to reach it.

5 Lions Megaways 2 FAQs

• What is the RTP of 5 Lions Megaways 2?

  The RTP is 96.50%.
• Is 5 Lions Megaways 2 high volatility?

  No, it’s a medium volatility game, so wins tend to arrive at a steadier rhythm than in the studio’s high variance releases.
• How do you trigger free spins in 5 Lions Megaways 2?

  Land three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. Combining regular scatters with at least one super scatter triggers the upgraded Super Free Spins round, and three or more super scatters alone trigger Max Free Spins.
• What do the free spins options in 5 Lions Megaways 2 offer?

  You choose one of eight options before the round starts, ranging from 25 free spins with 2x to 8x wild multipliers down to 5 free spins with 20x to 100x multipliers, plus a Mystery option that picks at random.
• How do Level Up Coins work in 5 Lions Megaways 2?

  Level up coins appear at random during free spins and collect in a meter. Every three coins levels up the round, awarding three extra free spins and removing the lowest wild multiplier from the possible range, up to level four. After that, every three coins adds three more spins.
• What does the ante bet do in 5 Lions Megaways 2?

  There are two settings. The 20x multiplier is normal play, while 50x makes free spins seven times more likely to trigger and improves tumble chances, at the cost of switching off the bonus buy.
• Can you buy the bonus on 5 Lions Megaways 2?

  Yes. Buy Free Spins costs 100x your total bet, Buy Super costs 150x for the Super Free Spins round, and Buy Mystery costs 500x for a random regular, super or Max free spins round.
• Who makes 5 Lions Megaways 2?

  Pragmatic Play. It follows the studio’s earlier 5 Lions Megaways and 5 Lions Reborn.