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Xing Guardian

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An Asian fantasy cast that intervenes in reel behavior

0.9% of the games we track list Expanding Wild With Re-Spin; Xing Guardian is one of them.

SlotRanker Score

/ 99

05099

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How this score is built

RTP

97.01%

return to player

Volatility

Medium volatility

variance

Max win

—

top multiplier

Min bet

$0.01

per spin

Reels

1024 lines

Player rating

3.9 ★

20 votes

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3.9 / 5

20 ratings

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Five weighted signals shape the composite. Four context signals refine ties. See how we rate for the full methodology.

Payouts & RTP10/10

RTP 97.01% → 10.0/10

Volatility8/10

medium → 8.0/10

Win Potential—

no data

Features7.5/10

9 features → 7.5/10

Game Mechanics7/10

f=9 r=5 p=1024 → 7.0/10

Context signals (tie-breakers)

Layout5/10

5x4 → 5.0/10

Bet Flexibility6/10

0.01–3 (×300) → 6.0/10

Provider Reputation6.1/10

provider avg 6.1 → 6.1/10

Popularity3.3/10

synthetic proxy → 3.3/10

Popularity blends real player search demand (~30 markets) with a catalogue-derived proxy; games without measurable search demand use the proxy alone. Not live play telemetry.

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SlotRanker Score: 72 — Xing Guardian by NextGen

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Slot Summary

Choose the stake; the interventions in NextGen's Xing Guardian arrive at random. This Asian fantasy slot gives its guardian and dragon active roles in changing the reels, making the cast part of the rules. The central distinction is between wilds added to the screen and reels made to spin in matching groups.

How It Plays

The base game evaluates matching symbols across 1024 ways on a 5x4 screen. The ways are fixed, so play does not involve selecting individual payline patterns before each spin.

The Xing Guardian Locked Reels event can synchronize neighboring reels during ordinary play. Those reels spin together and show matching symbols in adjacent positions, changing how combinations appear across the screen.

Bonus & Free Spins

Free spins carry the locked-reel behavior into a dedicated round. Between 2 and 5 reels can spin together with matching positions, so the feature concentrates on repeated symbol arrangements across neighboring reels.

Spec sheet

Xing Guardian at a glance.

Identity

Slot nameXing Guardian

StudioNextGen

Released3/22/2017

Math

SlotRanker Score72

RTP97.01%

VolatilityMedium volatility

Max win—

Bet range$0.01 – $3.00

Player rating3.9 / 5 · 20 votes

Format

Reels5

Paylines1024

Layout5x4

Expected average based on this slot's 97.01% RTP — individual sessions vary with volatility.

Bet per spin

Spins per hour400

Session length (hours)

Cost per hour$0.12

Cost per session$0.12

Estimate only, for entertainment purposes — treat gambling as entertainment, not a way to make money, and set a budget you can afford to lose.

How long could a bankroll last on Xing Guardian? We simulate thousands of sessions from this game's published RTP and volatility — the long-run math, not a prediction of your next spin.

Bankroll ($)Bet per spin ($)Speed

Volatility tier: Medium

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How this works

Each simulated spin either misses or returns a win drawn from a log-normal distribution, with the hit rate and spread set by the slot's volatility tier (Medium). The model is calibrated so the average return equals this slot's published RTP (97.01%), with wins capped at its top multiplier (1,000×).

This is a simplified, parametric model of the game's math — not its real paytable. It exists to make the house edge visible over many sessions, so the numbers above are averages across thousands of runs, never a forecast of one.

This is math, not a prediction. Real sessions vary wildly, and no strategy changes a game's built-in house edge. Play for fun, set limits, and never bet more than you can afford to lose.

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Compare Xing Guardian with other games

	Xing Guardian Score 72This game	The Legend of Shangri-La Cluster Pays Score 71	Epic Journey Score 65	Arising Phoenix Score 60	Nuwa Score 84
Identity
Studio	NextGen	NetEnt	Red Tiger Gaming	Amatic	Habanero
Released	3/22/2017	9/17/2017	5/18/2016	8/3/2015	7/30/2019
Math
RTP	97.01%	96.59%	95.08%	96%	96.57%
Volatility	Medium volatility	Low volatility	Medium volatility	Medium volatility	High volatility
Max win	—	—	957×	—	50,000×
Format
Reels	5	6	5	5	5
Layout	5x4	6x5	5x3	5x3	5x3
Paylines	1024	0	20	50	28
Min bet	0.01	0.1	0.2	100	0.28
Max bet	3	200	100	100000	1400
Features
Progressive	—	—	—	—	—
Wild symbol	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Free spins	✓	✓	—	✓	✓
Scatter symbol	✓	✓	—	—	✓
Multiplier	—	—	—	—	✓
Bonus game	✓	—	✓	—	✓
Respins	—	✓	—	—	—

Every number is shown as a delta against Xing Guardian.

Comparing against

Xing Guardian

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RTP

97.01%

Max win

—

Score

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− Free Spins− Scatter

− Scatter− Bonus Game

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