Well you just described Zangief’s perfect answers if he knows exactly what you’re going to do. Ryu’s only chains are light attacks so you can use those to push him away and he can’t mash through them. You can also try going for a 1-frame frame traps to catch mashed spds, which are jab, jab (linked) or mp, jab but that’s risky since if you mess up then a mashed SPD will punish you. Ideally you should never be next to a grappler since that’s the range where they can actually hurt you. You basically just described why you never want to be next to a grappler. Instead, you should use footsies at crouch mk or sweep range and anti air him. On his wake up just make him block a meaty fireball, once he’s used to blocking it you can try going for a meaty throw especially against Zangief whose only throw invincible moves are ultra and super.
What all do you think is necessary to have learned to stay above 1000pp?
Footsies and zoning
What in your opinion is the best resource on the net for mastering footsies and/or zoning?
^Much of this information applies to SF4. He explains zoning better than anyone IMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQQCan5oo90 <- the absolute best tutorial ive seen on footsies so far.
i agree watch the last one by juicebox, its the best
I watched the first few minutes and good god is he annoying.
BTW light punch dp gives you the most meter gain. I think I asked this before and someone said they were all the same.