Zangief Combos

Hi, I discovered this b&b on adon, I uploaded a little video on youtube, hope it’s helpful
cheers from italy

These only work with front splash, not crossup. Probably more useful for meter and stun, also style I guess
Splash, cl.st.MK, st.MP, st.LK xx LPGH - 339 damage/425 stun
Splash, cl.st.MK, st.MP, st.LK xx EXGH - 351 damage/455 stun

These work both ways
Splash, cl.st.MK, cr.LK xx LPGH - 309 damage
Splash, cl.st.MK, cr.LK xx EXGH - 320 damage
Splash, cl.st.MK, cr.LK xx EXGH xx RFA xx U1 - 539 damage (488 with HP SPD)

Situationals
(After EXGH or LP SPD xx LPGH to punish jumps) cr.LK x3 xx EXGH xx RFA xx U1 - 435 damage (378 with HP SPD)
(hit confirm) st.LK, st.LK xx EXGH xx RFA xx U1 - 462 damage (378 with HP SPD)
**(hit confirm) **st.MP, st.LK xx EXGH xx RFA xx U1 - 502 damage (418 with HP SPD)
(catch normal with OS buffer) st.LK xx EXGH xx RFA xx U1 - 526 damage (415 with HP SPD)

EDIT: There is a spacing where, if you jump, splash will cross up and j.RH will hit in front. Don’t think this is new, but pretty useful as it gets you an extra 20 damage and is ambiguous, especially if you use short jump.

EDIT 2: lvl 3 RFA xx U1 - 611 damage. For 2 bars this could be a good gamble, especially against DP chars.

Can you try if MPGH>EXRFC or HPGH>EXRFC connects?

They don’t work. Only EXGH.

Hey chief, can you throw in a couple of max stun combos with actual stun numbers starting with HP Headbutt both in and out of the corner? You know, something along the lines of HP Headbutt, cl.MK, st.MP, cr.LK xx EX GH xx RFC xx HP SPD?

I don’t think that combo is even possible. You can probably do headbutt, cl.mk, st.mp and that’s it. Not 100% sure but you’re probably gonna be too far to link the cr.lk.

Yea, it doesn’t work. You can do headbutt, cl.st.MK, st.LK xx EXGH (362 dmg, 995 stun), (348, 960 with LPGH)

I quickly put a a red focus cancels video.

Zangief USFIV - Hit-Confirm Combos & Red Focus Cancels into Ultra 1

The old c.lk BnB’s are back! :
c.lk, c.lk, c.lk c.lk x EX-GH = 224 dmg
c.lk, c.lk, c.lk x EX-GH x RFC x Ultra = 482 dmg

The easy BnB :
c.lp, c.lp, s.lp, s.lk x EX-GH = 169 dmg
c.lp, c.lp, s.lp, s.lk x EX-GH x RFC x Ultra = 328 dmg

Fireball punishes :
j.hp, c.lk x EX-GH x RFC x Ultra = 562 dmg
EX-GH x RFC x Ultra = 561 dmg

For fun! I actually did that one a couple times today when I was beasting in ranked matches and I didn’t have ultra in the round :
c.lp, c.lp, s.lp, s.lk x EX-GH x RFC x Atomic Suplex = 289 dmg

i post it here too

I know the stun in middle of the combo is situational, but still 980 stun is huge and cover a lot of characters :smiley:

I’m totally buying this game. and discovering new setups for headbutt

posted this in another thread but seems fitting to put it in the combo thread as well…
ex.gh->red focus doesn’t combo against most crouching characters.

tested it against the entire cast and it only seems to combo on rufus, blanka & honda

and here i was thinking I could go brain dead with full meter, fishing for OS cr.lk to ex.gh->redfocus->spd/ultra (who wants to confirm block AND crouching, lol)

edit
looking into this a little more closely:
max range cr.lk->ex.gh->redfocus on crouching characters just barely connects against honda & blanka but not rufus
while max range st.lk->ex.gh->redfocus whiffs on everybody =/

Ultra 2 combo: Focus attack, Ultra 2

Is this still incredibly hard to do or is it easier now that you can aim U2? I haven’t tried it since Super.

It’s easy as hell to do. You just not dash in and let it rock.

Hmm…you’re right then. Rocking U2 isnt that bad an idea.

**|| cl-s,MK, s.MP, s.LK xx Green Hand || ** as a meety works on :
Decapre || Honda || Makoto || Dudley || Seth || Gouken || Akuma || Oni || Rufus || Elena || Yun || Juri(doesnt work if she is holding up-back) || Chun-Li
Dhalsim || Abel || C.Viper || M.Bison || Cody || Gyu || Rolento || Poison || Blanka || Gief(doesnt work if he is holding up-back) || El Fuerte || Vega
Fei Long || T.Hawk || Adon(doesnt work if he is holding up-back or back, only if he is crouching) || Rose || Yang.

At Juri,Gief and Adon the combo still wiffs if they start blocking after they get hit while trying to jump back. And at Hogo when the s.LK wiffs and he is still holding up-back, if lp.gh come out anyways it hits him on the ground coz he has 8 pre-jump frames. (still he can punish coz his spd is 2f and we are -2)

Ex banish fist, red focus and finish into whatever is very good… Gave Geif a high damage combo

I’m more concerned about Max Range EXGH into RFC on standing projectile opponents.

Can one RFC combo after the first or second hit of EXGH?

As it would help to hit confirm it. But it should be easy enough to confirm, Yes - Standing. No - Not Standing.

Yeah, that works on some evil doers. Similar to combos into RFC, I would only consider it if it KO’s or gives me ONE mix-up to KO from the U2 knockdown . In key matchups, U2 is too valuable to be used in combos. I’d rather finale with Atomic Suplex or HP SPD and keep the threat of the ultra.

Good info.

Hey, I’m having some problems getting the following combos to connect on Ryu:

cr.lk. cr.lk. far MP. st.lk xx LPGH (or similar variant: cr.lp xx cr.lk. far MP. st.lk xx LPGH)

and also, the new USF4 combo:

cl.MK. far MP. st.lk xx LPGH.

These combos work fine against other characters like Akuma

I keep breaking between far MP and st.lk. It must be Ryu’s hurt animation, as st.lk can still reach him, although not in time for the link.

Its problematic, to the point where I have to use cl.MK. cr.lk xx LPGH

Any takers?

Edit: Oh Wait. Plasma’s answered it above LOL