yea i definitely wont change gief into mech against cable or storm, theyll hailstorm the shit out of you, or youll get killed by ahvb. i think against pixies like rogue and cammy its safe because for example, the “autocombo” supers like rogue’s good night suga and cammy’s KBA dont work on gief. and you can grab them out of any of their supers with FAB or SPD.
Generally, i just turn gief into mech and tag him out, like how jugg players do the power up and tag him out for the glitch. oh and btw, speakin of tempest, i was playin a mag player the other day and i was in mech mode, and i superjumped and whiffed a bunch of SPDs, and once he saw me turn into mech zangief he did hyper gravXX tempest, it was funny, the hyper grav didnt even grab gief and bring him closer to mags, he did get hit by some of tempest things from the super but even though gief was gettin hit by the tempest things, i still was able to SPD him in the middle of his super and it took off like the same amount of damage as he did against me.
I know that no one has posted in a long time but whatever.
I play Mags(a)/Gief(a)/Sent(y), which has a surprising ammount of synergy. Gief A sets up mags in much the same way as psylocke.
Example:
-Dash in cr.lk+gief, cr.lk tempest (unmashable)
-launch/ROM off of last hit of gief assist
Gief assist is also good for getting your opponent to crouch so you can overhead them via trijump/fly.
Mags/gief has one of the sweetest tick throws ever. When you connect with mags get an AC started, then finish with a tempest (no grav). This will drop your opponent right below you, allowing for a DHC FAB. Practically guaranteed. This also sets up great for HSF combos. On the last hit of a FAB, DHC to HSF and go to town with sent.
i knw this thread is kinda “old” but i’m juz wondrin’ if you can grab if gief is in block stun…
Yo check out this Zangief corner combo w/ Sent.
The Flapp Files
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Flwrogz58Ew.