Zangief General Thread: Our Russian Skies Are Protected

Yes dhalsim, he is fun to use wtf. Although I wish he was mvc2 sim again. like how they did gief, if these niggas from sf2 need to be back, mvc2 sim or not sf4 sim.

Which list is spot on?

Only Ken Bogardā€™s 3 new character names were spot on, the other lists were fake.

No leak list has been spot on to this point.

That one list has been like 80 to 85 percent spot on at best. None of the lists had Vega in them, so still nothing is 100 percent even if itā€™s likely.

Since so much emphasis is put on a small starting roster, as far as Iā€™m concerned only the order in which they are coming out is off. But Iā€™ll reserve further judgement because Iā€™m not entirely convinced that Capcom isnā€™t holding off for first day DLC or preorder DLC.

Iā€™ve heard there is no Gief moves card at the event, but does anyone know if there was any kind of moves list in general floating around?

Even though ST Zangief is one of the worst characters in ST, he still has the potential to be absolutely explosive, and for that reason heā€™s so much fun to play in that game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZuqVwVVBPY

I always thought SF grapplers are interesting in the sense that they have to work with limited tools to get in, but once they get in theyā€™re downright scary. SF5 Zangief seems to have more ā€˜stuffā€™ so people canā€™t keep him out as easily, but less damage off his grabs. I guess weā€™ll see how it plays out, obviously Iā€™m not expecting this game to borrow from SF2, but I hope Zangief is still as fun to play.

I was watching Gief gameplay and one thing surprised me.

That ! http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/40/1443893734-lp.png

In the video I posted before, these Russians dudes showed us every normal. Light Punch, Medium Punch, Medium kick, Light Kick, Heavy Punch, Heavy Kick. But there is nothing that look like that thing. Do you think that could be a command move ?

Edit : Nevermind, thatā€™s his Standing Light Punch, I took the screen yesterday and I thought thats was a horizontal chop when itā€™s his vertical chop.

Looks like his s.LP that was shown in the video. Canā€™t see any visual difference from the s.LP in the video.

Iā€™m not feeling gief, he looks the weakest character so far

they did some matches on here http://www.twitch.tv/momochoco/v/18896851 im going to be honest i really hope hes early and they add something else for him because as of right now he does not look to strongā€¦

Apparently heā€™s about 50% done. Capcom just wanted the Russian character to debut in Russia or else Putin would have sent them all to the Gulags.

This.

Can everyone relax please. Come back in a few months.

Iā€™m just stating my own irrelevant opinion after watching the momochi stream, I donā€™t even play grapplers. Or I canā€™t even post that until after the first SFV Capcom Cup so everything is settled down?

I really hope his super animation is still in development. A single suplex as a super just seems like some KOF shit.

He can do as many cyclones as he wants while in v-trigger. Depletes a huge chunk of bar though.

Very powerful v-trigger.

Jump arc is huge. Big nerf.

His v-trigger looks like a refurbished super. Now that I look at him, Zangief seems very lariat-based.

Whyā€™s that a nerf? He can command grab in the air now, and doing it in the air delays his fall.

His V-trigger didnā€™t look promising on Momochiā€™s stream unless thereā€™s some trick to it that nobody figured out. It was only sucking in half the time even when it looked like it should, and I think I only saw it actually hit once even though many people tried doing it up close. Plus it was being easily stuffed by attacks, so no invincibility? Really not sure about it.

Why would his vtrigger be invincible? No one elses is.