Zangief General Thread: Our Russian Skies Are Protected

Did grabs ever had counter hit properties? I can’t think of a Capcom fighter where that happened.

Edit…sorryyyy

That s. fp looks really nasty for roughing people up imo. Of course it hits crouching. At any time while he’s walking forward you have to be wary of hitting your good buttons. It’s a better version of hugo’s sfiv s. fp. Builds v meter.

Then he maxxes out his v meter and he’s like SLIDING IN THERE and you gotta deal with his infinite armor. “Uh, um…well I’ll dash towards him to throw him since that’s all I can do” and gief is like NOPE POSE and you take damage and get bounced back. He’s funny.

Seriously? Never noticed that, weird choice.

What is wrong with all those whiny people like you?
I tested it myself and it worked, period.

You don’t believe that c. mp xx critical art works but you believe (since you saw in the video) that c. mp xx ex spd works?

People complaining about a BETA, a fucking beta. And not to mention there will be patches.

Anyone that says anything negative about the game before it comes out falls into your category. We shouldn’t say ANYTHING that isn’t positive!

If we do, we’re complaining about a BETA!

there is tons of gief critical art combos in vid, proof is don’t be lazy and watch

As a Gief player myself I think U2 it´s an awful mechanic. If you jump in such a bad angle that the other player can dp, you should be punished without the opponent having to guess what AA to use. I know it´s necessary against some MUs because of how SF4 is designed but that´s it, I don´t even feel good when someone dps my jump in and I kill them. I´m almost certain his air cmd grab won´t work against dps, but it may be useful to bait them because you freeze a bit in the air like Haggar in mvc3.

Other than that, for people who come here to cry just gtfo. It´s too early to tell, and even if Zangief sucks on the release you have 2 choices: play him and try to improve or play another character. Some of us want to actually discuss about him, not to read a bunch of scrubs cry.

Yeah u2 grew on me but I dislike having to guess and lose the round on it, we aren’t preaching that in 5 but it might be an ex option which would be nice. Unlike u2 it’s not necessary to win :slight_smile:

U2 is primarily used to make people FEAR jumping back or backdashing, it’s not necessary to actually make a read and use it, the fact that you have it stocked makes people play differently. And SF5 Zangief having an air SPD that does MORE damage than his regular fierce SPD is going to make people fear the same way :slight_smile:

Would any one please try this combo works or not?
Headbutt>CMP>EXSPD

No, because you’re an asshole. They will specifically not try it for you because you’re an asshole.

such BULLSHIT like you only know speaking meaningless shit
Interesting fools
Get the fuck away and no one care about you

For someone who said RBG is fast,
I can totally guess how low level and noob for this player
I think such shit would be grabbed by gief’s RBG in SFIV too, because he has zero reaction or even he is BLIND

Where is your brain? Is it dropped to somewhere or eaten by a dog?
Beta version is the moment the game designer receiving suggestion and thus to improve anything not being good
It is meaningless and useless to complain AFTER the game officially released

Try english, retard.

Dude, considering the current RBG running speed
It may only able to grab someone who are in quite close distance to you, due to less travel distance needed
Hugo’s Light Meat Squasher often able to grab opponent even at MAX RUNNING RANGE and opponent can not be reacted to jump away

If RBG can be only contributed in close distance, why I don’t simply use LSPD, which is more safer, have immediate start up, and less punishable?

PPP seems have lower Invincibility but I am not sure, hope someone try for it.
Furthermore, can traded anti-air ppp combo into air EXSPD?