Super Street Fighter IV/Zangief

Zangief

Known as the "Red Cyclone" in his home country, Zangief is the paragon of country pride. Trained by fighting grizzly bears in Siberia, Zangief uses his extremely powerful wrestling techniques, including the Spinning Pile Driver (which was said to have been learned when he got caught in a tornado while wrestling bears), fighting for the pride of Russia has become Zangief's main goal in life, especially after being noticed and hired by the Russian government to represent them in the world Street Fighting circuit.

In a nutshell

The consummate grappler, Zangief players must have extreme patience. Expect to play a game where you will repeatedly be defeated in your attempts to get in... but understand that that's okay. Because once you get in once, it's very easy for Zangief to deal a huge amount of damage all at once, keeping the opponents guessing with his strong Option Select game to battle wake-ups. Also, Zangief's footsie game is surpsingly potent, and he can easily defeat you without a single Spinning Pile Drive. If you enjoy using a fast-paced character with mix-ups galore, stay away from Zangief. But if you enjoy patiently waiting and picking just the right moment to strike, look no further.

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Flying Body Attack

(during angled jump) +

Double Knee Drop

(during angled jump) +

Headbutt

(during vertical jump) + or

Long Kick

+

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Bodyslam

or + +

Brain Buster

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Spinning Piledriver

+

Banishing Flat

+

Double Lariat

Quick Double Lariat

Flying Power Bomb

+

version gains armor;

Atomic Suplex

(near opponent) +

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Final Atomic Buster

+

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Ultimate Atomic Buster

+

Siberian Blizzard

(in air) +

Frame Data

		Move Values				Frame Count			Frame Advantage
Move Name	Block (HL)	Damage	Stun	Super Meter Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Block Stun	Hit Stun	Notes
Standing Close Attacks
	HL	40	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	6	7	-2	+1	-	-
	HL	90	100	40	sp/su	5	2	14	-2	+1	-	-
	HL	140	200	60	-	7	4	20	-6	-1	-	-
	HL	30	50	20	-	4	2	10	-1	+2	-	-
	HL	90	100	40	sp/su	5	2	15	-3	0	-	-
	HL	140	200	60	-	7	4	21	-5	-1	-	-
Standing Far Attacks
	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	7	+3	+6	-	-
	HL	70	100	40	-	4	2	10	+2	+5	-	-
	HL	140	200	60	-	12	3	18	-3	+1	-	-
	HL	30	50	20	sp/su	4	2	7	+2	+5	-	-
	HL	90	100	40	-	7	6	18	-10	-7	-	-
	HL	140	200	60	-	11	4	16	-2	+2	-	-
Crouching Attacks
	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	3	6	+2	+5	-	-
	HL	80	100	40	-	8	5	12	-3	+3	-	-	Forces stand
	HL	120	200	60	su	12	4	16	-2	+2	-	-
	L	40	50	20	sp/su	4	3	7	+1	+4	-	-
	L	90	100	40	-	9	4	15	-5	-2	-	-
	L	120	200	60	-	9	5	18	-5	-	-	-	cannot fast recover
Straight Up Jump Attacks
	H	60	50	20	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-
	H	90	100	40	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-
	H	140	200	60	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-
	H	50	50	20	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-
	H	90	100	40	-	9	5	-	-	-	-	-
	H	120	200	60	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	-
Angled Jump Attacks
	H	60	50	20	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-
	H	90	100	40	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-
	H	120	200	60	-	11	6	-	-	-	-	-
	H	50	50	20	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-
	H	90	100	40	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-
	H	120	200	60	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	-
Unique Attacks
+ (air)	H	100	150	60	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-
+ (air)	H	50	50	20	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-
+ (air)	H	100	500	40	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-
+ (air)	H	120	600	60	-	6	12	-	-	-	-	-
+	L	120	200	60	-	14	7	22	-11	-	-	-	cannot fast recover
Focus Attacks
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	90	100	20	-	23	5	32	-21	-21	-	-
Focus attack LVL 2	HL	120	150	40	-	17+16	5	32	-15	-	-	-
Focus attack LVL 3	-	170	200	60	-	65	5	32	-	-	-	-
Throws
Forward Throw	0.9	160	180	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	-	-
Back	0.9	160	180	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	-	-
Special Moves
Spinning Piledriver	1.65	170	100	40/100	-	2	2	52	-	-	-	-
Spinning Piledriver	1.45	200	150	40/100	-	2	2	50	-	-	-	-
Spinning Piledriver	1.35	230	200	40/100	-	2	2	48	-	-	-	-
Spinning Piledriver	1.35	200	150	-250/0	-	4	2	47	-	-	-	-
Banishing Flat	HL	120	100	30/30	su	11	2	21	-7	-5	-	-
Banishing Flat	HL	130	150	30/30	su	13	2	22	-8	-6	-	-
Banishing Flat	HL	140	200	30/30	su	16	2	23	-9	-7	-	-
Banishing Flat	HL	80*50	50*50	-250/0	su	13	1*1	27	-9	-	-	-	1~13f invincible, Pursuit property
Lariet PPP	HL	120*140	150*200	30/40	su	4	2(4)7(2)7(3)9(2)8(4)3	14	-44	-	-	-
Laret KKK	HL	110*130	100*150	30/30	su	4	2(4)5(3)8(4)3	14	-22	-	-	-
Double German Suplex	1	220	200	30/140	-	2	2	45	-	-	-	-
Double German Suplex	1	240	200	-250/0	-	2	2	45	-	-	-	-
Running Bear Grab	0.9	200	150	30/80	-	1	2	45	-	-	-	-	Throw range: light 2.9, medium 3.2, hard 1.2
Running Bear Grab	0.9	220	200	-250/0	-	1	2	45	-	-	-	-	Throw range 5.0
Super Combo
Super Combo	1.2	450	0	-1000/0	-	1+0	2	46	-	-	-	-
Ultra Combos
Ultra Combo 1	1.4	520	0	0/0	-	1+0	2	46	-	-	-	-
Ultra Combo 2	0.95	450	0	0/0	-	1+2	???	51	-	-	-	-
Move Name	Block (HL)	Damage	Stun	Super Meter Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Block Stun	Hit Stun	Notes
		Move Values				Frame Count			Frame Advantage

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

N/A

Unique Attacks

N/A

Normal Throws

N/A

Focus Attack

N/A

Special Moves

N/A

Super Combos

N/A

Ultra Combos

N/A

The Basics

N/A

Advanced Strategy

N/A

Combos

Bread and Butters

• N/A

Hit Confirm Combos

• N/A

Dizzy / Focus Crumple Combos

• N/A

FADC Combos

• N/A

Advanced Combos

• N/A

Combos Into Supers

• N/A

Combos Into Ultras

• N/A

Matchups

• Vs. Abel

To Be Written (TBW)

• Vs. Adon

TBW

• Vs. Akuma

TBW

• Vs. Balrog

TBW

• Vs. Blanka

TBW

• Vs. C. Viper

TBW

• Vs. Cammy

TBW

• Vs. Chun Li

TBW

• Vs. Cody

TBW

• Vs. Dan

TBW

• Vs. Dee Jay

TBW

• Vs. Dhalsim

TBW

• Vs. Dudley

TBW

• Vs. E. Honda

TBW

• Vs. El Fuerte

TBW

• Vs. Fei Long

TBW

• Vs. Gen

TBW

• Vs. Gouken

TBW

• Vs. Guile

TBW

• Vs. Guy

TBW

• Vs. Hakan

TBW

• Vs. Ibuki

TBW

• Vs. Juri

TBW

• Vs. Ken

TBW

• Vs. M. Bison

TBW

• Vs. Makoto

TBW

• Vs. Rose

TBW

• Vs. Rufus

TBW

• Vs. Ryu

TBW

• Vs. Sagat

TBW

• Vs. Sakura

TBW

• Vs. Seth

TBW

• Vs. T. Hawk

TBW

• Vs. Vega

TBW

• Vs. Zangief

TBW