Street Fighter 2: Hyper Fighting/Zangief

Zangief

Zangief, while being a name impossible to render in the Russian language, is a massive Russian wrestler famed for beating bears in the yearly Hell in a Cell matches in Moscow. This generally involves trapping their heads between his legs and then sitting down, or spinning around with his arms outstretched as you used to do as a child in order to get a head rush.

In a nutshell

Zangief is a get-in-or-die-trying character. Your match will either be a painful experience at distance walking into projectiles or long range fists, or a close range glorious explosion of nearly unstoppable throwing. If you like to grapple your opponent into submission and don't mind working for your reward by taking a bunch of hits to do so, Zangief is your man.

Character Specific Information

Moves List

Normal Moves

• Standing Normal Moves (st.)

Name

Command

Base Damage

Random damage table

Stun

Stun Timer

Startup

Active

Recov.

Adv On Hit/Block

Notes

Standing Light Punch

{{#motion: lp }}

14

-

4

40

6

3

11*

+0/+1

{{#motion: }}

Standing Medium Punch

{{#motion: mp }}

18

0x020

8

60

7

2

7*

+10/+11

{{#motion: }}

Standing Hard Punch

{{#motion: hp }}

22

0x040

14

80

7

10

18*

-5/-4

{{#motion: }}

Standing Light Kick

{{#motion: lk }}

14

-

4

40

8

4

7*

+3/+4

{{#motion: }}

Standing Medium Kick

{{#motion: mk }}

18

0x020

8

60

8

4

7*

+1/+2

{{#motion: }}

Standing Hard Kick

{{#motion: hk }}

22

0x040

14

80

8

11

21*

-9/-8

{{#motion: }}

• Close Standing Normal Moves (cl.)

Name

Command

Base Damage

Random damage table

Stun

Stun Timer

Startup

Active

Recov.

Adv On Hit/Block

Notes

Close Light Punch

{{#motion: (near opponent) lp }}

16

-

4

40

6

2

9*

+3/+4

{{#motion: }}

Close Medium Punch

{{#motion: (near opponent) mp }}

16

0x020

8

60

4

4

3*

+12/+13

{{#motion: specialcancel }}

Close Light Kick

{{#motion: (near opponent) lk }}

16

-

4

40

15

4

13*

-3/-2

{{#motion: }}

Close Medium Kick

{{#motion: (near opponent) mk }}

20,20

0x020

8,8

60,60

13

6

13*

+8/+9

{{#motion: }}

• Crouching Normal Moves (cr.)

Name

Command

Base Damage

Random damage table

Stun

Stun Timer

Startup

Active

Recov.

Adv On Hit/Block

Notes

Crouching Light Punch

{{#motion: d + lp }}

14

-

4

40

10

3

7*

+4/+5

{{#motion: low }}

Crouching Medium Punch

{{#motion: d + mp }}

18

0x020

8

60

8

3

17*

-1/+0

{{#motion: }}

Crouching Hard Punch

{{#motion: d + hp }}

22

0x040

14

80

9

6

18*

-1/+0

{{#motion: }}

Crouching Light Kick

{{#motion: d + lk }}

14

-

4

40

6

4

7*

+3/+4

{{#motion: low }}

Crouching Medium Kick

{{#motion: d + mk }}

18

0x020

8

60

6

4

7*

+8/+9

{{#motion: low }}

Crouching Hard Kick

{{#motion: d + hk }}

22

0x040

8

130

9

4

18*

+1/+2

{{#motion: low knockdown }}

• Jumping Normal Moves (nj.)

Name

Command

Base Damage

Random damage table

Stun

Stun Timer

Startup

Active

Recov.

Adv On Hit/Block

Notes

Neutral Jump Light Punch

{{#motion: u + lp }}

16

0x020

4

40

6

20

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Neutral Jump Medium Punch

{{#motion: u + mp }}

20

0x040

8

50

6

12

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Neutral Jump Hard Punch

{{#motion: u + hp }}

24

0x060

14

60

1*

3*

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Neutral Jump Light Kick

{{#motion: u + lk }}

16

0x020

4

40

6

20

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Neutral Jump Medium Kick

{{#motion: u + mk }}

20

0x040

8

50

6

12

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Neutral Jump Hard Kick

{{#motion: u + hk }}

24

0x060

14

60

6

6

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

• Diagonal Jumping Normal Moves (j.)

Name

Command

Base Damage

Random damage table

Stun

Stun Timer

Startup

Active

Recov.

Adv On Hit/Block

Notes

Diagonal Jump Light Punch

{{#motion: ub / uf + lp }}

16

0x020

4

40

6

20

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Diagonal Jump Medium Punch

{{#motion: ub / uf + mp }}

20

0x040

8

50

6

12

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Diagonal Jump Hard Punch

{{#motion: ub / uf + hp }}

22

0x060

14

60

6

6

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Diagonal Jump Light Kick

{{#motion: ub / uf + lk }}

14

0x020

4

40

6

20

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Diagonal Jump Medium Kick

{{#motion: ub / uf + mk }}

18

0x040

8

50

6

12

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Diagonal Jump Hard Kick

{{#motion: ub / uf + hk }}

22

0x060

14

60

6

6

∞

-

{{#motion: high }}

Name

Command

Base Damage

Random damage table

Stun

Stun Timer

Startup

Active

Recov.

Adv On Hit/Block

Notes

Spinning Lariat

{{#motion: 3p }}

-

-

-

-

54

-

9

-

{{#motion: Invincible during 'startup' }}

Quick Spinning Lariat

{{#motion: 3k }}

-

-

-

-

54

-

9

-

{{#motion: Invincible during 'startup' }}

Spinning Pile Driver

{{#motion: 360 + lp near opponent }}

28

 ?

10

99

-

3

17

KD/-12

{{#motion: throw }}

Spinning Pile Driver

{{#motion: 360 + mp near opponent }}

28

 ?

10

99

-

3

17

KD/-12

{{#motion: throw }}

Spinning Pile Driver

{{#motion: 360 + hp near opponent }}

28

 ?

10

99

-

3

17

KD/-12

{{#motion: throw }}

The Basics

Zangief's crouching Roundhouse is probably his best normal. Abuse it.

Make the opponent block crouching Short to tick into SPD.

Combos

-j.d.HP,c.MK,Lariat

-j.d.HP,c.LPx2.s.LK,c.HK

Match-ups

• Vs. Balrog (boxer):

• Vs. Blanka:

• Vs. Chun-Li:

• Vs. Dhalsim:

• Vs. E. Honda:

• Vs. Guile:

• Vs. Ken:

• Vs. M. Bison (dictator):

• Vs. Ryu:

• Vs. Sagat:

• Vs. Vega (claw):

• Vs. Zangief (self):

Hitboxes

Standing Normals

Street Fighter 2: Hyper Fighting