Street Fighter EX2 Plus/Zangief

Introduction

'Gief is neat.

Capcom's grappler bottoms out EX2+'s tier list and clocks in as the game's timerscam, coinfip character.

It's hard to say what exactly keeps EX2+ Zangief so weak: He's got damage, but not much else. SPD inheriting a whiff animation between EX Plus Alpha and EX2 certainly doesn't help. A massive hurtbox makes just about every combo he eats even easier, and he's one of just a few characters in EX2 that can be hit with instant overheads from the entire roster.

Zangief takes a beating, and spends most of his rounds blocking whatever clown car offense his higher tier opponents throw out.

On a good read, 'Gief eats.

Movelist

Command Moves

Flying Body Attack In air, d + HP

Throws

Iron Claw When close, b / f + MP / HP German Suplex When close, b / f + MK / HK Russian Headbutt Press the same strength P + K

Special Moves

Double Lariat b / f + PPP, or press PPP, move b / f

Quick Double Lariat b / f + KKK, or press KKK, move b / f

Spinning Piledriver Rotate 360 + P (misses from afar)

Atomic Suplex When close, rotate 360 + K

Russian Suplex From afar, rotate 360 + K

Bear Hug Press P during Russian Suplex run

Super Combos

Final Atomic Buster Rotate 720 + P (misses from afar)

Aerial Russian Slam qcb,qcb + K

Super Stomping qcf,qcf + K

Chuudan qcb + K during Super Stomping

Meteor Combo

Cosmic Final Atomic Buster Rotate 720 + PPP (misses from afar)

Combos

-Jump HP \/ s.LK XX Press PPP

-Jump HK \/ c.MK XX Press PPP

-Jump HP \/ c.MP > c.MK XX qcf,qcf + K

-Cross-up D + HP \/ c.MP > c.MK XX qcf,qcf + K (qcb + K), s.MK XX qcf,qcf + K (qcb + K), s.MK XX qcf,qcf + K

Strategies