Super Street Fighter IV AE/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 quintessential grappler. Zangief is a power character designed to take hits and deal that damage right back at the opponent once he gets in close. Grapples, however, are not his only forte. He does not need to get up close to instill fear - just him being Zangief immediately sets off warning signs to the opponent. While the fear of his dreaded Spinning Piledriver is natural, Zangief players must also make their opponents fear his other useful tools, such as the Banishing Flat, which eats up non-EX/Super/Ultra/flaming fireballs and sets him up for a free Jab Piledriver if within range. He can also play footsies surprisingly well with his Lariats and sweeps. As a grappler, his only true weakness is being full-screen distance away from his opponent. Characters with good zoning tools or fireballs, such as Dhalsim and Ryu, especialy pose a major threat to the Red Cyclone.

Players to Watch

SnakeEyez, Itazan

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Flying Body Attack

(during angled jump) d + hp

high

Double Knee Drop

(during angled jump) d + lk

high

Headbutt

(during vertical jump) u + mp or hp

high

Long Kick

df + hk

low

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Bodyslam

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Brain Buster

b + lp + lk

throw

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Spinning Piledriver

360 + p

throw ex

Banishing Flat

dp + p

ex

Double Lariat

3p

Quick Double Lariat

3k

Flying Power Bomb

360 + k

ex version gains armor; throw ex

Atomic Suplex

(near opponent) 360 + k

throw ex

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Final Atomic Buster

360 360 + p

throw

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Ultimate Atomic Buster

360 360 + 3p

throw

Siberian Blizzard

(in air) 360 360 + 3k

airthrow

AE ver. 2012 Changes

Light Spinning Piledriver

Increased stun from 100 to 150.

EX Banishing Flat

Changed damage from 80 + 50 (130 total) to 90 + 50 (140 total). Increased stun from 50 + 50 (100 total) to 100 + 50 (150 total).

Crouching Heavy Kick

Shrunk mid-move hurtbox.

Crouching Light Punch

Expanded strike hitbox for deep hit.

Far Standing Heavy Punch

Made opponent get knocked down on a hit.

AE Changes

• Increased range on Far Standing Hard Punch
• Light Punch and Hard Punch Spinning Piledrivers damage buffed
• Increased range on Light Punch Spinning Piledriver
• EX Banishing Flat, when it hits a grounded opponent, will no longer knock down but you will have advantage.

• Alter Siberian Blizzard's traveling distance by putting in a forward/backward input between Ultra freeze and start-up.
  Forward direction can travel much further than before, so it's easier to grab backdashing opponents.
  Ground recovery on whiff has increased.

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Close	HL	40	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	6	7	-1	+2	Frame advantage based on 2nd active frame
Close	HL	90	100	40	sp/su	5	2	14	-2	+1
Close	HL	140	200	60	-	7	4	20	-6	-1	On crouching opponents, -2 on hit
Close	HL	30	50	20	-	4	2	10	-1	+2
Close	HL	90	100	40	sp/su	5	2	15	-3	0
Close	HL	140	200	60	-	7	4	21	-5	-1
Far	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	7	+3	+6
Far	HL	70	100	40	-	4	2	10	+2	+5
Far	HL	140	200	60	-	12	3	18	-3	-	Knockdown
Far	HL	30	50	20	sp/su	4	2	7	+2	+5	5~6f cancellable (translate)
Far	HL	90	100	40	-	7	6	18	-10	-7
Far	HL	140	200	60	-	11	4	16	-2	+2
Crouch	HL	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	3	6	+2	+5
Crouch	HL	80	100	40	-	8	5	12	-3	+3	Forces stand
Crouch	HL	120	200	60	su	12	4	16	-2	+2
Crouch	L	40	50	20	sp/su	4	3	7	+1	+4
Crouch	L	90	100	40	-	9	4	15	-5	-2
Crouch	L	120	200	60	-	9	5	18	-5	-	Hard Knockdown
Jump Up	H	60	50	20	-	5	5	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	90	100	40	-	7	4	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	140	200	60	-	10	6	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	50	50	20	-	7	4	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	90	100	40	-	9	5	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	120	200	60	-	9	6	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	60	50	20	-	6	5	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	90	100	40	-	7	3	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	120	200	60	-	11	6	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	50	50	20	-	7	4	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	80	100	40	-	9	10	-	-	-	1~4f legs projectile invincibility
Jump Forward	H	120	200	60	-	9	6	-	-	-
+(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	-	Hard Knockdown
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	90	100	20	-	10+13	5	32	-21	-21
Focus Attack LVL 2	HL	120	150	40	-	18+15	5	32	-15	-
Focus Attack LVL 3	-	170	200	60	-	65	5	32	-	-
Forward Throw	0.94	160	180	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard Knockdown
Back Throw	0.94	160	180	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard Knockdown
Spinning Piledriver	1.75	180	150	40/100	-	2	2	52	-	-	Hard Knockdown
Spinning Piledriver	1.45	200	150	40/100	-	2	2	50	-	-	Hard Knockdown
Spinning Piledriver	1.35	250	200	40/100	-	2	2	48	-	-	Hard Knockdown
Spinning Piledriver	1.35	200	150	-250/0	-	4	2	47	-	-	1~5f strike and projectile invincibility, Hard Knockdown
Banishing Flat	HL	120	100	30/30	su	11	2	21	-7	-5	6~20f Forward body projectile invincible, projectile hitbox, knockdown on [air hit] or [counterhit]
Banishing Flat	HL	130	150	30/30	su	13	2	22	-8	-6	8~22f Forward body projectile invincible, projectile hitbox, knockdown on [air hit] or [counterhit]
Banishing Flat	HL	140	200	30/30	su	16	2	23	-9	-7	9~25f Forward body projectile invincible, projectile hitbox, knockdown on [air hit] or [counterhit]
Banishing Flat	HL	90*50	50*50	-250/0	-*su	13	1*1	27	-9	+1	1~13f strike and projectile Invincible, 14~22f projectile invincible, projectile hitbox, 2nd hit can juggle, [air hit]1st hit knocks down, knockdown on [counterhit]
Lariat	HL	120*140	150*200	30/40	su*-	4	2(4)7(2)7(3)9(2)8(4)3	14	-44	-	1~5f upper body strike and projectile invincible, 4~5f legs projectile invincible, 6~54f feet projectile invincible and torso projectile and strike invincible, knockdown, (additional notes)
Lariat	HL	110*130	100*150	20/30	su*-	4	2(4)5(3)8(4)3	14	-22	-	1~32f legs strike and projectile invincible, knockdown, (additional notes)
Double German Suplex	1.00	220	200	30/140	-	2	2	45	-	-	Hard Knockdown, (additional notes)
Double German Suplex	1.00	240	200	-250/0	-	2	2	45	-	-	1~? Armored, Hard Knockdown, (additional notes)
Running Bear Grab	2.92	200	150	30/80	-	1	2	45	-	-	Hard Knockdown, (additional notes)
Running Bear Grab	5.06	220	200	-250/0	-	1	2	45	-	-	1~? Armored, Hard Knockdown, (additional notes)
Super Combo	1.24	450	0	-1000/0	-	1+0	2	46	-	-	1f~ invincible, Hard Knockdown
Ultra Combo 1	1.44	520	0	0/0	-	1+0	2	46	-	-	1f~ invincible, Hard Knockdown
Ultra Combo 2	0.95	450	0	0/0	-	0+3	Until Landing	After Landing 58	-	-	1f~Until Landing Invincible, Hard Knockdown, (additional notes)
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes