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 }}

4

0x020

4

40

5

4

5

+5/+6

{{#motion: rpdfire specialcancel }}

Standing Medium Punch

{{#motion: mp }}

14

0x020

8

60

8

4

7

+8/+9

{{#motion: }}

Standing Hard Punch

{{#motion: hp }}

22

0x020

14

80

10

6

15

+2/+3

{{#motion: }}

Standing Light Kick

{{#motion: lk }}

4

0x020

4

40

5

4

5

+5/+6

{{#motion: specialcancel }}

Standing Medium Kick

{{#motion: mk }}

14

0x020

8

60

7

4

7

+8/+9

{{#motion: }}

Standing Hard Kick

{{#motion: hk }}

22

0x020

14

80

10

6

15

+2/+3

{{#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 Medium Punch

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

16

0x080

8

60

7

4

7

+8/+9

{{#motion: }}

Close Hard Punch

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

4

0x080

14

80

10

6

15

+2/+3

{{#motion: }}

Close Medium Kick

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

16

0x080

8

60

6

4

7

+8/+9

{{#motion: }}

Close Hard Kick

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

24

0x080

14

80

8

6

15

+2/+3

{{#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: lp }}

4

0x020

4

40

5

4

4

+6/+7

{{#motion: rpdfire specialcancel }}

Crouching Light Kick

{{#motion: lk }}

4

0x020

4

40

5

4

4

+6/+7

{{#motion: rpdfire specialcancel }}

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