About hellstab after F+HP headbutt: As comments have pointed out, this beats backdash and jump. That's why I recommend adding delayed drive reversal to your play after blocking his headbutt (hellstab and any other buttons loses to this options). Be sure to mix up your defensive options!

Great tips, thanks for the share. I can tell you're not a Zangief player though, because you think after f+HP, he can only frame trap you with cr.LP. Oh no, he can frame trap you and stop you from jumping or backdashing with Hellstab (df+MP)... AND hit confirm into full combos from that. Hellstab is 7f and has 3f active frames. So there's a 3f gap after f+HP if he does Hellstab. Also, he is still in range to do Heavy SPD after Headbutt. So he can actually deal 3300 damage (3400 for OD version), not just 2500. --- @ 13:40 Actually, the BEST guaranteed way to punish the overhead... is to Drive Impact it. Try it out... works every time. When you train yourself a bit on the animation, you can DI it on reaction practically every time. I know I always look forward to Giefs doing that so I can punish them for free. Just crouch block in case they go for sweep, but react with a DI during your crouch block. Now the only hard part is when they do DR SPD. But even if they throw overheads randomly in neutral, it's an easy DI reaction punish. DI works against HP as well, to a lesser degree. Charged HP is a pretty free punish, but the uncharged one can get you reverse DI'd if you DI it too late. --- Also, you can bait and punish Gief's HP a bit safer if you poke with a very active poke, like Ken/Ryu st.HP or Kimberly st.MK. When your poke gets absorbed by Zangief's HP, cancel your poke into DI. It will beat his HP every time. Either poke or actively fish for HP xx DI to stop their st.HP. Less active pokes like Cammy's st.HP can do the same thing, but it's harder to do. You are welcome.

As a gief main take this down please

Bro honestly, your channel is 🔥🔥🔥 I’ve already seen like 3 videos or more that I really enjoyed. Love, man 🙌🏾

these videos are the best fgc content. this is the stuff people don't have time to put together themselves but have time to think about and lab out. your really helping the community, great job. Interested in the choice between forward jump and backdash, and when to choose what option.

I’m going to rewatch this again just to learn from this

This was a GREAT Anti-Gief guide. Quality work man.

Now I know what to at least practice. You even explained the command grab which makes fighting him less scary. Thank you for this much needed guide!

I fought an army of these guys yesterday and I wanted to cry. Every other game. I fought 3 in a row at one point. Thanks for this.

Fellow Gief mains, when people forward jump, use flying knee to carry you forward just enough to get the cross cut counter SPD. If you're getting back dashed a lot, use Siberian express or charge heavy punch instead of SPD to chase them down and catch them pressing buttons.

That's some gold here ! Thanks so much Chris ! Hope you'll make it a series for other "less common" characters as well !

Excelent video, I would love to watch Rashid, Juri and Cammy versions of it. I will rewatch it as many times as needed. You kill it bullseye with this one Chris!

i hear Zangief mains are contracting a hitman as we speak.

Your video are amazing, it helps a lot to deal with certain situations. Thank you so much !

Thanks a lot. Really need these type of contents!!!!!

Loving these character/move specific guides, first traditional fighter I've played and matchup specific knowledge is just so valuable

These matchup videos are amazing, please do more!

Nice, keep doings these knowledge matchups, great content!

I think you can also drive impact the overhead? I was in a local tournament and a zangief player gave me the tip to just drive impact if the Zangief player just keeps drive rushing and doing a kick after the SPD. Unless it the medium kick you will catch him. Though you should probably stop immediately because they will most likely attempt a medium kick after being drive impacted. :)

I swear you are psychic. Been running into a lot of issues against the Zangief army recently! Great video!

Next.. Manon 😁😁😁

Zangief can also hit confirm hellstab instead of frame trapping with lights for significantly more damage.

I really really appreciate your videos. Thanks!

great video Chris , did not know some of these

Very good tips TY Chris

Awesome video bro.. Thanks for the advice..

Doing gods work once again

Had no clue you could OS jump/backdash from a safe jump. Great stuff

Nice, as a gief main, I have problems with mirror matches.

Very helpful! Thank you!

Very good video, clear and concise

This is awesome! Please do more

Thanks alot for the video! would love these kinds of videos for other characters aswell if you have time :)

AMAZING tips, I will lab all of them

Good looking out fam

Very detailed and informative video

Saved. Thank you!

About the headbutt frametrap into normal throw. Doesn't matter if you neutral, back jump or forward jump if they whiffed a normal throw, they can do SA1 and catch you. Of course, only if they used normal throw. If they did spd, they can't antiair

No lie but Chris F has slowly become my favorite sf6 sub. Always great tips and straight to the point. Was really helpful when i made the change to leverless and had issues with the shortcuts. Thanks as always!

So Chris, Chun Li just waxed me in ranked, I need that anti Chun guide not today but yesterday 😂😂

Nicely explained 🎉

Thanks a lot for your video

As a Zangief main. I’m sad you made this video. My day is ruined.

I only play Zangief, it's good to see what are my opponents options and what can be done to outdo them!!!

Very nice tip with the reversal lvl 3 against safe jump. I was trying to mash DP afterwards but it doesn't work. Thanks :D

Very good!

Thanks!!

Thanks for doing it with Akuma

The nice part about this vid is that it can also help Zangief players improve. Edit: Lol why is Akuma almost the same height when Gief crouches

I'm new here, but I'm surprised you made a guide on him instead of the problem characters. Good guide anyway.

thank you fro the info man. could we get a similar video for e honda next? i think that i still don't understand the match up really well

finally, as a Gief main, people will stop whining about him without having a clue, now they ll keep complain, even with spoon fed MU knowledge :D

There are only 10k people that know how to stop Gief 💪 We still good

Good video

Really good

Thanks

Thank you 🫶🏽🔥

Thanks for the tips man! I've been struggling with giefs since i've reached low diamond with Kimberly, so I'll try to lab this later in the day.

Amazing video. thank you! Any chance you'd do one for other characters? I'm also struggling against manon

Wonderful vídeo, do more pls

Excelent video! The only problem is that he'll hellstab after headbutt and will catch backdash

Awesome guide thanks! If you could do the same with other popular S2 characters (Aki comes to mind), that would be appreciated!!!

I am a simple man I see a Chris_f video I press like, or is it brian

Thank yoooouuuuuu. My ryu been eating shit lately idk why. Thankful my jp got me over 1600 for the very first time.

goat

Great videos dude! I know this match up pretty well but learned a few things. Jp next?? 😅

How to beat guile as Akuma please.

Great video...can you do an Anti-Ed one next?

Take this down NOW!

I’ve always hated knowledgeable zangief players. I just hate getting hit by empty jump command grabs and other obnoxious punishes.

What I got from this video: - don't be in headbutt range ever

Cool video. However, Rashid is the most frustrating character to fight this season 2. His mobility et level 2 super have non sense. Most of the time, I loose to Rashid when he uses his level 2, though I managed the fight well. Hope you release a video on how to counter it.

i cannot seem to get the backdash drill to work. geif won't backdash fast enough on wakeup and i just end up meaty throwing him. i"m even doing recording after input and still having issues.

Who else just got cooked and typed up "how to deal with zangief"

Make the ati cammy and anti jamie video please

Even though I am a Zangief main, I did enjoy the video and the knowledge. I guess it's an arms war/race where we wait for the anti-anti-Zangief KZfaq tech video from another KZfaqr (EDIT: or the comment from Un1234l). :)

Watching this as a zangief player so i can counter the counter 😭

Time to some paid back, you mother....😂

Anti-Kimberly please and Cammy as well.

5:30 what. Zangief can frame trap into hellstab and easily confirm into lariat, that's free and does 2200 damage. For 3 bars he gets OD lariat + Oki. Only reason to do a light after headbutt is to catch jumps and DPs at the same time Wakeup DI actually beats both DR>sweep and DR>wheel kick. with 25 frames of recovery it is in fact impossible to get a wheel kick meaty enough to recover on time to counter DI. I'm surprised not to see delayed jab be an option against headbutt. Too many people just let their drive gauge run out blocking two or even three headbutts in a row, and a jab delayed enough to catch another headbutt but block a hellstab is a good way to force zangief to actually commit to SPD.

Non of your tips include wakeup ex dp or reversal super so I'm not sure what to make of them.

I watched this and decided to just play Zangief 😂

Manon next please

Please make a anti dhalsim video too

Just in time, been getting bodied by Gief since the patch.

Why perfect parry the overhead when you can just DI?

I always fear this MU. Both Ken and Zangief need to get in. Arguably Ken more so than Gief, based on his limited damage potential. I mean, Ken’s the mixup king (some would say Rashid), but he does no damage even with DRC. Gief’s face tilts me automatically. Win rate is 50/50 (I only play casuals).

Your vids helped me a lot. A beat juri video would be great she is the most annoying. And i dont find useful tips against her

for the scenario in minutes 5:34, Zangief can do hellstab combo, instead of jab combo. so it will take more damage. because it's -4 on block, so hellstab which has startup 7 will do the frame trap as well

Put do one for Rashid. I can’t stand Rashid.

just use honda headbutt

Why does this video exist! It’s difficult enough using him right now

Great video. I cant stand gief. Now i truly understand smug. I would rather fight ken guile or DJ.

Man come on let us have something lol

My counterplay is to cry on twitter and pray the nerf comes :) Grapplers deserve less

Thts a lot of shit 😂

Why are you doing this😢

You're too late. I already got zangief to master yesterday and I'm moving on to someone else.

Don’t do any of this 😡

Broken character