There’s a great purpose why Zangief is labeled as a personality with a excessive studying curve on the character choose display for Street Fighter 6. He’s an absolute monster up shut that may dish out great quantities of harm, however he continually has to take large dangers together with his above common well being pool to succeed.
While Zangief’s excessive danger, excessive reward playstyle could be terrifying, this does not change the truth that he is usually perceived to be one of many weaker characters in Street Fighter 6. As a end result, it was actually spectacular to see Snake Eyez qualify for and compete at Capcom Cup X with the Red Cyclone.
During a match in opposition to Shodown|NamikazeExTM’s Dee Jay, Snake Eyez was in a position to execute an especially excessive danger tech that improves Zangief’s Overdrive Spinning Piledriver. Under regular circumstances, the Overdrive SPD will lose to throws.
However, beforehand entries within the Street Fighter sequence have taught us that it is doable cancel the pre-jump frames right into a particular transfer, which grants that particular transfer invincibility in opposition to throw makes an attempt. This is not new tech, but it surely’s nonetheless spectacular to see it in motion at a excessive stakes occasion like Capcom Cup X.
Thanks to the utilization of this dangerous tech, Snake Eyez was in a position to flip a state of affairs that was wanting reasonably dire into a really favorable position because of this tech. HiFight offered a short evaluation of the sequence because it occurs.
Check it out within the clip beneath:
Snake Eyez Magic#CAPCOMCUPX pic.twitter.com/1Ygpm6bHTJ
— HiFight(ハイファイト) (@HiFightTH) February 24, 2024
