I am a Zangief worshipper!!
I've played Gief since the day I spotted SF2 in the arcade, I've been playin him ever since. I like the slow, powerful characters that have devastating moves like SPD and all that. He has very good DEF and can take life off quickly, his only problem is trying to stay on them all the time, I guess thats why the japanese don't use SPDs as much as I do
In A3 I loved him, V-ism Gief is easily top tier in that game. I personally like to use A-Gief, he can be very scary to fight. 1st, he has the clothesline which is his DP move/AA. Its also good for people that like to poke you with standing kicks, the dam thing is his best move, hes practically invincible from the waist up to his neck. Next he has the SPD, don't need to say much here, you can tick into it, jump in land and SPD. They will know when you like to SPD(afer ticks etc) thats when the mind games come. They will jump out of it
Now you hit them with his ARS(anti air super) or PPP them. Theres too much to type here, if they jump you have the upperhand unless their using V. Even his standing jab is hell of an AA move. If you want to make your opponent shit their pants and make them never want to jump again try this one. S.Jab when they jump in and combo into his ARS(takes some practice, it has to be done VERY quickly, still can't do it 100% of the time), that is some major freakin damage for deciding to jump in on Gief. I remember doing this at a tourney once, I wish I could seen the looks on everyones faces, I heard them say "Holy shit, you see that?!!" or "OMG" . Not sure what else to say other than the dude just rules!!! I hope that maybe gave you a little better understanding of how powerful he can be, oh yeah and his s. and crouching Fierce kick too much ass buttrock