Cossack Muscle

The Cossack Muscle is Zangief's second V-Trigger in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition.

Description
Zangief strikes a pose as the commentary in the background hypes up for his next move. While active, the properties of his Screw Pile Driver and Borscht Dynamite are changed, making these command throws are more powerful. Zangief can also cancel into Screw Pile Driver from his Medium normal attacks. When Zangief successfully grabs his opponent, his body turns red as he piledrives his opponent further into the ground.

Tactics
This V-Trigger greatly affects's Zangief's command throws. His Screw Pile Driver and Borscht Dynamite will inflict more damage and more stun. Zangief can also combo into his command throw after linking it with one of his Medium normal attacks, giving him more combo potential with high damage to add. Zangief gets two chances to hit the opponent with his command throw, since whiffing will only consume half of his V-Gauge. However, successfully hitting a command throw will consume all of his V-Gauge regardless. Additionally, unlike his first V-Trigger, this doesn't help Zangief in the neutral game since it doesn't put the opponent in any mixup situations.