Zangief’s Spinning Pile Driver can be very devastating when it connects in Street Fighter V. It is one the greatest assets in Zangief’s whiff punish game. However, it is about become even more powerful.

It has now been discovered that the EX version of Spinning Pile Driver can interrupt certain block strings. If you perform a reversal EX SPD on a block string with a three frame gap, it will cause the next move to whiff and Zangief will react with a SPD for your opponent’s troubles.

Here is an example on Karin with her crouching strong, standing strong blockstring. This stuffs all of her options outside of crouching strong, crouching forward.

Another example involves Akuma’s crouching fierce, crouching strong block string. It is also noted that if you activate V-Trigger, it also causes the second move to whiff.

Source: RagingStormX