>When exactly do you v-skill? Do you do it randomly hoping
>that whatever you cancelled off of landed, or is v-skill safe
>when cancelled off of certain blocked normals?

v-skill is never safe unless you land a hit, but I'll use it until I get punished for it. if somebody is going to let me run cancel into jab, I'll do that all day until I land a confirm.

after you eat a crush counter sweep or two though, it's best as a neutral mix-up. it's really good in the corner, right outside dash/longest poke range. v-skill into throw is good anywhere. v-skill corner carry after a knockdown is also good because it'll bait a reversal a majority of the time.

so although it's super punishable and obvious, something about it just catches people off-guard when used sparingly.