I was almost in the mood to play FF14 again

[Absurdity]

Freestyle samurai seems to originate from one singular person, then it got memed on and the legend of freestyle samurai started. It's very hyperbolical example of someone who was really just mashing his button as he wanted, but difficulty of playing SAM has definitely lowered significantly since that time, so we are getting closer and closer to the legendary freestyle samurai. Long story short, my comment was just a hyperbole.

I wouldn't be surprised if that term became a thing in late Stormblood where the high skillspeed shinten spam SAM was a legitimate playstyle that put out competitive numbers while being basically just button mashing.