Extending it was just an idea, could turn it into a aoe slashing debuff, making Sam special.. but lower it's overall personal aoe damage (besides nerfing the Sam in general). There are surly some possibilities for Sam, so it won't lose the meta spot, it wants to hold on, if getting nerfed a bit.

Imo there shouldn be no meta, but that's probably unrealistic too. Just the gap/OP is not good, same for balances or other criterias we seen on the past.