SAM out classing all other DPS

[Nominous]

Wait, who said losing a lot in a fighting game doesn't magically change a tier?

Commonly, the way that fighting game tiers are decided is by the rate at which a skilled player wins or loses vs. a specific character played by another skilled player. That's why the format for listing tiers is usually X character 10 : Y character 0, or Tager vs. Nu 3-10 matchup. Character popularity can skew how that looks as well. If strong players are using the character, it can definitely skew the results. Which is why you can see a pro, or multiple pros using a character and making the consensus that they're "Top Tier" but others can't find the same success. However, it's still a pretty big apples to oranges comparison to this game.

Ultimately, SAM is popular, which surprises no one. It would have been regardless of how powerful it was. And unless we go out and ask every player why they're on the Job, we can't make the assumption it's because it's too powerful and everyone's jumping to it because of that.