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The drawback of spell strike needing to hit and needing another role, in addition to limiting spell selection to single target offensive spells, makes using spell strike much worse than just casting a spell and attacking separately.
Even with the benefit of a synthesis it is not worth using, a Magus does more damage striding and striking twice with a one handed weapon than using spell strike and slide with telekinetic projectile.
So spell strike is not worth using. It could be removed and the Magus really wouldn't be worse off.
Now a Magus doesn't have any reason to use a single one handed weapon, so they could just get their synthesis benefit when they cast a spell, with that change using telekinetic projectile slide and striking is pretty equal to striding and striking twice.
It's a benefit when the Magus casts a spell slot spell, but that's just 4 times a day so I don't think it's too much to give them.
The could get an eldritch Archer like spell strike from class feats or an archetype.