[Crenshinibon]

I still stand by what I said earlier. The best archer is the archer kit. Aside from your impressive damage and THAC0 gain, you have good weapons available early on. I personally like using Crimson Dart +3 at the start. It's very fast, acquirable straight out of the dungeon, has good to hit and damage bonuses and has fast weapon speed.

I don't think that a Wizard Slayer/Thief has any place in this competition. I'd say that the only other competitors would be the Assassin/Fighter or the Swashbuckler/Fighter dual classes. The reason as to why I chose these two characters in addition to the archer is because they both gain a bonus to hit and damage throughout their primary classes and can use any item, which makes them flexible. The Assassin in particular is a born mage killer as he can stack his poison applications to all his weapons, which causes the pain animation to play so much that the enemy may as well be helpless.