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* Manga/{{Radiant}}: Dart Dragunov is an inquisitor captain that fights using a bow and arrows, he is incredibly precise and fast (capable of disarming Mélie from her wand, scrolls and nail her flying broom to the ground before she can react, without harming her), he on has one eye, with the remaining one picking up any details (in and out of a fight), after [[spoiler: becoming a Thaumaturge his Miracle allows him to teleport where he shoots his arrows at any moment he wants making him a flexible fighter.]]

* Marksmanship-522 in ''Literature/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupiis'' is the titular robotic Crew's best marksman, hence his [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin chosen nickname]].

* Simon from ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'' is a famed hunter who, in a setting in which firearms are common, made a name for himself hunting Yarnham's deadly beasts armed with a longbow.

* ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' has [[SpoonyBard Gieve]], who is introduced making a spectacular long range shot in order to put a captured general out of his misery and [[WarriorMonk Farangis]], who regularly takes on multiple armed soldiers at short range with her bow and wins. While virtually every warrior in the series is trained in the use of bows, Gieve and Farangis are noted as being exceptional shots.

* Tigre, protagonist of ''Literature/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'' is a master archer who subverts the unearned god-like power of the StockLightNovelHero by having an immensely impressive, but essentially mundane level of skill with his bow gleaned from years of hard training.
* Prince Ashitaka from ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' begins the film killing a demonic boar god armed only with a bow, shooting the beast square in the eye while running full-pelt on the back of his elk and his feats of archery only get more impressive from there.

* Franchise/{{DCU}}:
** ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'':
*** Oliver Queen is the world's best archer and has trained many younger characters to follow in his footsteps. His first origin story was that of an archaeologist who studied Native American fighting techniques before it was retconned into getting stranded on a deserted island and teaching himself archery to survive. The end result is a nigh-superhuman ability at shooting arrows that strikes fear in the hearts of supervillains and allows him to keep up with his superpowered peers.
*** Emiko Queen is Oliver's half-sister, introduced in the ComicBook/New52 continuity, and serves as the second Red Arrow. She is an exceptional archer whose ImprobableAimingSkills are attributed to instantly calculating wind, angle, speed, and distance during archery and combat.
*** One of Green Arrow's most persistently recurring foes is Arthur King (real name: Malcolm Merlyn) aka Merlyn the Archer. He's a former member of Ra's al Ghul's League of Assassins and one of the few who can match or even best Green Arrow in an archery contest. In some continuities, he's Green Arrow's mentor-turned-rogue.
*** Roy Harper, the first Speedy and the first Red Arrow, was a remarkable archer from childhood and his skill with a bow was what earned him a place as Green Arrow's sidekick.

* Franchise/MarvelUniverse:
** ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}:
*** [[Characters/HawkeyeClintBarton Clint Barton]] is the canon's foremost archer. His accuracy is nigh-superhuman due to much training, and he achieves things an average human can only dream of. In addition to being a Master Archer, he is also skilled with several other weapons and is a highly trained martial artist.
*** According to Clint himself, [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]] of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers is the best archer he's personally seen. She took to archery after an incident of sexual harassment and has since used her formidable skills to get her teammates and Clint himself out of many scrapes.

* Beetle from ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'' is an incredibly skilled archer. When he first appears, he [[SplittingTheArrow splits an arrow]] multiple times. [[spoiler: This foreshadows that he is Kubo's father, Hanzo, who was said to be skilled at archery.]]

* One of the guest villains on ''Series/Batman1966'' is named The Archer. Created specially for the show and played by Creator/ArtCarney, he is an evil modern-day Myth/RobinHood clone and is an expert shot with the bow and arrow.

* ''Literature/LoneWolf'' is often given the opportunity to be proved one. The best example arises in the Grand Master story "Dawn of the Dragons", where he is given the option to kill one of the titular antagonists by firing an arrow into its [[EyeScream eye]]. It requires a certain magical ability to make the point of the arrow diamond hard, and of course, ridiculously good aiming skills, but the payoff at being able to kill such a terrifying and mighty creature with such a puny seeming weapon [[RuleOfCool is seriously worth it]].

* ''Literature/{{Dreamers}}'': Longbow is an archer who has literally never missed a shot in his life. He began as a simple hunter but wins great renown as a warrior in the international army assembled by the Elder Gods.

* ''Literature/{{Dreamers}}'': This series by Creator/DavidEddings takes this to its LogicalExtreme with [[TheyCallHimSword Longbow]], an archer who has literally never missed a shot in his life. He began as a simple hunter but wins great renown as a warrior in the international army assembled by the Elder Gods.

* ''Literature/TheFallOfNumenor'': Fortún Paja is an old soldier who is considered the best crossbowman in Castile, being skilled enough to hit -in the deep of the night- the head of a sentinel who is standing on a wall several meters above him.

*** Oliver Queen is the Franchise/{{DCU}}'s best archer and has trained many younger characters to follow in his footsteps. His first origin story was that of an archaeologist who studied Native American fighting techniques before it was retconned into getting stranded on a deserted island and teaching himself archery to survive. The end result is a nigh-superhuman ability at shooting arrows that strikes fear in the hearts of supervillains and allows him to keep up with his superpowered peers.

* Hawkeye, as mentioned under ''Comics'' above, transferred to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (mostly under his "civilian" name of Clint Barton) with his skills (and his taste for gadget arrows) intact. On his first (uncredited) appearance in ''Film/{{Thor}},'' a S.H.I.E.L.D. commander calls for a marksman, and the initially faceless agent who responds is seen reaching towards a rack of sniper rifles -- and taking a bow. At that point, every comics fan in the audience nods.

* ''The Strongbow Saga'': Halfdan Hrorikson - born the illegitimate son of a Danish chieftain and an enslaved Irish princess - crafts his own longbow in secret and, by the age of 14, has become extremely proficient. After being freed and acknowledged by his dying father, he joins a ship’s crew and participates in the famous 845 C.E. attack on Paris. Following the pivotal battle, he is granted the epithet “Strongbow” for his skill and dedication.

** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Beleg is renowned as an exceptional archer, who was known for his strength and ability to fire arrows over great distances. His name "Cuthalion" even means "strongbow".
** ''Literature/UnfinishedTalesOfNumenorAndMiddleEarth'': Duilin of Gondolin is referred to as the "swiftest of all men to run and leap and surest of archers at a mark".

* Sonya Savage of ''ComicBook/DangerGirl''. Her skill with a bow is described by one character as "beyond definition" and it is stated that world-class archers view her as a deity.

** ComicBook/GreenArrow (Oliver Queen) is the Franchise/{{DCU}}'s best archer and has trained many younger characters to follow in his footsteps. His first origin story was that of an archaeologist who studied Native American fighting techniques before it was retconned into getting stranded on a deserted island and teaching himself archery to survive. The end result is a nigh-superhuman ability at shooting arrows that strikes fear in the hearts of supervillains and allows him to keep up with his superpowered peers.
** Emiko Queen is Oliver's half-sister, introduced in the ComicBook/New52 continuity, and serves as the second Red Arrow. She is an exceptional archer whose ImprobableAimingSkills are attributed to instantly calculating wind, angle, speed, and distance during archery and combat.
** One of Green Arrow's most persistently recurring foes is Arthur King (real name: Malcolm Merlyn) aka Merlyn the Archer. He's a former member of Ra's al Ghul's League of Assassins and one of the few who can match or even best Green Arrow in an archery contest. In some continuities, he's Green Arrow's mentor-turned-rogue.
** Roy Harper, the first Speedy and the first Red Arrow, was a remarkable archer from childhood and his skill with a bow was what earned him a place as Green Arrow's sidekick.

* The ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales'' 'verse, ComicBook/RobynHood is generally acknowledged as being the greatest archer in the world; able to effortlessly match the feats of legendary archers. None of the other heroes doubt her abilities to take on monsters, demons and other supernatural entities armed only with a bow and arrows.

** ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}: Clint Barton is the canon's foremost archer. His accuracy is nigh-superhuman due to much training, and he achieves things an average human can only dream of. In addition to being a Master Archer he is also skilled with several other weapons and is a highly trained martial artist.
** According to Clint himself, ComicBook/KateBishop of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers is the best archer he's personally seen. She took to archery after an incident of sexual harassment and has since used her formidable skills to get her teammates and Clint himself out of many scrapes.
* In ''ComicBook/SherwoodTexas'', the protagonist Rob Hood is an expert with both longbow and crossbow. Appropriate, given the comic is a SettingUpdate of the Myth/RobinHood legend.

* In ''ComicBook/SherwoodTexas'', the protagonist Rob Hood is an expert with both longbow and crossbow. Appropriate, given the comic is a SettingUpdate of theMyth/RobinHood legend.

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'': Per the rules of the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}, a servant summoned under the Archer class must be renowned for their use of a ranged weapon in some way (not necessarily archery). ''Apocrypha'''s Archers are Atalanta and Chiron of Myth/ClassicalMythology, who both demonstrate some impressive archery skills. Chiron in particular nearly manages to snipe the equally-renowned Achilles from a distance so far Achilles couldn't sense him and manages to deflect one of Atalanta's own arrows.

* ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'': Grandpa Archer is renowned for felling his enemies at lightning speed with a bow and is one of the few people who could remotely keep up with the [[OneManArmy Hero]]. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that he never actually uses a bow, but the way he stood in the backline and killed his foes that quickly made others ''assume'' he was a master archer.]]

** In regards to NPC's, there are three master archery trainers in the game, which would imply they are the three finest archers in Skyrim. They are; Niruin, A wood elf and marksman for the Thieves Guild, Angi, a reclusive archery trainer living in the mountains and finally Sorine Jurard, a Dawnguard weaponsmith and crossbow specialist.

* As noted in the Literature folder, Susan Pevensie is first given this role in ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarniaTheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', and she returns to it in ''Film/PrinceCaspian''. She quickly masters the ability to hit bull's eyes from considerable distance, despite having never so much as held a bow before coming to Narnia, and in the sequel, she's actually powerful enough to ''throw an arrow'' into a man's heart.

* Kikyo of ''Manga/InuYasha'' is an aloof and composed LadyOfWar revered by the titular character as a master archer and marksman. She can fire multiple arrows in quick succession and hit small, quick-moving targets from great distances. Her reincarnation Kagome decides to follow in her footsteps.
* Tigre, protagonist of ''LightNovel/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'' is a master archer who subverts the unearned god-like power of the StockLightNovelHero by having an immensely impressive, but essentially mundane level of skill with his bow gleaned from years of hard training.

->''"But I wanted to play with the big boys. And if I miss, it means I'm just another dude with a bow. It means I've been fooling myself this whole time. And that's why I never miss."''
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}''', ''Avenging ComicBook/SpiderMan''

* From ''All Things [=DnD=]''' comes the narrated legend of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxNGLUDGj-4 Llywelyn ap Maelwys]], human fighter/cragtop archer (3.5e) and a grouchy veteran dragged out of retirement. With his falcon spotter, a legendary great bow and enchanted equipment at the most, he rejects speed and trick shots in favor of simple power, crazy accuracy, and ''insane'' range; his arrows take so long to fly to the target that he has to target locations and predict who'll be there to be hit on the next turn - and he ''still'' doesn't miss. With the help of his party, Lewie can line up a shot, take it, and get up and go home [[YouAreAlreadyDead before his hapless target falls dead some time later]], ''a mile away''.

* Following on from both the comics and film folders, the trailer of ''Series/Hawkeye2021'' introduces Clint Barton's successor under the title codename, Kate Bishop, who introduces herself to him as the self-proclaimed "world's greatest archer".

* Hanzo of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is a Japanese member of a criminal clan who, despite living in the 21st Century, fights with a bow and arrows and is quite deadly with them. His biggest rival is his brother Genji, who is a cyborg ninja.

* ''Literature/{{Dreamers}]'': This series by Creator/DavidEddings takes this to its LogicalExtreme with [[TheyCallHimSword Longbow]], an archer who has literally never missed a shot in his life. He began as a simple hunter but wins great renown as a warrior in the international army assembled by the Elder Gods.

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Birgitte [[TheyCallHimSword Silverbow]] is a legendary hero and preeminent archer in all her {{Reincarnation}}s. In the time of the books, she first demonstrates her skill by cutting a swathe through a pitched riot, striking each target [[EyeScream through the same eye]].
** Tam al-Thor, the protagonist's adoptive father, is the best archer in the Two Rivers, [[PlanetOfHats which makes him]] also one of the best in the entire world.

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* Earth of "Manga/{{Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki}}" is the Main Character of the series and is a player of One More Free Life Online. He mainly fights using bow and arrows, along with bombs, and whips. At the beginning, the archery class was looked down upon as a weak character, but he didn't mind and continued as he please.
* Tigre, protagonist of ''LightNovel/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'' is a master archer who subverts the unearned god-like power of the StockLightNovelHero by having an immensely impressive, but essentially mundane level of skill with his bow gleaned from years of hard training.

* ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' has [[SpoonyBard Gieve]], who is introduced making a spectacular long range shot in order to put a captured general out of his misery and [[WarriorMonk Farangis]], who regularly takes on multiple armed soldiers at short range with her bow and wins. While virtually every warrior in the series is trained in the use of bows, Gieve and Farangis are noted as being exceptional shots.
* ''[[Manga/{{Angolmois}} Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion]]'' has many impressive archers, as most of its protagonists are samurai, but commoner Hitari is easily the most skilled and dedicated to the art of archery. He almost exclusively uses a bow as his weapon and pulls off impossible shots over the course of the series.
* ''Manga/{{Wolfsmund}}'' features the eponymous folk hero William Tell, who is a master of the crossbow. His son, Walter, is also no slouch.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' has the Apostle [[ArcherArchetype Irvine]] who, even in his human form, can shoot opponents ear drums and eyeballs out from impossibly far distances. This is helped by both his powerful sentient bow and sheer mastery of marksmanship.

* Sonya Savage of ''ComicBook/DangerGirl''. Her skill with a bow is described by one character as "beyond definition" and it is stated that world-class archers view her as a deity.
* The ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales'' 'verse, ComicBook/RobynHood is generally acknowledged as being the greatest archer in the world; able to effortlessly match the feats of legendary archers. None of the other heroes doubt her abilities to take on monsters, demons and other supernatural entities armed only with a bow and arrows.

* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/TheHobbit'': While Legolas Greenleaf was noted as a good archer in the books, the films exaggerate this skill of his -- he manages to hit his targets while hanging upside down or surfing down a staircase while on a shield and takes down a fully-armed [[WarElephants oliphaunt]] with only his bow and arrows.
* Hawkeye, as mentioned under ''Comics'' above, transferred to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (mostly under his "civilian" name of Clint Barton) with his skills (and his taste for gadget arrows) intact. On his first (uncredited) appearance in ''Film/{{Thor}},'' a S.H.I.E.L.D. commander calls for a marksman, and the initially faceless agent who responds is seen reaching towards a rack of sniper rifles -- and taking a bow. At that point, every comics fan in the audience nods.

* ''Film/ArrowTheUltimateWeapon'' has three in the protagonist Nam Yi, his sister Ja-In and the antagonist, Jyuushinta. All three archers make incredible shots and are noted by the cast to be incredibly skilled. Nam Yi is definitely the best example, however, as it is his archery skills that allow him to go on a one man geurrila war against the invading Manchu soldiers and he can even bend the trajectory of his arrows in any direction he wishes.

* ''Film/TheArcher'': Lauren is an expert archer, introduced winning a championship, and her skills come in handy throughout the film, where she manages a number of great shots. This is commented on repeatedly.

* ''Dreamers'': This series by Creator/DavidEddings takes this to its LogicalExtreme with [[TheyCallHimSword Longbow]], an archer who has literally never missed a shot in his life. He began as a simple hunter but wins great renown as a warrior in the international army assembled by the Elder Gods.

* The Reach of Cra from ''VideoGame/{{Dofus}}'' and the ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' series specialized in bows and long-range fight, with the strongest members and the Cra Goddess having perfectly mastered the bow.
* Hanzo of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is a Japanese member of a criminal clan who, despite living in the 21st Century, fights with a bow and arrows and is quite deadly with them. His biggest rival is his brother Genji, who is a cyborg ninja.
* Link from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is typically portrayed as famous for his archery skills whenever it gets overtly pointed out. This is especially true in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', where his mid-air BulletTime archery is one of the reasons his fighting skills are so legendary, to the point that the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/600px_botw_link_shooting_artwork.png primary concept art]] for him in this game portrays him using this technique with Ancient Arrows. ''Breath of the Wild'' also introduces the [[BirdPeople Rito]] Champion Revali, whose mid-flight MultiShot archery skills are the main reason he was recruited as a Champion and are what make him famous among the Rito even a century after his death.
* Archery is one of the skills which the Dragonborn can master in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''. By bringing the skill up to level 100, they can perform trick shots, zoom in on targets, and achieve other unusual abilities that no other character in the game is seen to do.
** In regards to NPC's, there are three master archery trainers in the game, which would imply they are the three finest archers in Skyrim. They are; Niruin, A wood elf and marksman for the Thieves Guild, Angi, a reclusive archery trainer living in the mountains and finally Sorine Jurard, a Dawnguard weaponsmith and crossbow specialist.
* ''VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense 6'':
** Quincy is a monkey that uses a crossbow. The bolts bounce between Bloons, and later upgrades let him fire multiple bolts at once. His level 3 ability is shooting at almost four times the speed, while level 10 has him fire a large amount of arrows at the Bloon closest to the exit.
** The Dart Monkey's bottom path upgrades turn it from throwing darts to shooting a crossbow. The Crossbow Master upgrade lets it shoot incredibly fast, often dealing critical hits that do a lot of damage.
* Jacques from ''VideoGame/SuikodenIII'' is one of many archers in the game, but is the only one to have an S rank in accuracy (Making him the best shot in the game, statistically) and his sniping and stealth abilities are highlighted several times.

* ''Creator/FromSoftware'' have a few in their Soulsborne series of games.
** Hawkeye Gough, one of the four legendary knights of Gwynn from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' is a giant renowned for his ability to slay dragons with his greatbow, all the while being a BlindWeaponMaster.
** Simon from ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'' is a famed hunter who, in a setting in which firearms are common, made a name for himself hunting Yarnham's deadly beasts armed with a longbow.

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* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' takes this UpToEleven. While being a famous mythical or historical warrior is required for being summoned as a Servant, and several Archer-class servants are already Master Archers in their own right (eg. [[Literature/TheMahabharata Arjuna]], Myth/RobinHood, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Atalanta]], to name a few), the game introduces the concept of "Grand Servant" -- of each class, this servant is '''the''' most accomplished, ''ever''. The Grand Archer is Orion of Myth/ClassicalMythology, portrayed here as an extremely muscular man extolled as Greece's greatest marksman, but [[spoiler:he later gives up this title.]]