The Ten Greatest Archers

In most action movies today you see scene after scene of people shooting guns at each other. Guns are definitely cool, especially when they lead to huge explosions but I find guns to also be kind of cheap. Who can't kill somebody with a gun? Unless you're
 a sniper picking someone off from 100 yards away, shooting someone with a gun is no challenge. I've always been a bigger fan of the bow and arrow. It takes skill to be an archer. So I decided I would come up with the ten best archers of all time.

10. Chewbacca - Honestly I can't remember any scenes where Chewbacca actually used his crossbow but he had one so I assume he used it at some point. It doesn't really matter if Chewie did use the crossbow or not though since he could just rip off your arms and beat you with them.

9. Gizmo - The one and only Gizmo from the Gremlins movie. If you recall, at the end of the first Gremlins movie Billy is about to be killed by the Gremlins leader Stripe, even though that sissy punk Billy was like 7 feet tall and stripe was like a foot tall. It was up to Gizmo to save the day as he tied his Rambo bandana around his forehead, pulled out his bow and saved that wimp Billy.

8. Rambo - Rambo had guns, lots and lots of guns. Every once in a while though Rambo would pull out his bow and arrow for fun, that and to add insult to injury. "Yo, not only am I going to kill 3,425,214 of you by myself, but I won't even use a gun." Plus he did teach Gizmo how to be an archer so he gets bonus points for that.

7. Susan Pevensie - Susan Pevensie is the older of the Pevensie sisters in the Chronicles of Narnia. Given a bow and arrow and by Father Christmas Susan is often seen as the smartest and most cautious of all the siblings.

6. Legolas - Legolas is everybody's favorite elf. Legolas is a one man fighting machine who can perform outstanding stunts in battle. Legolas can even take down an Oliphaunt all by himself.

5. Hawkeye - Hawkeye is a comic book character from Marvel Comics and long time member of the Avengers. I've always been a big fan of Hawkeye because he's the one guy who will actually get in Captain America's face while everybody else is busy kissing his butt.

Related information
  • Robin Hood is the greatest archer of all time.
  • Legolas can solo an Oliphaunt.
  • Hawkeye and Green Arrow are two of the coolest comic book characters because of their archery skills
 
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That was great! I'm sort of a nerd, and whenever I play any RPG I like using a bow and arrow. Way cooler than melee fighting. Way cooler.

Posted on 04/05/2007 at 8:04:00 AM

That's terrific. I have to show this article to my best friend, she's practically in love with bows.

Posted on 04/04/2007 at 1:04:00 PM

Very entertaining article.

Posted on 04/04/2007 at 1:04:00 PM

Great article.

Posted on 04/04/2007 at 12:04:00 PM

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