Juhong

Before Fantasy was widespread, she was one of the strongest units. With high upgrades and ennobles, she's still quite dangerous, but it's also hard to narrow the stat-gap from fantasy. 
There are better Archer choices right now, such as Arley, Nohara, and Rudra, so she also isn't great as a starter unit. However, it is important to note that she is only shadowed because of the fantasy upgrade. Once she gets fantasy herself, I expect her to blow most competition out of the water. 
A bit of an explanation:
#Her resurrect is unique. It deals AoE damage to the enemies that hits for a ton and also gives her a massive shield. Her attacks then transform to AoEs and deal tons of damage.
#Her main skill has decent modifier and knocks back enemies. I don't care if you're using a tank; knockback is important for archers.