Favorite/"Best" Archer?

[Grriffon]

Hello. I am currently playing a Seleukid campaign, and enjoying it. I'm awash in Mining Centers, and have a level 5 barracks in Antioch, so I'm outfitting uber-armies of pure elite spearmen, companion cavalry, syrian archers, and armoured elephants.

My question is: What is everyone's favorite archer unit? I can't decide between the syrian archers, the kretan archers, or the heavy persian archers. I'd be interested to hear everyone else's favorites, or which they consider the best overall archer unit.

Also, if anyone know of a more fun troop combo than elite spearmen, archers, heavy cav, elephants, please clue me in!

edit: "more fun" as in, holy crap i just routed a full stack army in 15 seconds. admittedly some of the fun is gone from the game by the time you reach the point monetarily where you are cherry picking elite troops for unstoppable armies, but it has its upsides too.