Javelin is always better choice than archer here is why. Archer (dps) 6 pierce  vs Javelinist (dps) 13 pierce Archer (walkspeed) 9.9 vs Javelnist(wakspeed) 12.6 Archer (range) 72 vs Javelinist (range) 24 Archer (spread) 3 vs Javelinist (spread) 4   Spread of archer at maxed range is 2.1 ( at range of javelinist 0.72 ) Spread of javelinist at maxed range is 0.96   With both units having 50 hp scenario looks like this. In case archer starts attacki