A bow and sixty-four arrows. Fully drawn, an arrow takes about 2.7 ❤ — enough to finish a target already worn down, never enough to kill a healthy one.
The Archer plays on the edges: you open other people's fights, you punish those who drink their soup in the open, and you break off the moment someone closes in.
In melee you only have the basic sword and no advantage at all. Keeping your distance is not a playstyle here, it is the condition for the kit to work.