Archers are the second troop type available to the governor of a newly-founded city. They are trained and upgraded in the Archery Range. Several commanders have the ability to specialize their talents to boost the effectiveness of archers, including El Cid, Yi Seong-Gye, Hermann, Kusunoki Masashige, Tomoe Gozen, and Markswoman
There is the list of actual commanders that are archers based:
Archer Troops Stats and Comparison;
Best Civilizations for Archer Commanders
Britain
One of the best civilizations to play for your archer commanders is Britain. This civilization comes with traits that boosts your archer’s attack by 5%. Additionally, you have expanded garrison capacity which makes it possible to perform city bomb if you want to take out stronger enemies with help of your alliance members.
Ottoman
Another solid civilization to pair with your best archer commanders is Ottoman. This civilization gives you +5% archer health and increases your commanders’ skill damage by 5%. Furthermore, your troops march 5% faster which makes this civilization the ultimate choice for an all-out offensive archer armies.