Which Specifications would best suit an Archer Rogue?
Assassin feels like it's geared mostly for dual dagger Rogue, Artificer is what Varric uses but feels very support heavy, and Tempest looks fun but would some of the benefits be wasted since I'm using ranged?
Tempest is incredibly strong for an archer. You can pop fire flask and do some full draws for a ton of damage, then when that's down you can use flask of lightning and just basic attack like a machine gun. I have Sera specced out as full archer/tempest and here's a dragon fight to show how effective it is (with longbow of the griffon). Obviously if you don't want to see a dragon then don't click on it 
https://www.youtube....h?v=9V5UGrqlBMU
All of the Assassin skills work with the archer.
While I haven't done indepth comparisons between the three specs, I picked Artificer with no foreknowledge for my archer. At first, after seeing Sera and Cole's specs, I was disappointed in my choice. I still don't especially like the traps, but the passives are really good. Opportunity Knocks combined with Looked Like it Hurt from sabotage has made my archer a long shot spamming machine. My typical rotation now consists of long shot, regular shot, leaping shot, repeat. Occasionally I have to insert another regular shot in there. While it will never compare to the burst of Mark of Death or Fire Flask, it seems to be a fairly solid damage rotation, especially with Hail of Arrows. It really came together for me when I started gearing more crit on both myself and Iron Bull. Perhaps not the highest damage, but it's not terrible.
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