Multiclassing options for Ranger Gloomstalker

[BGGCriticalMass]

Hi all. Thanks in advance for help and suggestions.
I am joining a new campaign. I am going to be playing a ranger. Someone else had nominated straight cleric which I would have taken myself. a second player is a paladin fighter. A third is going Rogue / Bard / Warlock. The fourth is going straight wizard.
Given that it seems like some degree of optimization is likely to be going on based on the multiclassing nominated, I was looking for advice on multiclassing ranger. I usually play straight class including the only previous time I played a ranger.

I am likely to take 5 levels of Gloomstalker before I do anything else and probably come back at some stage for 3 more levels of Gloomstalker to get the Wisdom Saves and ASI amongst other things. My starting stats are 10 STR 16 DEX 14 CON 12 INT 14 WIS and 8 CHA based on rolls and race bonuses. At level 1 I am playing as a human variant with crossbow master, starting with a hand crossbow and studded leather from gold buy (and other mundane items.

The likely choices I have thought about for multiclassing are:
Battlemaster fighter 4 for action surge on ambushes (7 attacks on round 1 from level 8), precision attack, goading or menacing attack and trip attack and an ASI.
Assassin Rogue 4 for opening round combinations of assassinate and dread ambusher / umbral sight, expertise and an ASI
Armorer Artificer 4 for repeating +1 hand crossbow and shield, advantage on stealth, increased speed and an ASI. (recognising that I need 1 more INT to multiclass here)

Are there any reasons to choose one (or more) options over the others?

[CTurbo]

I recommend Gloom Stalker 5, Fighter 2, Assassin Rogue X

Max Dex, get Sharpshooter, and Alert

I've played this and it's great. I prefer Longbow, but Crossbow Expert works too.


or


Battlemaster 5, Gloom Stalker 3, and then go Fighter from there.

Rogue IS a good fit though.

A single level of Cleric gives you Bless on all your attacks to help counter balance the -5/+10


I actually like the Gloom Stalker's level 11 feature and it fits well with Skulker, but there is no doubt that it's inferior to the Fighter's 11th level 3rd attack.

[follacchioso]

One War Cleric level gives you a BA attack that you can use a couple of times per rest. An extra level gets you Guided Strike, a +10 to a roll to use when your sharpshooter shot fails.

Twilight Cleric instead gives you excellent Darkvision and advantage to Initiative, both great for a Gloomstalker.

[5eNeedsDarksun]

I played Gloom 9 then took the rest of the levels in Battlemaster and Rogue. That was pre-Tashas though, and there are a few more Tier 3 options for rangers now, and I think a couple of 4th level spells that are OK.