User blog comment:Jackofalltrades9X/Enemies of the Holy War/@comment-124.83.31.223-20150916141956/@comment-4784862-20150918164411

Well, Yuusha and Eiyuu have both been used to mean "Hero" in the past (in other series). I know this for a fact.

I realize that Hero can technically be translated to "Brave Man" and "Man of Valor" aside from Hero...but looking at their translation they can both mean Hero. However, Eiyuu can also mean "Great Person" aside from simply "Hero/Heroine".

When I decided on those names, I actually consulted with my native speaking friend about them...and he said that 勇者 (Yuusha) is not necessarily someone who has achieved deeds, unlike 英雄 (Eiyuu). Since I knew for a fact that they could both be used for "Hero"...and Eiyuu is..."more powerful" than Yuusha in connotation...that's why I went with Hero and Great Hero for them.

Also, he mentioned that 英勇 (the one TL'd as Legendary Hero) appears to be a made up word by the author...and it's basically taking a kanji from both of them. That, coupled with the fact that Day 170 says that it has the traits of both of them and is a really rare and special job, is what led to me naming it "Legendary Hero"

Anyway, the fact that this Great Hero is "weaker" than the Hero doesn't necessarily mean that the one Job is specifically weaker/stronger than the other. It likely depends on WHAT TYPE they are, etc. I mean, look at the Water Hero, Rock Hero, and Dark Hero for example. The Water Hero excels at AOE attacks to cause wide scale damage, the Rock Hero excels at defense and smaller scale combat in general, and the Dark Hero excels at spying, assassination, and other things that have to do with the shadows.

This Great Hero could specialize in magic, surveillance, spying. It could be any number of things that are unrelated to combat (just like Dark Hero).

【英雄】の一角とはいえ肉体を使った戦闘能力は低く、今年で齢八十を迎えた老人であるイムルスカ猊下の貧弱な肉体では、聖木製の円卓を叩いても歪ませる事すらできない.

I think this might actually be talking about THIS SPECIFIC PERSON, tbh...and not Great Heroes as a whole. It's mentioned that they're approaching 80 years old, after all. It says something like "the combat ability of their body is low/going down although they're a superior Great Hero". Basically, it's either saying that their combat ability was low so their skills were specialized elsewhere...or (and this is more likely given the rest of the sentence)...that their combat abilities were decreasing because they were approaching 80 years old that year, so they weren't/shouldn't be able to damage the table.

This appears to be what's most likely being said, since  低く  is used instead of just using  低  instead. The former means "lowering/bringing down" i.e. decreasing...and the latter means low/short/deep (voice)/etc. ^^