Yeah...Both look awesome for both defensive and aggressive builds. But, I'm seeing Gerard becoming a new buddy-buddy creature given his passive. If I'm reading it correctly, he'll stack Piercing with each of the Gold Tokens he has on him, effective after just two Upkeeps and one Battle Fury he'll be dealing "True Damage" and completely ignoring all common types of creature armor in the game; the only exception being of course those creatures with Resilient.
Just as Borg said: Battle Fury, Whirling Strike, Defend are good incantations, not to mention Retaliate, to generate gold. Then you boost his survivability with Rhino Hide, and Bull Endurance. To finish his insanity off, throw on Bear Strength, Falcon Precision, Lion Savagery, Cobra Reflexes, Cheetah Speed, and Mongoose Agility because why not?
sooo many ways to break that passive! Though it all goes to hell if he's Force Crushed, or Essence Drain then Banished, or hell even hit with Purge Magick/Destory Magick or Arcane Corruption.