Gundoggy

I've never completed the game and I'm going to give it a try again. I am very intrigued by the monk class and the retaliation mechanics. When I was younger I loved playing spell casters and micromanaging every spell in combat but the retaliation build seems to be more low maintenance so to speak. I have looked at these two builds and they seem similar. Is the Anvil Monk build a little more geared towards survivability while the Monksterlasher does a bit more damage? Any insight into the differences between these build would be appreciated.