Post highlighting solutiuons

Hi
I am trying to make my custo theme, and looking for last post highlight, by searching I found two solutions, and would like to know which one is better. For both I am using them in the index file.

Solution A

<?php
while( have_posts() ): the_post();
if($i==0): $column_xs = 12; $column_sm = 12; $class = ' fz-recent-post';
elseif($i > 0 && $i <= 2): $column_xs = 12; $column_sm = 6; $class = ' fz-old-posts';
elseif($i > 2): $column = 4; $class = ' third-row-padding';
endif;
?>
	<div class="col-xs-<?php echo $column_xs; ?> col-sm-<?php echo $column_sm; echo $class; ?> extra-class">
	Post info (i.e. title, excerpt)
	</div>
<?php $i++; endwhile; ?>

Solution B

<?php
$args = array(
	'post_type' => 'post',
	'posts_per_page' => 1
);
$query = new WP_query ( $args );
if ( $query->have_posts() ) { 
while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
	<div class="row">
	Post info (i.e. title, excerpt)
	</div>
<?php endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

<?php
$args = array(
	'post_type' => 'post',
	'offset' => 1
);
$query = new WP_query ( $args );
if ( $query->have_posts() ) { 
while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
	<div class="row">
	Post info (i.e. title, excerpt)
	</div>
<?php endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata(); 
} ?>

Thank you