4 out of 5 stars

While the title of this article suggests that it presents a new Barbarian build, it doesn’t go the whole way in delivering on that promise.  There’s a reasonable suite of powers (1 at-will, 5 encounter, 2 daily, and 1 utility) and a few feats (3 heroic) which support the use of reach weapons by a barbarian, but there’s no paragon path or Feral Might option.  As a result, this is really a complementary focus for your barbarian, not a whole new one.

That said, however, the stuff presented contain a whole lot of interesting options, especially if you like a little controller element in your barbarian.  Indeed, these options hint at what a martial controller might look like (much as the Seeker did).  It’s just too bad that this is for a primal class (again, like the Seeker).