Deadza wrote:
Plague Marines should always take 2 special weapons or they are really bad for the points. Terrible even.

Helbrutes should be kept cheap as possible since they are so random. Think of it this way. You have to roll for reserves. You have to roll for Deepstrike: hope they dont die. Roll for crazed every turn: hope it works out. Every time they take a pen: hope the enemy roll doesnt intsant kill them.
That said the basic Melta/Fist setup seems great and just add on a Heavy Flamer or Combi-bolter. This is as much to add some extra punch as to protect the Melta & Fist from being blown off on a pen. Its a solid looking formation though, and looks worth using.

Typhus probably isnt great, but I dont know personally. I havent used him yet because he seems 50-70pts over priced in a game dominated by the shooting phase. He is really darn cool though. However if you are going to use him make sure you build in a way to guarantee he gets into assault range asap or at least pretty safe. The only real options though are the sort of over-priced Landraider or a massive horde of Zombies to join, but make sure to abandon them when you dont want to use average toughness of 3 on Typhus.

One thing though, can Typhus mix with the Helbrute + Cultist formation? If so that could be pretty potent in adding some bite to Zombies. Though again I dont know.