mephiston

We've probably heard this before... but it was new news for me. I'm a deathguard player by trade and i just finished playing a game agains some blood angels player running Mephiston as his HQ... and i mean. I have to ask. What were the R&D team thinking!? The game resulted as a draw so...

Nurgle's Plague Platoon HQ: Daemon Prince MoN Wings Warptime Troops: 8 Plague Marines 2 Meltas, Fistchamp, Rhino 8 Plague Marines 2 Meltas, Fistchamp, Rhino 8 Plague Marines 2 Meltas Heavy Support: Defiler 2xDCCW Defiler 2xDCCW 3 Obliterators Mephiston's Own Blood Angels: HQ: Mephiston Elites...

What does everyone think of Mephiston lord of death - is he worth the points in a 1000 point match and because he's not an independent character, can i join an intendant character to him, such as a sanguinary priest or something?

From anyone that takes Mephiston in their Blood Angels lists, what do you do with him? Do you put him into an assault squad and hope he passes his psychic test every turn for Wings of Sanguinius? Do you put him into a tactical squad in a Rhino? I really want to take him in one of my lists, he...