# Plague Rat question **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 12, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/plague-rat-question/68989 "2021-03-12T13:44:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cue1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cue1st](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cue1st)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/plague-rat-question/68989/1 "2021-03-12T13:44:41Z")
Can I use Plague Rat on my Shield of Urskaya team? Shield (Sentinel) Rowanne Harpy Mage Leprechaun Would it work to replace Harpy Mage or Leprechaun? Thinking about feeding Shield faster. ---
**Author:** ![Snooj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/snooj/32/65852_2.png) [@Snooj](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Snooj)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/plague-rat-question/68989/2 "2021-03-12T13:57:26Z")
Sure. Useful if you’re dealing with colour restrictions. Leprechaun is nice because hes empowered. That gives a nice fast start. But, if you’re doing a really long fight, he becomes less useful. Harpy Mage is nice because she creates a duststorm. Both Plague Rat and Leprechaun use green, and sharing the same color may slow things down. If this is for explore, I would think Leprechaun and Harpy Mage are faster. But, you could always time it and find out ---
**Author:** ![Cue1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cue1st](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cue1st)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/plague-rat-question/68989/3 "2021-03-12T14:15:39Z")
Thanks; I subbed out Harpy Mage with the Rat. Works really well! I have no one using Yellow on the team, but have no banner that is +2 Green, with -1 for Yellow. So I am using Dark Elven (Green/Purple)