Broodmother
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Broodmother
18 + 2.9
18 + 3.4
18 + 2
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
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+63.8HP and +0.29HP regeneration |
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+0.57 armor and 3.4 attack speed +3.4 Main Attack Damage |
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+24MP and +0.1MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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125 (143)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.4 + 0.5
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0.6
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Goo
Gib Type | ||
2011-10-20
Released | ||
2004-09-18
(v5.62) | ||
Competitive Span
2011-10-27 — 2013-10-21 2014-11-20 — Present |
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| Hunts with her army of Spiderlings. | |
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| Inhabiting the lava tubes below the caldera of Mount Pyrotheos, Black Arachnia grew tired of recent adventurers stepping on her many offspring. And so, the Broodmother set out to rid the world of every potential intruder, one hero at a time. Warm bodies make ideal nurseries, a fact not lost on Black Arachnia as she injects her eggs into dying foes to Spawn Spiderlings. Across patches of land she Spin Webs of Silken Fiber, sheltering herself within to recuperate injuries or laying down Snares to catch her prey. Driven by an Insatiable Hunger, the Broodmother goes into a feeding frenzy, sucking the vital fluids from wandering heroes with each bite, replenishing herself for the next spawn cycle. | |
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| Roles: |  Carry  Pusher  Escape  Nuker |
| Adjectives | Female, Parent, Red Legs ( 8 ) |
Facets[edit]
Necrotic Webs
Applies health regeneration reduction to enemy units within the same Spin Web radius as Broodmother.
Feeding Frenzy
Insatiable Hunger now creates an aura that applies the buff to Broodmother and all Spiderlings within the radius.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Grants the Spinner's Snare ability.
Creates invisible web-snares next to any current webs that acts as a trap. The snares have an activation delay.
Creates invisible web-snares next to any current webs that acts as a trap. The snares have an activation delay.
Arachnia may globally weave a snare-web trap in the area-targeted location centered next an existing Spin Web radius.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Grants a flat base attack damage increment per second.
Increases duration.
Increases duration.
Talents[edit]
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| +30% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance | 25 | -0.25s Insatiable Hunger Base Attack Time |
| +35 Attack Speed | 20 | +12 Incapacitating Bite Attack Damage |
| +125 Spiderlings Health | 15 | -5s Spin Web Restore Time |
| +0.5% Spider's Milk Enemy Max Health as Heal | 10 | +80 Spawn Spiderlings Damage |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio[edit]
I've promised you to my children.▶️Black Arachnia, the Broodmother
Aliases:
Arachnia, BM
Lore:
For centuries, Black Arachnia the Broodmother lurked in the dark lava tubes beneath the smoldering caldera of Mount Pyrotheos, raising millions of spiderlings in safety before sending them to find prey in the wide world above. In a later age, the Vizier of Greed, Ptholopthales, erected his lodestone ziggurat on the slopes of the dead volcano, knowing that any looters who sought his magnetic wealth must survive the spider-haunted passages.
After millennia of maternal peace, Black Arachnia found herself beset by a steady trickle of furfeet and cutpurses, bold knights and noble youths--all of them delicious, certainly, and yet tending to create a less than nurturing environment for her innocent offspring. Tiring of the intrusions, she paid a visit to Ptholopthales; and when he proved unwilling to discuss a compromise, she wrapped the Vizier in silk and set him aside to be the centerpiece of a special birthday feast.
Unfortunately, the absence of the Magnetic Ziggurat's master merely emboldened a new generation of intruders. When one of her newborns was trodden underfoot by a clumsy adventurer, she reached the end of her silken rope. Broodmother headed for the surface, declaring her intent to rid the world of each and every possible invader, down to the last Hero if necessary, until she could ensure her nursery might once more be a safe and wholesome environment for her precious spiderspawn.
After millennia of maternal peace, Black Arachnia found herself beset by a steady trickle of furfeet and cutpurses, bold knights and noble youths--all of them delicious, certainly, and yet tending to create a less than nurturing environment for her innocent offspring. Tiring of the intrusions, she paid a visit to Ptholopthales; and when he proved unwilling to discuss a compromise, she wrapped the Vizier in silk and set him aside to be the centerpiece of a special birthday feast.
Unfortunately, the absence of the Magnetic Ziggurat's master merely emboldened a new generation of intruders. When one of her newborns was trodden underfoot by a clumsy adventurer, she reached the end of her silken rope. Broodmother headed for the surface, declaring her intent to rid the world of each and every possible invader, down to the last Hero if necessary, until she could ensure her nursery might once more be a safe and wholesome environment for her precious spiderspawn.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Spider's Milk[edit]
Spider's Milk 
Passive
Affects
Self / Spiders
Grants a lifesteal-based heal over time buff per enemy hero killed within the radius.
Radius: 
600
600 Enemy Max Health as Heal per Instance: 
4% (
4.5%)
4% ( 4.5%) Duration: 3
The lifesteal-based heal over time is less effective on creeps.
Creep Lifesteal Factor: 0.6
- Each stack places a new and stackable buff, with each buff duration independent of the other.
- Applies a 2% lifesteal-based heal in 0.5-second intervals.
- Affects the following units:
- Broodmother
- Broodmother's
player-controlled units. - Spiderlings
modifier_broodmother_spiders_milk
Hidden Modifier
Hero Model[edit]
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
innate abilities for more details.- All Spiderlings have the same
innate abilities as well.
Abilities[edit]
Insatiable Hunger[edit]
No / Aura
Affects
Self
Grants base attack damage bonus lifesteal.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.5
Base Attack Damage Factor: 1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7
Lifesteal: 40%/60%/80%/100%
40%/60%/80%/100% Duration: 8/10/12/14 ( 10/12/14/16)
10/12/14/16) Base Attack Damage Increase per Second: ( 4%)
4%) Base Attack Time Reduction: (
0.25)
0.25) Insatiable Hunger is less effective on creeps.
Creep Lifesteal Factor: 0.6
45/40/35/30
80
While most of her prey is wrapped in silken cocoons and saved for her young, the Broodmother herself has a taste for wandering heroes.
Feeding Frenzy
Insatiable Hunger now creates an aura that applies the buff to Broodmother and all Spiderlings within the radius.
Aura Radius: 800
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
800 Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
- All ability upgrades, including leveling up the ability, do not update the current buff instance.
- Grants the following bonuses upon cast:
- Flat
base attack damage bonus based on Broodmother's current base attack damage, values are periodically checked and the bonus values are updated immediately. - Grants additional flat base attack damage bonus, stacking additively in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after cast.
- Flat
- Stacks additively with other lifesteal sources.
- Cannot lifesteal off the following units:
Allied units.
Ward-type units.
- However, Insatiable Hunger can lifesteal off of ward-type units that do not require a fixed amount of attacks to be destroyed.
- Can only restore as much as the attacked enemy unit's max
health.
- Stack with other base attack time setting sources.
- However, it does not stack with other base attack time reduction sources.
- The Feeding Frenzy
aura does not affect the following units:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
modifier_broodmother_insatiable_hunger
Insatiable Hunger: Damage increased by x and lifestealing x%.
- Has a base attack time of 1.45 while active.
- Has a total bonus base attack damage factor of 1.76/1.94/2.12/2.3 at the 9/11/13/15th interval.
Spin Web[edit]
Area
Affects
Self / Spiders
Spins a large web that grants Broodmother a bonus movement speed and bonus health regeneration within its radius. Her webs do not expire until the max amount of webs are reached, destroying the oldest spun web.
The bonus movement speed granted is proprotional to the affected unit's current and max health.
The bonus movement speed granted is proprotional to the affected unit's current and max health.
Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0.4
Cast Range: 
1200
1200 Web Radius: 1200
1200 Max Webs: 3/5/7/9 ( 3.5/5.5/7.5/9.5)
3.5/5.5/7.5/9.5) Health Regen Bonus: 
2/5/8/11
2/5/8/11 Turn Rate Bonus: 0.2
Move Speed Bonus: 10%/22%/34%/46%
Aura Linger Duration: 0.2
Arachnia may globally weave a new web in the area-targeted location next to an existing web.
Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0.4
All Spin Web ability effects only apply to Broodmother's Spiderlings.
Neither affects other player-controlled units nor spiders from other sources.
Neither affects other player-controlled units nor spiders from other sources.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Arachnia may globally weave a snare-web trap in the area-targeted location centered next an existing Spin Web radius.
Arachnia may globally weave a snare-web trap in the area-targeted location centered next an existing Spin Web radius.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.5
27
4/6/8/10
0
40
This ability levels up with Destroy Spin Web.
Weaving a bed of silken fibers, Arachnia's web both protects her and her offspring, as well as giving advancing opponents a sense of foreboding.
Necrotic Webs
Applies health regeneration reduction to enemy units within the same Spin Web radius as Broodmother.
Health Regen Reduction: 10%/30%/50%/70%
10%/30%/50%/70% 
100
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The created webs are visible on the minimap for Broodmother and her ally heroes. They do not block neutral creep camps.
Only Broodmother can select these created webs.
Only Broodmother can select these created webs.
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Lvl
1
0
0%
0
This unit does not attack.
0
0 (x̄)
Allows Broodmother to destroy the selected Spin Web individually instead of having the oldest one destroyed.
This unit ignores collision size and may pass through other units.
This unit does not feel the effects from any damage sources.
It cannot be targeted by attacks or abilities and have its health bar temporarily hidden.
It cannot be targeted by attacks or abilities and have its health bar temporarily hidden.
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- Learning the ability grant 4 charges immediately.
- However, leveling it up further does not immediately grants the extra charges.
- Both
are applied by an aura.
- Affects the following units:
- Broodmother.
- Broodmother's Spiderlings.
- Grants the following bonuses to all affected units:
- Flat bonus
turn rate. 
Phase movement.
Unobstructed movement.
- Flat bonus
- Does not affect the following units:
- Hidden units.
- Invulnerable units.
- Units inside the enemy Fountain area.
- Affects the following units:
- Leveling up the ability immediately updates all ability effects.
All created Spin Webs immediately diasppear upon losing ability.
All created Spin Webs immediately diasppear upon losing ability.
modifier_broodmother_spin_web_webHidden modifier
modifier_broodmother_spin_web_invisible_applierHidden modifier
modifier_broodmother_spin_webSpin Web: Increasing health regen by x and movement speed by x%.
modifier_broodmother_spin_web_degenSpin Web: HP regen reduced by x% while in web.
- Has 0.8- turn rate.
- All affected Spiderlings now have 0.7-turn rate.
- Has 0.8-
Incapacitating Bite[edit]
E
P
Incapacitating Bite
Cripples with her attacks. Applies a movement speed slow and the affected units have a chance to miss their attacks.
Move Speed Slow: 20%/30%/40%/50%
Miss Chance: 15%/20%/25%/30%
Debuff Duration: 2
Grants magical attack damage bonus to Arachnia and her spiders' attacks on the affected enemy unit.
Attack Damage Bonus: 2/4/6/8 (
14/16/18/20)
14/16/18/20)Paralytic toxins come from Black Arachnia's fangs, causing a slow and painful death to those who intrude on her webs.
-
broodmother_incapacitating_bite_orb- Reapplying the debuff refreshes the duration and updates the ability values.
- The debuff applied from multiple attack sources fully stack and applies an independent debuff per attack source.
- Incapacitating Bite is a bonus
magical conditional attack damage source and has the following properties:
- The bonus attack damage values are directly added to the attacking unit's attack damage in the combat log and not displayed on the HUD.
- Does not interact with the following sources:
- Allied units.
Buildings- Ward-type units.
- Percentage-based
bonus attack damage sources.
- Interacts with the following sources:
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- Lifesteal sources.
Critical strike sources.
Cleave sources.
Damage block sources.
- Incapacitating Bite is a bonus
modifier_broodmother_incapacitating_biteHidden modifier
modifier_broodmother_incapacitating_bite_orb
Incapacitating Bite: Miss chance increased by x% and movement speed reduced by x%.
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- The ability effects are applied as follows:
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broodmother_incapacitating_bite_orb. - The unit's attack instance with the bonus conditional attack damage upon a successful attack instance.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
Spinner's Snare[edit]
Creates invisible web-snares next to any current webs that acts as a trap. The snares have an activation delay.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.5
Cast Range: 600
600 Max Snares: 5
Line Length: 900
900 Line Width: 50
Activation Delay: 2
Snare Duration: 
Enemy heroes crossing the web will spring the trap — rooting, exposing them in the Fog of War while dealing damage over time.
Damage per Second: 100
Move Speed Slow: 100%
Debuff Duration: 3
Effect Delay: 0.25
Root Duration: 2.75
Once the trap is sprung, multiple enemy heroes can still trip on the same snare for a short duration.
Broodmother's team is alerted via the minimap when an enemy hero procs the trap.
Broodmother's team is alerted via the minimap when an enemy hero procs the trap.
Snare Reveal Duration: 3
Arachnia may globally weave a snare-web trap in the area-targeted location centered next an existing Spin Web radius.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.5
Web Radius: 2000
30
2
0
100
The slightest tremor of her web is all Arachnia needs to find her prey.
- Acquiring
Aghanim's Scepter unlocks this ability in the fourth ability slot.
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- Cannot be cast within the area-of-effect of another snare.
- The vector must not overlap with another snare for the ability cast.
- Has the following activation sequence:
- Activation delay duration based on the snare source.
- Checks for enemy heroes in 0.1-second intervals within the area-of-effect.
- Considers
clones as heroes, 
illusions and 
creep-heroes as creeps. - The following units can activate the snare, but are not damaged:
- Invulnerable units.
Spell immune units.
- Considers
- The ability effects are applied as follows upon snare activation:
-
- All allied units get a ping on their minimap.
-
- The
broodmother_sticky_snare_root 
Exposes the affected unit, and grants 
True Sight over them.
- The expose duration is independent of the spell damage per second component.
- The
movement speed slow. 
+ 
- 0.25 seconds upon activation, applies the root for the debuff's remaining duration.
- Deals magical spell damage in 1-second intervals sourced to Broodmother, starting immediately as the root application, over 3 instances.
- The
The Expose component affects debuff immune enemy units.
However, they do not activate the snare.
Expose component affects debuff immune enemy units.However, they do not activate the snare.
Requires drafting Spawn Spiderlings to unlock this ability.
Spawn Spiderlings to unlock this ability. modifier_broodmother_sticky_snareOn hidden entity
modifier_invisibleOn hidden entity
modifier_phasedOn hidden entity
modifier_broodmother_sticky_snare_rootSpinner's Snare: Entangled in spider webs.
- The created snare (
npc_dota_thinker) is a unit with the following properties:- Has
permanent invisibility and phase movement. 
Unselectable- Neither grants
vision and are not visible through the 
Fog of War.
- Has
- Deals 300 spell damage (before reductions) over the entire duration.
Spawn Spiderlings[edit]
Broodmother injects her young into an enemy unit and dealing damage.
Upon the affected unit's death, her babies mature, hatching young Spiderlings to aid her in the battlefield.
Upon the affected unit's death, her babies mature, hatching young Spiderlings to aid her in the battlefield.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.5
Cast Range: 900
900 Damage: 220/320/420 (
300/400/500)
300/400/500) Move Speed Slow: 25%/35%/45%
Number of Spiderlings: 4/5/6
Spiderling Duration: 40
Multiple debuff instances on the affected enemy unit work independently of each other.
The ability no longer applies its ability effect on the affected enemy upon exceeding the max debuff stack.
The ability no longer applies its ability effect on the affected enemy upon exceeding the max debuff stack.
Max Stacks: 7
Debuff Duration: 20
All Spin Web ability effects only apply to Broodmother's Spiderlings.
Neither affects other player-controlled units nor spiders from other sources.
Neither affects other player-controlled units nor spiders from other sources.
9/8/7
100
Black Arachnia continues to raise her young, even amidst the field of combat. The brood quickly learns how to support their mother.
Spiderling (Summoned Creep)
300
-
Spiderlings are created upon the affected enemy unit's death.
0
25%
9
9 (x̄)
Spiderlings become more durable over the course of time.
Health Bonus: (
125)
125)
Imbues the Spiderling's attack with a movement speed slow debuff.
Move Speed Slow: 6%/8%/10%
Damage: 0
Duration: 2
The Spiderling lays eggs under the affected enemy's skin in wounds created by their bites.
In due course upon the affected enemy unit's death, more Spiderlings emerge!
In due course upon the affected enemy unit's death, more Spiderlings emerge!
This unit's attacks are less effective on Reinforced units.
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broodmother_spawn_spiderlings- Create Spiderlings correspondingly of the ability level upon the affected enemy unit's
death with the debuff applied. - Reapplying the debuff refreshes its duration.
- Create Spiderlings correspondingly of the ability level upon the affected enemy unit's
- The damage increasing talent immediately update all current
projectiles.
- Spiderlings are still created upon the affected enemy unit's death.
modifier_killHidden modifier
modifier_broodmother_spider_hpHidden modifier
modifier_broodmother_spawn_spiderlingsSpawn Spiderlings: If killed, will spawn a number of Spiderlings.
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- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
broodmother_spawn_spiderlings. - The magical spell damage.
- The
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Broodmother/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 - 13:30 EET | Tier 1 |  | PGL Wallachia S3 |      |  | 1 : 0 |   |      |
| Mar 09, 2025 - 10:00 EET | Tier 1 | | PGL Wallachia S3 |    |  | 0 : 1 |  |     |
| Mar 08, 2025 - 12:10 EET | Tier 1 | | PGL Wallachia S3 |   |  | 0 : 1 | |    |
| Mar 07, 2025 - 22:45 SAST | Tier 4 |  | SEL: Major 1 |     |  | 0 : 1 |  |     |
| Mar 07, 2025 - 14:00 CET | Tier 3 |   | EPL Season 24 |  |  | 0 : 1 |  |    |
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Reduced base attack damage from 29‒35 to 27‒33.
- Spin Web Necrotic Webs no longer affect the enemy's Fountain area.
- Broodmother no longer is a
Universal hero and has 
Agility as the primary attribute. - Increased base
strength and gain from 19 + 2.3 to 18 + 2.9. - Increased agility gain from 2.6 to 3.4.
- Increased
intelligence gain from 1.4 to 2. - U Increased base attack damage from 8‒14 to 29‒35.
- Rescaled Spin Web Necrotic Webs health regen reduction from 15%/20%/25%/30% to 10%/30%/50%/70%.
Talents:
- LVL 10 +2 max Spin Webs ➜ +0.5% Spider's Milk enemy max health as heal.
- LVL 25 -0.3s base attack time during Insatiable Hunger reduced to -0.25s.
- Spin Web
Necrotic Webs now applies the health regeneration reduction if Broodmother is within the same Spin Web as the enemy unit.
- Talents:
- LVL 10 +3 max Spin Webs reduced to +2.
- LVL 15 -7 Spin Web charge replenish time reduced to -5s.
- LVL 20 +10 Incapacitating Bite attack damage bonus increased to +12.
Dota Plus Progress[edit]
Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Broodmother's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
 Spiderling Hero Kills |
 Bronze |
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 Silver |
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 Gold |
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 Platinum |
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 Master |
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 Grandmaster |
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Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Legs | |
| Spiderling | |
| Taunt | |
Trivia[edit]
- In her DotA biography, Broodmother's Spiderlings originated from her relationship with Anub'arak, the Nerubian Assassin ( Nyx Assassin). In Dota 2, no relationship between the two heroes exists.
- Broodmother is sometimes called by her nickname, "Broodmama".
- ▶️ "Some pig." is a reference to the children's novel "Charlotte's Web".
- Broodmother's name, Black Arachnia, resembles the name of the character Blackarachnia from the Transformers franchise.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Broodmother's hero concept is inspired by the Brood Mothers, a big neutral unit.
- Broodmother uses the model of the Black Spiders, a medium neutral creep.
- Insatiable Hunger's original iteration is based on Vampiric Potion.
- Incapacitating Bite's original iteration is based on Orb of Slow, with the Slow replaced by Curse.
- Spawn Spiderlings's original iteration is identical to the Naga Siren's Parasite, with the spawned unit changed to Spiderlings.
- Spiderlings and Spiderites use the model of the Forest Spiders, a small neutral unit.
- Poison Sting's original iteration is identical to Spiders' Poison Sting.
- Spawn Spiderite is based on the Orb of Darkness, with the spawned unit changed to Spiderites.
- Broodmother's hero concept is inspired by the Brood Mothers, a big neutral unit.
Gallery[edit]
Splash artwork
Old model and icon
Broodmother's ability icon progress
Spiderling's ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
