Broodmother

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[e][h]Broodmother

Dire Hero

Attributes

18 +2.8

19 +3.4

18 +2

29 - 35

0

280

Base Stats

Health Regen

0.25

Mana Regen

0

Magic Resistance

25%

Attack Speed

125

Attack Time

1.7

Attack Duration

0.4 + 0.5

Attack Range

150

Missile Speed

Instant

Turn Rate

0.5

Sight Range

1800 / 800

Level Changes

Level

1

15

25

Health

524

1226

1730

Mana

291

627

867

Armor

3.8

13.3

20.1

Damage

48-54

95-101

129-135

Most Played As

LessMore

Role

1

2

3

4

5

Notes

Collision Size

24

Legs

8

Black Arachnia, the Broodmother

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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.

Hiding invisibly within her webs, Broodmother births an army of spiders to lead her team's forces toward the enemy base. As prey wanders near, she joins her children and attacks, slowing foes with incapacitating bites as she indulges her insatiable hunger.

Abilities

Insatiable Hunger

QW

Targeting
No Target

Affects
Self

A violent lust for vital fluids increases Broodmother's attack damage and gives her a vampiric attack.

Bonus Damage	35/45/55/65 85/95/105/115 25

Lifesteal	40%/60%/80%/100% 90%/110%/130%/150% 25

Duration	8/10/12/14

Cast Point	0.2

Cast Backswing	0.5

40/35/30/25

50/60/70/80

While most of her prey is wrapped in silken cocoons and saved for her young, the Broodmother herself has a taste for wandering heroes.

Notes

• Stacks with other sources of lifesteal.

Spin Web

WB

Targeting
Point Target

Affects
Self

Spins a large web that grants Broodmother a passive movement speed increase, and boosts regeneration while in its vicinity, as well as giving free movement. Spin Web can be cast from anywhere as long as the new web touches an existing web. Webs never expire, and can be manually destroyed. When the maximum limit of webs is exceeded, the oldest web disappears. The movement bonus is proportional to the unit's HP

Bonus Movement Speed	18%/30%/42%/54%

Bonus HP Regeneration	3/5/7/9

Max Web	4/6/8/10

Web Charges	4/6/8/10

Charge Replenish Time	30 20 15

Web Radius	900

Cast Range	1000 Global if web touches another web

Cast Point	0.4

Cast Backswing	0.4

50

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.

Notes

• Webs never expire, but when the maximum limit of webs is exceeded the oldest web disappears.
• Broodmother can phase through cliffs, trees, and even buildings within the web
• Movement speed bonus scale from 0% at 1HP -> 100% at 100% Health
• Spiderlings and Spiderites gain the same bonuses as Broodmother when within webs.
• Webs can be selected and have the ability to destroy themselves with  Destroy Spin Web.

Silken Bola

EE

Targeting
Unit Target

Point Target

Affects
Enemy

Damage Type
Magical

Slows the target enemy, causes them to miss and deals impact damage. Units that attack the target deal bonus magic damage.

Damage	100/120/140/160

Bonus Damage	6/7/8/9

Miss Chnace	40% 80%

Cast Range	750

Cast Point	0.4

Cast Backswing	0.4

Radius	550

24/20/16/12

70/75/80/85

	This ability is upgradable by Aghanim's Shard
	Does not pierce Spell Immunity.
	Dispellable.

Spawn Spiderlings

RT

Targeting
Unit Target

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage Type
Magical

Broodmother injects her young into an enemy unit, dealing damage. The Spiderlings will hatch if the target is killed while under this influence.

Damage	260/340/420 340/420/500 10

Debuff Duration	20

Spiderlings Spawned	4/5/6

Spiderlings Duration	60

Cast Range	900

Cast Point	0.2

Cast Backswing	0.5

9/8/7

120

	Does not pierce Spell Immunity.
	Blocked by Linken's Sphere and echoed by Lotus Orb.
	Dispellable.

Black Arachnia continues to raise her young, even amidst the field of combat. The brood quickly learns how to support their mother.

Notes

• Spiderlings will only spawn if the target is killed within the debuff duration of being hit by this skill.
•  Spawn Spiderite will create smaller and less powerful versions of Spiderlings when units get killed by Spiderlings.

Aghanim's Scepter Ability

Spinner's Snare

Targeting
Point Target

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage Type
Magical

Broodmother creates an invisible web line. Enemy Heroes that cross the web line will make it visible and become rooted, visible in fog and receive damage, after which the line is destroyed.

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Broodmother's team is notified in the minimap whenever someone trips in a Web line.

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Multiple Heroes can trip on the same line until it's destroyed.

Cast Range	600

Web Width	900

Damage Per Second	100

Root Duration	4

Max Snare Amount	5

Slow	100%

Slow Duration	0.25

Formation Delay	2

100

	This spell is granted directly by the scepter.
	Does not pierce Spell Immunity.

The slightest tremor of her web is all Arachnia needs to find her prey.

Talent Tree

Talent Tree
+350  Spiders Health	25	+50  Insatiable Hunger Damage/Lifesteal
+400 Health	20	+50%  Spiders Attack Damage to Buildings
+30 Attack Speed	15	-10s  Spin Web Recharge time
+10 Agility	10	+80  Spawn Spiderlings Damage

Summon Abilities

Spin Web

Destroy Spin Web

QD

Targeting
No Target

Affects
Web

Destroys the selected Spin Web.

Cast Point	0

Spiderling

Poison Sting

Targeting
Passive

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage Type
Magical

Poisons enemies on attack. Multiple instances of this ability do not stack and will only refresh the duration.

Damage Per Second	8

Movement Speed Slow	8%

Hero Duration	2

Creep Duration	6

	Does not pierce Spell Immunity.
	Dispellable.

Notes

• Total damage:
  • 16 to heroes
  • 48 to creeps

Spawn Spiderite

Targeting
Passive

Affects
Enemy Units

Applies debuff on attack. If the debuffed unit dies, a spiderite will spawn.

Spiderite Duration	60

Debuff Duration	2

Spiderites Spawned	1

	Does not pierce Spell Immunity.
	Dispellable.

Notes

• Works on allied creeps and units when denying.

Summon Stats

Spiderling [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Summoned

Attack Type

 

Hero

Armor Type

 

Basic

Duration

60

Health

320
670

25

Health Regen

0.5

Mana

0

Damage

14-16

Attack Range

100

Missile Speed

Instant

Attack Duration

0.5 + 0.3

Cast Duration

0.5 + 0.51

Base Attack Time

1.35

Armor

0

Movement Speed

350

Sight Range

700 / 700

Magic Resistance

25%

Turn Rate

0.5

Gold Bounty

9

Experience

9

Notes

Has the Poison Sting and Spawn Spiderite abilities.

Spiderite [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Summoned

Attack Type

 

Basic

Armor Type

 

Basic

Duration

60

Health

120
470

25

Health Regen

0.5

Mana

0

Damage

9-10

Attack Range

100

Missile Speed

Instant

Attack Duration

0.5 + 0.3

Cast Duration

0.5 + 0.51

Base Attack Time

1.35

Armor

0

Movement Speed

350

Sight Range

700 / 700

Magic Resistance

25%

Turn Rate

0.5

Gold Bounty

3

Experience

3

Notes

Spawned from units killed by the Spawn Spiderite debuff.

Version History

Version	Balance Changes
7.30e
	Base movement speed increased from 275 to 280 Spin Web charge replenish time reduced from 40 to 30 Level 15 Talent reduced from -15s Spin Web Recharge Time to -10s
7.30d
	Spin Web Charges increased from 3/5/7/9 to 4/6/8/10 Spawn Spiderlings damage increased from 240/320/400 to 260/340/420
7.30c
	Spin Web movement speed bonus rescaled from 0% at 20%HP -> 100% at 100% Health to 0% at 1HP -> 100% at 100% Health Silken Bola bonus attack damage increased from 5/6/7/8 to 6/7/8/9
7.30b
	Agility growth increased from 3 to 3.4 Insatiable Hunger damage increased from 35/40/45/50 to 35/45/55/65
7.30
	Spin Web now grants Broodmother and her spiderlings movement speed based on the health of the unit. (Grants the full amount at 100% health and 0% when the unit is at 20% health or less) Spawn Spiderlings mana cost increased from 100 to 120 Spawn Spiderlings damage reduced from 300/370/440 to 240/320/400 Reworked Scepter. Vector Targeted. Broodmother creates a 900 width invisible web line that takes 2 seconds to form. Enemy Heroes that cross the web line will make it visible and become rooted after 0.25s of 100% slow. They will also be visible in fog and receive 100dps for 4 seconds. Broodmother's team is notified in the Minimap whenever someone trips in a Web line. Multiple Heroes can trip on the same line until the duration expires, but illusions don't trigger it. Maximum of 5 Snares can be active and Snares can't be cast overlapping another. 2 Charges: Mana Cost: 100. Cooldown: 20s. Cast Range: 600 Level 20 Talent +15 Spider Attack Damage replaced with +50% Spiders Damage to buildings
7.29d
	Spin Web Aghanim's Shard no longer reduces web charge time Insatiable Hunger Lifesteal reduced from 70%/80%/90%/100% to 40%/60%/80%/100% Level 15 talent changed from 15% Cooldown Reduction to -15s Web Recharge time Level 20 talent reduced from +18 spider damage to +15
7.29c
	Spin Web scepter no longer unlocks maximum movement speed
7.29b
	Spawn Spiderlings count increased from 3/4/5 to 4/5/6 Insatiable Hunger lifesteal no longer works when attacking allies
7.29
	Agility increased by 4 Incapacitating Bite has been removed. Spawn Spiderling debuff duration increased from 5 to 20 Spawn Spiderling debuff stacks (multiple instances of spiders will come out) Reworked Shard. Now causes Silken Bola to be a 550 AoE spell and increases the miss rate to 80% Spin Web count/charges increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/5/7/9 Spin Web movement speed reduced from 25/35/45/55 to 18/30/42/54% Spin Web replenish time improved from 45 to 40 Insatiable Hunger is now a basic ability. Insatiable Hunger manacost reduced from 100 to 50/60/70/80 Insatiable Hunger damage reduced from 60/100/140 to 35/40/45/50 Insatiable Hunger lifesteal rescaled from 60/100/140 to 70/80/90/100% Insatiable Hunger cooldown reduced from 45 to 40/35/30/25 Insatiable Hunger duration reduced from 14 to 8/10/12/14 Spawn Spiderlings is now an ultimate ability Spawn Spiderlings cooldown rescaled from 11/10/9/8 to 9/8/7 Spawn Spiderlings damage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 300/370/440 Spawn Spiderlings spawn count rescaled from 1/2/3/4 to 3/4/5 Spawn Spiderlings cast range increased from 700 to 900 Silken Bola is now a basic ability and no longer roots Silken Bola slows enemies by 25/35/45/55% for 6 seconds Silken Bola now causes the enemy to miss 40% of attacks Silken Bola deals 100/120/140/160 impact damage Silken Bola causes attacks on the target to deal +5/6/7/8 magical damage per hit Silken Bola costs 70/75/80/85 mana and has 24/20/16/12 cooldown Silken Bola cast range is 750
7.28b
	Silken Bola shard root duration increased from 2 to 2.5
7.28a
	Silken Bola shard now deals 75 dps
7.28
	Agility gain reduced from 3.2 to 3.0 Added Aghanim's Shard Grants Silken Bola Consumes 1 Spin Web charge and roots the target enemy for 2 seconds. Cast Range: 900. Cooldown: 12. Manacost: 50.
7.27d
	pin Web movement speed rescaled from 20/35/50/65% to 25/35/45/55% Spin Web scepter movement speed rescaled from 30/50/70/90% to 35/50/65/80%
7.27c
	Spawn Spiderlings Spiderite magic resistance reduced from 40% to 25% Spawn Spiderlings Spiderite health increased from 100 to 120 Level 10 Talent changed from +100 Spawn Spiderlings Damage to +80 Level 20 Talent reduced from +25 Spiders Attack Damage to +18
7.27b
	Agility gain increased from 2.8 to 3.2 Incapacitating Bite slow increased from 16/26/36/46% to 20/30/40/50% Spawn Spiderlings health increased from 280 to 320 Spawn Spiderlings magic resistance reduced from 40% to 25%
7.26c
	Level 10 Talent changed from +200 Health to +10 Agility Level 15 Talent changed from +15 Agility to +30 Attack Speed Level 20 Talent changed from +40 Attack Speed to +400 Health
7.26b
	All talents are now about 20% weaker
7.25
	Level 10 Talent increased from +200 Health to +250
7.22g
	Spin Web scepter upgrade reduced from +12 Charges to +10 Spin Web scepter upgrade reduced from +30% Movement Speed to +20%
7.22
	Base attack speed increased from 100 to 125 Added Scepter upgrade: Increases Spin Web max charges +12 Increases movement speed bonus by +30% and removes the movement speed limit
7.21d
	Base damage increased from 26-32 to 29-35
7.21c
	Agility gain increased from 2.5 to 2.8 Level 15 Talent increased from +15 Agility to +20
7.21
	Level 10 Talent increased from +75 Spawn Spiderlings Damage to +125 Level 15 Talent changed from +35% XP Gain to +15 Agility Level 20 Talent increased from +20 Spiders Attack Damage to +30 Level 25 Talent increased from +350 Spiders Health to +45
7.20
	Spiderling/Spiderite magic resistance reduced from 50% to 40%
7.19b
	Base agility reduced from 18 to 15
7.19
	Spin Web movement speed reduced from 40/50/60/70% to 25/40/55/70% Spin Web charge replenish rate increased from 40 to 45 seconds
7.16
	Spiderlings health increased from 250 to 280
7.14
	Spiderite bounty reduced from 16-21 gold and 20 exp to 3 gold and 3 xp Spiderling bounty reduced from 11-13 gold and 31 exp to 9 gold and 9 xp Spiderite armor reduced from 8 to 0 Spiderling armor reduced from 8 to 0 Spiderling damage reduced from 18-19 to 14-16 (~19% less) Spawn Spiderlings mana cost reduced from 120 to 100 Spawn Spiderlings cooldown reduced from 10 to 11/10/9/8
7.07d
	Spiders vision reduced from 1100/800 to 700/700
7.07c
	Level 10 Talent increased from +60 Spawn Spiderling Damage to +75 Level 20 Talent reduced from +60 Attack Speed to +50 Level 25 Talent reduced from +75 Insatiable Hunger Damage/Lifesteal to +60
7.07
	Spin Web no longer grants invisibility Spin Web pathing/speed buff is no longer removed when taking damage Movement speed reduced from 290 to 270 Spiderling HP reduced from 450 to 250 Spiderite HP reduced from 175 to 100 Spiders now have 50% magic resistance Spiders armor increased by 8 Spiders HP regen increased from 0.5 to 2 Spin Web charges increased from 1/2/3/4 to 2/4/6/8 (matches amount you can place) Reworked Talent Tree
7.06e
	Level 20 Talent from +12 Spiders Attack Damage to +14
7.06b
	Spin Web HP Regeneration increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/5/7/9
7.05
	Incapacitating Bite slow increased from 14/24/34/44% to 16/26/36/46% Level 15 Talent increased from +325 Health to +350 Level 25 Talent increased from +200 Spiders Health to +225
7.04
	Insatiable Hunger lifesteal increased from 60/90/120% to 60/100/140% Insatiable Hunger damage increased from 60/90/120 to 60/100/140
7.03
	Level 15 Talent increased from +250 Health to +325 Level 20 Talent increased from +50 Attack Speed to +70 Level 20 Talent increased from +8 Spiders Attack Damage to +12
7.02
	Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +25% Level 10 Talent from +10 Agility to +60 Spawn Spiderling Damage Level 15 Talent from +7 Armor to +250 Health Level 20 Talent from +300 Health to +8 Spiders Attack Damage
7.01
	Incapacitating Bite slow increased from 10/20/30/40 to 14/24/34/44%
7.00
	Insatiable Hunger lifesteal rescaled from 60/80/100 to 60/90/120 Insatiable Hunger is no longer dispellable Added Talent Tree
6.86
	Spawn Spiderlings damage reduced from 75/150/225/300 to 70/140/210/280
6.85b
	Spiderlings Poison Sting slow reduced from 12% to 8%
6.84c
	Spiderlings Poison Sting slow reduced from 15% to 12%
6.84
	Incapacitating Bite is no longer a Unique Attack Attack Modifier Insatiable Hunger attack damage from 60/80/100 to 60/90/120
6.83
	Spiderlings' day vision reduced from 1400 to 1100
6.82
	Spin Web now has 1/2/3/4 charges with a 40 second replenish time (Instead of a 30 second cooldown) Spin Web time to enter hidden mode after taking damage increased from 3 to 6 seconds Spin Web movement speed bonus is doubled whenever Broodmother is in hidden mode (Having not taken damage recently) Spin Web phasing and speed bonuses now work on Spiderlings Spin Webs are now selectable and have an ability to destroy themselves Spin Web can now be cast from anywhere as long as the new web touches another Whenever Broodmother is taken out of Spin Web's free pathing, she destroys nearby trees
6.81
	Spiderling's Poison Sting damage per second increased from 4 to 8 Spin Web's free pathing no longer deactivates when enemy has vision on Broodmother Spin Web's free pathing is now disabled for 3 seconds when Broodmother takes damage Insatiable Hunger lifesteal increased from 40/60/80% to 60/80/100%
6.80
	Can no longer leave the map boundaries Spin Web no longer provides 200 vision Free pathing is now removed when enemies have vision over you (If the enemy has vision over you, you will not be able to run into the trees)
6.79
	Spin Web AoE increased from 650 to 900 Spin Web cast range increased from 600 to 1000 Spin Web cast point nerfed from 0.2 to 0.4 Spin Web no longer destroys trees Broodmother now has completely unobstructed movement when under the web (Can walk over cliffs, trees, etc.) Removed buffer time when leaving Spin Web (You now immediately lose your regen/movement/pathing/invis bonuses)
6.78
	Incapacitating Bite miss chance from 10/20/30/40% to 30/40/50/60% Spawn Spiderlings unit count increased from 1/2/3/3 to 1/2/3/4
6.75
	Spawn Spider's Spiderite bounty increased from 11-13 to 16-21 Incapacitating Bite no longer gives 2/4/6/8 bonus damage Incapacitating Bite miss rate increased from 10/15/20/25 to 10/20/30/40
6.72c
	Spin Web cooldown reduced from 90/70/50/30 to 30 Spin Web AoE increased from 500 to 650 Spin Web movement bonus increased from 20/23/26/29% to 20/25/30/35% Spiderlings & Spiderites are now affected by Spin Web Spiderlings now do more damage to heroes (75%➜100%) and less damage to towers (70%➜40%) Base movement speed reduced from 310 to 295 Spawn Spiderlings spawn count decreased from 1/2/3/4 to 1/2/3/3 Spawn Spiderlings mana cost rebalanced from 80/100/120/140 to 120 Spiderlings & Spiderites they now take more damage from towers (50%➜125%) Spiderlings Model size increase slightly
6.71
	Base movement speed reduced from 315 to 310 Spawn Spiderlings mana cost increased from 75/90/105/120 to 80/100/120/140 Spawn Spiderlings buff duration increased from 0.9 seconds to 2s
6.69
	Increased XP given for killing Broodmother's Spiderlings
6.68
	Armor decreased by 2
6.63
	Insatiable Hunger lifesteal increased from 40/55/70% to 40/60/80% Insatiable Hunger duration increased from 12 to 14 seconds
6.60
	Spiderling armor type from medium to normal Now takes more damage from tier 1 towers (50%➜100%)
6.55
	Rebalanced Insatiable Hunger Reduced vision AoE on Spin Webs and tweaked cooldown and mana cost progression
6.52
	Increased level 3 Insatiable Hunger cooldown
6.50
	Improved lifesteal on level 2 and 3 Insatiable Hunger Improved cooldown progression on Insatiable Hunger Added some extra movement bonus on higher level Spin Web Removed true sight from Spin Web
6.49
	Improved cast and attack animation time on Broodmother

Removed Abilities

Incapacitating Bite

EP

Targeting
Passive

Affects
Enemy Units

Broodmother's venom cripples enemy units, causing her attacks to slow as well as giving the affected unit a chance to miss its attacks.

Enemy Miss Chance	30%/40%/50%/60%

Movement Speed Slow	20%/30%/40%/50%

Duration	2

	Does not pierce Spell Immunity.
	Dispellable.
	Disabled by break.
	Illusions gain this ability.

Paralytic toxins come from Black Arachnia's fangs, causing a slow and painful death to those who intrude on her webs.

Notes

• Removed in patch 7.29, replaced with Silken Bola

Notable Players

MATUMBAMAN

Ghostik

monkeys-forever

Enryu

Echo

See also

• Slow
• Blind
• Lifesteal
• Invisibility

External links

Guides

• Standard Broodmother (Lane) Build
• DotaFire's Builds & Guides for Broodmother