Broodmother Counters

Items

• Blade Mail is ineffective because Broodmother will recover most of the reflected damage with Insatiable Hunger.

Info

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Lore   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Black Arachnia, the Broodmother For centuries, Black Arachnia the

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Bad against...

Axe   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Axe 25 + 2.8 20 + 2.2 18 +

• Berserker`s Call forces Broodmother to reveal herself, and can be used to clean up spiderlings.

Alchemist   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Alchemist 25 + 2.1 11 + 1.2 25 +

• Greevil`s Greed can rack up huge amounts of gold from spiderlings.

Bristleback   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Bristleback 22 + 2.2 17 + 1.8 14 + 2.8 Level Base

• Quill Spray kills spiderlings very quickly.

Bounty Hunter "Bounty" redirects here. For the reward earned from last-hits, see Gold.   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs

• Track keeps Broodmother visible to her enemies.

Dark Seer   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Dark Seer 22 + 2.6 12 + 1.2 23 + 2.7 Level

• Ion Shell zones out Broodmother in the lanining phase, and can kill her spiderlings if used on one spiderling in a group.
• Vacuum can pull Broodmother out of the treeline.

Earthshaker   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Earthshaker 22 + 3.2 12 + 1.4 16 +

• Echo Slam will kill all of Broodmother`s spiderlings, and deal tremendous damage as a result.
• Fissure can find Broodmother when she retreats to the treeline.

Ember Spirit   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Ember Spirit 19 + 2.1 22 + 1.8 20

• All of Ember Spirit`s abilities will clean up spiderlings quickly, and can catch Broodmother in the trees.

Legion Commander   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Legion Commander 26 + 2.9 18 + 1.7 20 + 2.2 Level

• Overwhelming Odds gains a large damage bonus when it strikes many spiderlings.

Meepo   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Meepo 23 + 1.6 23 + 2.2 20 +

• Earthbind easily catches spiderlings, and Poof destroys them.
• Broodmother`s Orchid Malevolence   Item   Changelogs     Orchid MalevolenceB A garnet rod constructed from the essence of a fire demon. Cost4075 (775) Bought FromCaster Active Soul Burn Bonus +25 Intelligence+30 Attack speed+150% Mana regeneration+30 Attack damage will rarely kill Meepo, as he can simply cycle low health clones away.

Shadow Fiend   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Shadow Fiend 15 + 2.3 20 + 2.9 18 + 2 Level

• Shadow Fiend`s Shadow Blade For the cosmetic item equipped by Kunkka, see Kunkka s Shadow Blade.   Item   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Shadow BladeB The blade of a fallen king, it allows you to move unseen and allows him to sneak up on Broodmother, and use Requiem of Souls while she is pushing lanes.
• Shadow Fiend`s Black King Bar   Item   Changelogs     Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe and Manta Style   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Manta Style An axe made of reflective materials that causes confusion amongst enemy ranks. Cost5000 (900) Bought FromArmor Active Mirror Image Bonus +10 Strength+26 Agility+10 Intelligence+15 will purge the silence from Broodmother`s Orchid Malevolence   Item   Changelogs     Orchid MalevolenceB A garnet rod constructed from the essence of a fire demon. Cost4075 (775) Bought FromCaster Active Soul Burn Bonus +25 Intelligence+30 Attack speed+150% Mana regeneration+30 Attack damage .
• Spiderlings are good source of souls for Necromastery.
• Shadowraze clears our spiderlings very quickly.

Storm Spirit   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Storm Spirit 19 + 1.8 22 + 1.8 24 + 3 Level

• Ball Lightning and Electric Vortex will catch Broodmother before she has a chance to retreat.

Sven   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Sven 23 + 3 21 + 2 16 +

• Great Cleave cleans up Spiderlings very quickly.

Timbersaw   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Timbersaw 21 + 2.1 16 + 1.3 21 + 2.4 Level Base

• Timbersaw`s abilities destroys the trees that Broodmother hides in, and his AoE abilities make short work of her spiderlings.
• Insatiable Hunger steals little damage from Reactive Armor.
• Timber Chain`s high mobility makes Incapacitating Bite`s slow irrelevant.

Others

• Support heroes with low mobility can be slowed further by Incapacitating Bite, and swarmed by spiderlings for an easy kill: Shadow Shaman, Visage, Dazzle, Rubick, Lich

Good against...

• Ancient Apparitions has no means to escape from spiderlings.
• Broodmother`s move speed from Spin Web makes Ancient Apparition`s abilities hard to hit, and the high regeneration make them not even worth the effort without killing Broodmother.
• She can also force Ancient Apparition to waste his abilities by running him down, then backing off.
• Incapacitating Bite makes attacks from Chilling Touch miss.

• Chen`s low mobility and lack of AoE abilities makes him an easy target for Broodmother and her spiderlings.
• Broodmother can easily pick off Chen`s creeps with Spawn Spiderlings, and by ambushing them through terrain in her web.

• Drow Ranger`s lack of mobility makes her easy prey for Broodmother and her spiderlings.

• Enchantress` lack of AoE abilities allows Broodmother to swarm her with spiderlings.
• Spawn Spiderlings can kill enchanted creeps.

• Sprout cannot protect Nature`s Prophet if Broodmother puts down a web.
• Nature`s Prophet`s low mobility means he is defenseless against Incapacitating Bite.
• Spiderlings absorb much of the damage from Wrath of Nature.

• Phantom Assassin`s single target abilities make her very helpless against swarms of spiderlings.
• Because Phantom Assassin is always reliant on critical strikes, Broodmother will usually have enough time to use Spin Web to save herself.

• Sniper is completely helpless against Incapacitating Bite, and can be seriously damaged by spiderlings in lane.

• Spiderlings melt away Living Armor almost instantly.
• The vision from Eyes In The Forest may prove dangerous for Broodmother, however.

Works well with...

• Infest can surprise an enemy when used on a Broodmother hidden in her webs.
• Open Wounds` lifesteal stacks with the lifesteal from Insatiable Hunger, meaning that Broodmother will steal more than 100% of the damage she deals. Together, this allows Broodmother and Lifestealer to win in outnumbered scenarios.
• Broodmother often purchases Vladmir`s Offering, whose lifesteal stacks with Lifestealer`s abilities.

• Howl adds a