Broodmother


Bio

Black Arachnia, the Broodmother
Play "I`ve promised you to my children."
Role: Carry / Pusher / Escape / Nuker
Lore   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Black Arachnia, the Broodmother For centuries, Black Arachnia the : 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.
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Abilities

Spiderling Spiderling Summon Level 3 Duration 60 Health 450 ( 675) Health regeneration 0.5 Armor 0 Magic resistance 0% Attack damage 18‒19 ( 30‒31) Acquisition range 500 Attack range 100 Base attack time 1.35 Attack animation dota2
Broodmother Spiderling model.png
Summon
Level 3
Duration 60
Health “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life dota2 450 (Talent 675)
Health regeneration “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life dota2 0.5
Armor Armor is an attribute shared by all units. Armor is used to determine the amount of damage reduction (or amplification if an armor value is negative) a unit takes from physical damage sources. Higher armor dota2 0
Magic resistance Magic resistance is an attribute of heroes, similar to armor. Instead of reducing physical damage, it reduces magical damage. All heroes, except for Meepo and Visage, possess 25% magic resistance from their armor type. This dota2 0%
Attack damage Attack damage is the amount of damage a unit is dealing with an unmodified basic attack; the base values are different for every hero. The total attack damage of a unit is the sum of dota2 18‒19 (Talent 30‒31)
Acquisition range Attack range is the range at which a hero may perform his or her basic attack on another unit. There are two main subdivisions of attacks: melee and ranged. Attack range can be extended by dota2 500
Attack range Attack range is the range at which a hero may perform his or her basic attack on another unit. There are two main subdivisions of attacks: melee and ranged. Attack range can be extended by 100
Base attack time The frequency with which units attack is measured in attack speed. A unit s attack speed can be modified by items, agility, abilities, and auras. Contents 1 Base attack time 2 Attack speed representation 3 Attack dota2 1.35
Attack animation Every unit in Dota 2 has an attack animation. In mechanical terms, this is a delay between when an attack command is issued, and damage is dealt (in the case of melee units) or a 0.5+0.3
Movement speed DPS multiplier when chasing Minimum (pursuer MS / target MS) Ratio for Maximum Chase DPS Movement speed (sometimes abbreviated as move speed or MS) is the speed at which a unit can move. Movement speed dota2 350
Follow range DPS multiplier when chasing Minimum (pursuer MS / target MS) Ratio for Maximum Chase DPS Movement speed (sometimes abbreviated as move speed or MS) is the speed at which a unit can move. Movement speed dota2 100
Turn rate Turn rate is the speed at which a unit can turn. When moving to a location, a unit first turns to face that location, then begins walking. Similarly, when targeting another unit with an attack 0.5
Collision size Collision size is a unit s internal size that cannot be passed through by other units. This allows units to block each other with their bodies. Most heroes have the same collision size, regardless of their 8
Vision range 1100800 (G)
Bounty 11‒13
Experience 31
Model scale 0.3
Notes Abilities:
Poison Sting
Spawn Spiderite

Spawn Spiderlings
Blocked by Linken`s Sphere. Does not pierce spell immunity. Play
Q
W
Ability
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Broodmother injects her young into an enemy unit, dealing damage. The spiderlings will hatch if the target is killed while under this influence.
Cast Animation: 0.2+0.5
Cast Range: 700
Damage: 70/140/210/280 (Talent 130/200/270/340)
Number of Spiderlings: 1/2/3/4
Debuff Duration: 2
Spiderling Duration: 60
Cooldown symbol.png 10 (Talent 8)
Mana symbol.png 120
Does not pierce spell immunity. Debuff persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.
Blocked by Linken`s Sphere. Blocked upon impact.
Modifiers
Debuff Spawn Spiderlings: Dispellable with any dispel.
Black Arachnia continues to raise her young, even amidst the field of combat. The brood quickly learns how to support their mother.

Notes:

  • Spawn Spiderlings` projectile travels at a speed of 1200 and can be disjointed.
  • Spiderlings only spawn when the targeted unit dies while having the debuff on.
  • It does not matter who kills the target, if it dies in any way, the Spiderlings spawn.
  • Spiderlings are fully affected by Spin Web.


Spin Web
Cannot be used by illusions. Pierces spell immunity. Play
W
B
Ability
Target Area
Affects
Self
Spins a large web that renders Broodmother invisible, grants a passive movement speed increase, gives free movement, and boosts regeneration while in its vicinity. Spin Web charges restore every 40 seconds. If damage is taken, free movement is disabled and the movement speed increase is halved for 6 seconds. 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.
Cast Animation: 0.4+0.4
Cast Range: 1000
Web Radius: 900
Number of Web Charges: 1/2/3/4
Max Amount of Webs: 2/4/6/8 (Talent 10/12/14/16)
Fade Delay: 2
Health Regen Bonus: 3/5/7/9
Move Speed Bonus: 40%/50%/60%/70%
Charge Replenish Time: 40 (Talent 32)
Cooldown symbol.png 0
Mana symbol.png 50
Modifiers
Buff Spin Web Charge Counter: Undispellable.
Buff Spin Web Invisible Applier: Undispellable.
Buff Spin Web: Undispellable.
Buff Invisible: Undispellable.
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:

  • Has a global cast range when a part of another web is within the targeted area.
  • Upon learning, Broodmother instantly gains 1 charge. Be that as it may, leveling it up further does not instantly grant the other charges.
  • Only affects the caster, and all Spiderlings and Spiderites under the player`s control. Other player-controlled units are unaffected.
  • Restores health in the form of regeneration, so it restores 0.3/0.5/0.7/0.9 health in 0.1 second intervals, which is 3/5/7/9 per second.
  • Can restore up to 180/300/420/540 health in one minute.
  • The invisibility has a fade delay of 2 seconds and instantly starts upon entering the web.
  • The effects are provided by an aura. Its buff lingers for 0.15 seconds.
  • When taking player-based damage, the unobstructed movement is instantly lost and the speed bonus reduced to 20%/25%/30%/35%.
  • When Broodmother or a summoned spider taken out of their unobstructed pathing, trees within 150 radius around them get destroyed.
  • Webs are visible on the minimap for Broodmother and her team. They do not provide vision but are selectable through the Fog of War.
  • The web`s twitching caused by Broodmother or her spiders moving in it is only visible to enemies when they have True Sight.
  • Spin webs possess the Destroy Spin Web ability.


Incapacitating Bite
Not a Unique Attack Modifier. Can be used by illusions. Disabled by Break. Does not pierce spell immunity.
E
P
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Broodmother`s venom cripples enemy units, causing her attacks to slow and giving the affected unit a chance to miss its attacks.
Move Speed Slow: 16%/26%/36%/46%
Miss Chance: 30%/40%/50%/60%
Duration: 2
Does not pierce spell immunity. Slow and blind persist if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.
Modifiers
Debuff Incapacitating Bite Orb: Dispellable with any dispel.
Paralytic toxins come from Black Arachnia`s fangs, causing a slow and painful death to those who intrude on her webs.

Notes:

  • Successive hits with Incapacitating Bite on the same target do not stack, only the debuff gets refreshed.
  • Does not affect buildings, wards and allied units when attacking them.


Insatiable Hunger
Not a Unique Attack Modifier. Pierces spell immunity. Play
R
T
Ability
No Target
Affects
Self
A violent lust for vital fluids increases Broodmother`s attack damage and gives her a vampiric attack.
Cast Animation: 0.2+0.5
Attack Damage Bonus: 60/100/140
Lifesteal: 60%/100%/140%
Duration: 14
Cooldown symbol.png 45 (Talent 36)
Mana symbol.png 100
Modifiers
Buff Insatiable Hunger: Undispellable.
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:

  • Fully stacks with all other sources of lifesteal.
  • The damage is added as raw damage bonus, so it can be reduced with e.g. Enfeeble, but not amplified with e.g. Empower.
  • Cannot lifesteal off of buildings, but can lifesteal off of wards and allied units.


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Broodmother
Strength attribute symbol.png
17 + 2.8
Agility primary attribute symbol.png
18 + 2.2
Intelligence attribute symbol.png
18 + 2
Level Base 1 15 25
Health “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life dota2 200 540 1320 1880
H. Regen 0 1.02 3.37 5.05
Mana Play Out of mana! “ Play It s a new age of magic! Click to listen— Keeper of the Light ” Mana (also known as MP, which is short for mana points) represents the magic power of a dota2 75 273 581 801
M. Regen Play Out of mana! “ Play It s a new age of magic! Click to listen— Keeper of the Light ” Mana (also known as MP, which is short for mana points) represents the magic power of a dota2 0.01 0.73 1.85 2.65
Damage 26‒32 44‒50 74‒80 96‒102
Armor Armor is an attribute shared by all units. Armor is used to determine the amount of damage reduction (or amplification if an armor value is negative) a unit takes from physical damage sources. Higher armor dota2 0 2.57 6.97 10.11
Spell Dmg   Spell damage   Spell damage sources     Spell damage is all damage which is not dealt by physical attacks. This includes all spells which deal magical, physical or pure damage. Even the damage dota2 0% 1.29% 3.29% 4.71%
Att / Sec 0.58 0.69 0.87 1
Movement Speed 295
Turn Rate 0.5
Vision Range Vision changes around while the hero moves. Vision describes what a unit can and cannot see from its current location and state. Places a unit cannot see are filled with the Fog of War, a dota2 1800/800
Attack Range 150
Projectile Speed Instant
Attack Animation 0.4+0.5
Base Attack Time 1.7
Magic resistance Magic resistance is an attribute of heroes, similar to armor. Instead of reducing physical damage, it reduces magical damage. All heroes, except for Meepo and Visage, possess 25% magic resistance from their armor type. This dota2 25%
Collision Size 24
Legs 8

Black Arachnia, the Broodmother, is a melee Attack range is the range at which a hero may perform his or her basic attack on another unit. There are two main subdivisions of attacks: melee and ranged. Attack range can be extended by agility Agility is the attribute that grants armor and attack speed. For each point of agility a hero gets: 0.14 (1/7) Armor 1 Attack speed Additionally, agility heroes also get 1 attack damage per agility point. dota2 hero   Main   Mechanics   Attributes Table   Release Dates   Grid Layout     Heroes are the essential element of Dota 2, as the course of the match is dependent on their intervention. During dota2 who is a notably powerful pusher The heroes in Dota 2 are defined by the roles that they are suited to play as a combination of their attributes, abilities, and items, and the ways that these shape the game. Although the dota2 . Her trademark spiderlings, as both an asset and a liability, define her play style. While a possible additional source of income, experience and lane pushes, spiderlings can easily feed opponents when not handled with deft micro and great awareness. Broodmother`s abilities allow her to summon those spiderlings to do her bidding, to conceal herself and her spiderlings in an area, and to slow and kill heroes with relative ease if caught off guard, all while staying as elusive as possible with her webs and passives. She spends most of the early game pressuring a lane with little concern, due to her spiderlings and her invisibility/added health regeneration, but she can also transition into a difficult to kill melee carry, which can dive in on and rapidly kill lone enemies with the right items later on.

Spin Web ability

Spin Web
Other
Level 1
Duration Permanent
Health “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life dota2 100
Health regeneration “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life dota2 0
Armor Armor is an attribute shared by all units. Armor is used to determine the amount of damage reduction (or amplification if an armor value is negative) a unit takes from physical damage sources. Higher armor dota2 0
Magic resistance Magic resistance is an attribute of heroes, similar to armor. Instead of reducing physical damage, it reduces magical damage. All heroes, except for Meepo and Visage, possess 25% magic resistance from their armor type. This dota2 0⃂%
Collision size Collision size is a unit s internal size that cannot be passed through by other units. This allows units to block each other with their bodies. Most heroes have the same collision size, regardless of their 8
Vision range 0 ⃢₀⋘ 0 (G)
Bounty 0
Experience 0
Model scale 1
Notes Invulnerable
Phased
Abilities:
Destroy Spin Web

Destroy Spin Web
Q
D
Ability
No Target
Affects
Self
Destroys the selected Spin Web.
Cast Animation: 0+0
Cooldown symbol.png 0

Notes:

  • This is cast from the web itself, allowing Broodmother to destroy webs individually instead of having the oldest one destroyed.
  • The cast of Destroy Spin Web is not registered as a spell cast and thus does not proc any on-cast effects.
  • Spin webs do not leave corpses.

Black Arachnia, the Broodmother

Recommended Roles
Carry Pusher Escape Nuker

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 youths⃢₀ₔall 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.

Abilities

Spawn Spiderlings
Ability: Unit Target
Affects: Enemy Units
Damage: Magical
Broodmother injects her young into an enemy unit, dealing damage. The Spiderlings will hatch if the target is killed while under this influence.
QW
120
10
Damage:


Spiderlings Hatched:

Cast Range:
₠70 / 140 / 210 / 280
130 / 200 / 270 / 340
(Level 10 talent)
₠1 / 2 / 3 / 4
₠700
Affected By:₠
Black Arachnia continues to raise her young, even amidst the field of combat. The brood quickly learns how to support their mother.
Notes
  • The Spiderlings will only spawn if the target is killed within 2 seconds of being hit by this skill.
  • Units killed by Spiderlings will spawn Spiderites, smaller and less powerful versions of Spiderlings. Works on allied creeps and units when denying.
  • Blocked by Spell Immunity and Linken`s Sphere.
  • Can be dispelled.
Spin Web
Ability: Point Target
Affects: Self
Throws out a web that renders Broodmother invisible in its vicinity, while also boosting HP regeneration, granting a passive movement speed increase, and giving her unobstructed movement. When Broodmother takes damage, she loses her unobstructed movement and her speed bonus is halved. Spin Web has no cooldown, but has a number of charges that replenish over time. Webs can be created globally if the new web touches an existing web.
WB
50
Maximum Webs:

Maximum Charges:

Charge Replenish Time:
Bonus HP Regeneration:
Bonus Movement Speed:
Fade Time:
Radius:
Cast Range:


Cast Point:

₠2 / 4 / 6 / 8
16 (Level 25 talent)
₠1 / 2 / 3 / 4
₠40
₠2 / 4 / 6 / 8
₠40% / 50% / 60% / 70%
₠2
₠900
₠1000
₠Global if the new web is touching another web
₠0.4
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.
  • Spiderlings and Spiderites also gain the bonuses when within a web.
  • Broodmother can walk through cliffs, trees, and even buildings within the web.
  • The free pathing is disabled for 6 seconds when Broodmother takes damage.
  • Nearby trees are destroyed when Broodmother loses free pathing.
  • Webs can be selected and have the ability to destroy themselves.
Incapacitating Bite
Ability: 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.
EP
Miss Chance:
Movement Slow:
Duration:
₠30% / 40% / 50% / 60%
₠14% / 24% / 34% / 44%
₠2
Affected By:₠
Paralytic toxins come from Black Arachnia`s fangs, causing a slow and painful death to those who intrude on her webs.
Notes
  • Illusions also get this ability.
  • Blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • Disabled by Break.
  • Can be dispelled.
Insatiable Hunger
Ability: No Target
Affects: Self
A violent lust for vital fluids increases Broodmother`s attack damage and gives her a vampiric attack.
RT
100
60 / 45 / 30
Bonus Damage:
Lifesteal:
Duration:
₠60 / 90 / 120
₠60% / 90% / 120%
₠14
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
  • Fully stacks with all items providing lifesteal.

Talent Tree

Talent Tree
+200 Spiders Health 25 +8 Max Webs
+70 Attack Speed 20 +12 Spiderlings Attack Damage
+325 Health 15 20% Cooldown Reduction
+25% XP Gain 10 +60 Spawn Spiderlings Damage

Spin Web

Destroy Spin Web
Ability: No Target
Affects: Web
Destroys the selected Spin Web.
Q⃢₀₃D


Spiderling

Poison Sting
Ability: Passive
Affects: Enemy Units
Damage: Magical
Poisons enemies on attack. Multiple instances of this ability do not stack and will only refresh the duration.
Damage Per Second:
Movement Slow:
Hero Duration:
Creep Duration:
₠8
₠8%
₠2
₠6
Affected By:₠
Notes
  • Total damage to heroes: 16.
  • Total damage to creeps: 48.
  • Can be dispelled.
Spawn Spiderite
Ability: Passive
Affects: Enemy Units
Applies debuff on attack. If debuffed unit dies, a spiderite will spawn.
Spiderite Duration:
Debuff Duration:
₠60
₠2
Affected By:₠
Notes
  • Blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • Can be