Hero Discussion of the Day: Broodmother (February 11, 2012)

Broodmother was last discussed on October 21.

Black Arachnia, the Broodmother

Broodmother is a melee hero who is a notably powerful pusher. 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. As a result, Broodmother is easy to consider a character for experienced players.

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.

"Like mother, like spiders."

Strength	Agility	Intelligence
17 + 2.5	18 + 2.2	18 + 2
Damage	Armor	Movespeed
44-50	2.52	295
Attack Range	Base Attack Time	Missile Speed
Melee	1.7	Instant
Soundset	Icon	Fan Art

Spawn Spiderlings

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

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting range	Area of Effect	Duration	Allowed Targets	Effects
1	120	10	700	N/A	2 seconds (buff) / 60 seconds (spiderlings)	Enemy units	75 damage, 1 spiderling
2	120	10	700	N/A	2 seconds (buff) / 60 seconds (spiderlings)	Enemy units	150 damage, 2 spiderling
3	120	10	700	N/A	2 seconds (buff) / 60 seconds (spiderlings)	Enemy units	225 damage, 3 spiderling
4	120	10	700	N/A	2 seconds (buff) / 60 seconds (spiderlings)	Enemy units	300 damage, 3 spiderling

• Damage type: magical
• Units from which the Spiderlings spawn leave no corpse on death.
• If the target is killed within 2 seconds of being hit by this skill, the Spiderlings will spawn.
• Units killed by Spiderlings will then give birth to Spiderites, smaller and less powerful versions of the Spiderlings.
• Will work on allied creeps and units when denying.
• Spiderlings last for 60 seconds.

Spin Web

Throws out a web that renders Broodmother invisible in its vicinity, while also boosting regeneration, and granting a passive movement speed increase.

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting range	Area of Effect	Duration	Allowed Targets	Effects
1	50	30	600	650	Infinite	Ground	2 allowed webs, +2 HP regeneration per second, and +20% movespeed.
2	50	30	600	650	Infinite	Ground	4 allowed webs, +4 HP regeneration per second, and +25% movespeed.
3	50	30	600	650	Infinite	Ground	6 allowed webs, +6 HP regeneration per second, and +30% movespeed.
4	50	30	600	650	Infinite	Ground	8 allowed webs, +8 HP regeneration per second, and +35% movespeed.

• Has a fade time of 2 seconds.
• Also affects Spiderling and Spiderites.
• Destroys trees in the AoE when placed, but will grow back after the corresponding time (even if the web is still there).
• The web has a sight range of 150, during both day and night.
• The web does not prevent neutrals from spawning.
• If more webs are spawned than allowed, the oldest one will disappear.
• Spin Webs shows an icon on the minimap.

Incapacitating Bite

Broodmother's venom cripples enemy units, causing her attacks to slow and deal bonus damage, as well as giving the affected unit a chance to miss its attacks. Incapacitating Bite is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifiers.

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting range	Area of Effect	Duration	Allowed Targets	Effects
1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2 seconds	Enemy units	Gives a 10% chance to miss, slows movement speed by 10%, and adds 2 damage.
2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2 seconds	Enemy units	Gives a 15% chance to miss, slows movement speed by 20%, and adds 4 damage.
3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2 seconds	Enemy units	Gives a 20% chance to miss, slows movement speed by 30%, and adds 6 damage.
4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2 seconds	Enemy units	Gives a 25% chance to miss, slows movement speed by 40%, and adds 8 damage.

• The affected enemies' miss chance stacks with evasion and terrain dodge chance.

Insatiable Hunger

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

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting range	Area of Effect	Duration	Allowed Targets	Effects
1	100	60	N/A	N/A	14 seconds	Self	60 bonus damage, 40% life steal
2	100	45	N/A	N/A	14 seconds	Self	80 bonus damage, 60% life steal
3	100	30	N/A	N/A	14 seconds	Self	100 bonus damage, 80% life steal

• Fully stacks with all items providing lifesteal (both unique attack modifiers and auras).
• Can only be removed by Purge (from Diffusal Blade, Stone Gaze, Demonic Purge, Unstable Current, or the Satyr Trickster).

Wilco- has posted one of his daily tl;dr's on Brood.

GenocYda has posted a decent guide to Broodmother on Playdota.

Also be sure to check out DotaCinema's video overview of Broodmother in action.

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