Broodmother

Broodmother

The Dire

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Level 1 16 25 Hit Points 473 1214 1993 Mana 234 650 1118 Damage 44-50 79-85 116-122 Armor 2.52 7.42 12.6 Attacks / Second 0.69 0.9 1.11

Movement Speed 295 Sight Range 1800/800 Attack Range Melee Missile Speed Instant Attack Duration 0.4+0.5 Cast Duration 0.2+0.51 Base Attack Time 1.7

Broodmother is a melee agility 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.

Broodmother, though provides easy positioning, requires micromanagement. She is a great hero for beginners to try the more difficult factors in the game. She is recommended for new to intermediate players.

Bio

Black Arachnia, the Broodmother "Like mother, like spiders." Role: Pusher / Carry / Escape 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. Voice: Responses

Abilities

Spawn Spiderlings Q W Ability Type Targeting Type Allowed Targets Active Unit Enemy units Broodmother injects her young into an enemy unit, dealing damage. The spiderlings will hatch if the target is killed while under this influence. Range: 700 Damage: 75/150/225/300 Count: 1/2/3/3 10 120 Black Arachnia continues to raise her young, even amidst the field of combat. The brood quickly learns how to support their mother.

Notes: 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.

Spin Web W B Ability Type Targeting Type Allowed Targets Active Area Enemy units Throws out a web that renders Broodmother invisible in its vicinity, while also boosting regeneration, and granting a passive movement speed increase. Range: 600 Radius: 650 Allowed Webs: 2/4/6/8 Health Regen: 2/4/6/8 Move Speed: 20%/25%/30%/35% 30 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 forboding.

Notes: 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 E P Ability Type Targeting Type Allowed Targets Passive On Hit Enemy units 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. Duration: 2 Miss Chance: 10%/15%/20%/25% Move Slow: 10%/20%/30%/40% Bonus Damage: 2/4/6/8 Paralytic toxins come from Black Arachnia's fangs, causing a slow and painful death to those who intrude on her webs.

Notes: The affected enemies' miss chance stacks with evasion and terrain dodge chance. This skill is a unique attack modifier.

Insatiable Hunger R T Ability Type Targeting Type Allowed Targets Active Self Enemy units A violent lust for vital fluids increases Broodmother's attack damage and gives her a vampiric attack. Bonus Damage: 60/80/100 Lifesteal: 40%/60%/80% Duration: 14 60/45/30 100 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 (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).

Summons

Spiderling Duration 60 seconds Hit Points 450 Damage 18-19 Armor 0 Movement Speed 350 Sight Range 1400/800 Attack Range Melee Attack Duration 0.5+0.3 Base Attack Time 1.35 Notes Possesses Poison Sting Possesses Spawn Spiderite

Spiderite Duration 60 seconds Hit Points 175 Damage 9-10 Armor 0 Movement Speed 350 Sight Range 1400/800 Attack Range Melee Attack Duration 0.5+0.3 Base Attack Time 1.35

Poison Sting Ability Type Targeting Type Allowed Targets Passive N/A Enemy units Poisons enemies on attack. Duration on hero: 2 Duration on unit: 6 Damage per second: 4 Movement speed slow: 15%

Spawn Spiderite Ability Type Targeting Type Allowed Targets Passive N/A Enemy units Applies debuff on attack. If debuffed unit dies, a spiderite will spawn. Spiderite duration: 60 Debuff duration: 2

Recommended Items

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Tips

• Broodmother's Spin Web knocks down all trees in the radius of the ability. Use this to gain critical early-game vision in the long lane by casting your first web on the first patch of trees past the river.
• Going into a solo lane is a viable option for Broodmother as webs give her the survivability and the pushing power from the spiderlings can overwhelm a lane without need of her being babysat.
• Soul Ring is a great item to have on her as the instant mana boost gives her the ability to spawn more spiderlings and the HP regen from the webs can cover for the loss of HP from the Soul ring
• Going right into a Black King Bar is the best choice as the combo of magic immunity and the insane lifesteal from Insatiable hunger makes the Broodmother a force to be reckoned with in a fight.
• Casting Spin Web on top of an enemy tower makes it easy to dive in on weak heroes. The regen and movespeed bonus combined with Broodmother's slow is perfect for diving on heroes with no reliable escape or stun.

Trivia

• In her original biography, it was stated that the Broodmother had a crush on Anub'arak The Nerubian Assassin
• Broodmother's Fun/Alternate name was Broodmama.

Update History

January 12, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Spawn Spiderite working on wards.

December 16, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Insatiable Hunger working against illusions.

December 08, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Broodmother's webs not showing up if you connected after they were created.

October 27, 2011 Patch

• Added Broodmother's Spiderling's voice code.
• Enabled Broodmother, Skeleton King and Queen of Pain in Captain's Mode.
• Fixed Poison Sting from affecting Wards.
• Fixed the wrong web sometimes getting removed when a new one is added.
• Fixed the Spiderlings and Spiderite passive abilities working on buildings and mechanical units.
• Fixed Spawn Spiderlings not being a projectile.
• Fixed Insatiable Hunger being purgable.
• Fixed Insatiable Hunger bonus damage being considered as base damage.

October 20, 2011 Patch

• Added Broodmother, Queen of Pain and Skeleton King!

Ability Change Log

6.72c

• Base movement speed reduced from 310 to 295.
• 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%.
• Spawn Spiderlings spawn count decreased from 1/2/3/4 to 1/2/3/3.
• Spawn Spiderlings Manacost rebalanced from 80/100/120/140 to 120.
• Spiderlings & Spiderites are now affected by Spin Web.
• Spiderlings Model size increase slightly.
• Spiderlings & Spiderites they now take more damage from towers (50%-125%).
• Spiderlings now do more damage to heroes (75%->100%) and less damage to towers (70%-40%).

6.71

• Base movement speed reduced from 315 to 310.
• Spawn Spiderlings manacost increased from 75/90/105/120 to 80/100/120/140.
• Spawn Spiderlings buff duration increased from 0.9 seconds to 2.

Gallery

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  Splash artwork

See also

• Broodmother responses