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Alchemist icon
  • Greevil's Greed icon Greevil's Greed makes Broodmother’s spiderlings far more valuable to Alchemist making it important that he does farm them as opposed to other heroes where the spider's bounties are negligible.
  • Acid Spray icon Acid Spray makes it difficult to attack Alchemist in lane without losing some spiderlings to the damage over time, potentially giving him farm he wouldn't have otherwise.
Axe icon
Ancient Apparition icon
Bristleback icon
  • Bristleback ability icon Bristleback reduces most of Broodmother's and her spiderlings' damage.
  • Quill Spray icon Quill Spray will hit any spiders in its proximity, hindering Broodmother's fighting and farming capabilities.
Dark Seer icon
  • Ion Shell icon Ion Shell zones out Broodmother in the laning phase, and can kill her spiderlings if used on one Spiderling in a group.
  • Vacuum icon Vacuum can pull Broodmother out of the treeline.
Dragon Knight icon
  • Breathe Fire icon Breathe Fire will clear Broodmother's spiderites while significantly damaging her spiderlings and decreasing their damage output.
  • Dragon Blood icon Dragon Blood's added armor and regen mitigates the damage done by Broodmother and her spiders.
  • Elder Dragon Form icon Elder Dragon Form at level 2 and above applies splash damage to Dragon Knight's auto attacks.
Earthshaker icon
  • Aftershock icon Aftershock in combination with Enchant Totem icon Enchant Totem prevents Broodmother from continuing to attack Earthshaker without being repeatedly stunned.
  • Echo Slam icon Echo Slam is greatly amplified by Spiderlings, often instantly killing Broodmother, her swarm, and anyone else unfortunate enough to be nearby.
  • Earthshaker's vast amount of stuns makes it difficult for Broodmother to continue attacking enemies (to continue lifestealing with Insatiable Hunger) without Black King Bar icon Black King Bar.
Elder Titan icon
  • Echo Stomp icon Echo Stomp can impede Broodmother's ability to push towers due to its low cooldown and long sleep duration.
  • Astral Spirit icon Astral Spirit can provide Elder Titan large amounts of damage, armor, and movement speed from her spiderlings.
  • Natural Order icon Natural Order negates Broodmother and her spiderling's base armor and magic resistance, increasing most damage dealt to them.
Ember Spirit icon
  • Sleight of Fist icon Sleight of Fist keeps Ember Spirit invulnerable until he hits every unit in its area of effect allowing him to stall for large amounts of time against Broodmother and her large amounts of spiderlings, or potentially damaging them enough if equipped with an item to improve wave clearing such as Battle Fury icon Battle Fury or Maelstrom icon Maelstrom to prevent her pushes entirely.
  • Flame Guard icon Flame Guard will damage any of Broodmother's spiders in an area, deterring her from attempting to kill him. It can also be used during Sleight of Fist to amplify damage done.
  • Fire Remnant icon Fire Remnant allows Ember Spirit an escape from Broodmother that is unaffected by her Incapacitating Bite.
Kunkka icon
Legion Commander icon
  • Overwhelming Odds icon Overwhelming Odds's damage stacks with each enemy unit in its radius. If this hits Broodmother and a large number of spiders it can deal significant amounts of damage.
  • Moment of Courage icon Moment of Courage has a high chance to proc if Broodmother and all of her spiders are attacking her.
  • Duel icon Duel can keep Broodmother in place long enough for Legion's team to kill her.
Lina icon
  • Light Strike Array icon Light Strike Array in combination with Dragon Slave icon Dragon Slave can easily clear Broodmother's spiders.
  • Laguna Blade icon Laguna Blade offers extensive damage that can kill Broodmother early on or before she is able to use Insatiable Hunger in attempts to salvage a fight.
Meepo icon
  • Earthbind icon Earthbind prevents Broodmother from escaping Meepo's attacks.
  • Poof icon Poof will quickly clear any nearby spiders.
  • Broodmother often picks off single target heroes. With Meepo's Divided We Stand icon Divided We Stand, it gets a lot harder once every Meepo Poofs in.
Necrophos icon
  • Death Pulse icon Death Pulse can easily wipe out Broodmother's spiderlings if they're too close while also offering Necrophos a source of regeneration for Broodmother's harass in lane.
  • Ghost Shroud icon Ghost Shroud prevents Broodmother or her spiderlings from damaging Necrophos temporarily until Broodmother buys Nullifier icon Nullifier or Revenant's Brooch icon Revenant's Brooch.
  • Heartstopper Aura icon Heartstopper Aura will regenerate lost health and mana for every spiderling or spiderite Necrophos manages to kill.
Pangolier icon
  • Swashbuckle icon Swashbuckle can be used for Pangolier to escape or kill Broodmother's spiders. Combined with Lucky Shot icon Lucky Shot Pangolier can potentially disarm Broodmother preventing her from lifestealing off enemies.
  • Shield Crash icon Shield Crash can be used for wave clear to deal with Broodmother's spiders.
  • Rolling Thunder icon Rolling Thunder can be used as an escape or a means of initiating on Broodmother.
Sand King icon
  • Burrowstrike icon Burrowstrike can be used as an escape or initiation against Broodmother.
  • Sand Storm icon Sand Storm quickly kills any spiderlings caught inside if Sand King can manage to stun them.
Shadow Fiend icon
Storm Spirit icon
  • Ball Lightning icon Ball Lightning and Electric Vortex icon Electric Vortex will catch Broodmother before she has a chance to retreat, and is able to catch her through the trees.
  • Conversely, Ball Lightning also allows him to easily escape Broodmother, as she has no way to prevent him from using it before getting Orchid Malevolence icon Orchid Malevolence.
Sven icon
Tidehunter icon
  • Kraken Shell icon Kraken Shell makes Tidehunter take nearly no damage from Spiderlings.
  • Anchor Smash icon Anchor Smash kills Spiderlings in one or two casts, should Broodmother try to swarm Tidehunter with them.
Timbersaw icon
  • Reactive Armor icon Reactive Armor prevents Broodmother's spiderlings from being able to effectively harass Timbersaw in the lane.
  • Timber Chain icon Timber Chain's high mobility makes Silken Bola's slow irrelevant, unless Broodmother already bought her Orchid.
  • Silken Bola's miss chance doesnt affect Rizzrack that much because he does not rely on his autoattacks much.
  • Lotus Orb icon Lotus Orb items for Timbersaw make Silken Bola useless.
  • Timbersaw's abilities can destroy any trees that Broodmother attempts to hide in and his AoE abilities can quickly clear her Spiderlings.
Void Spirit icon
  • Void Spirit's AoE damage can make short work of Broodmother's spiderlings
  • Even if she is within the range of her spiderwebs from Spin Web icon Spin Web Broodmother cannot escape Void Spirit's mobility.
  • However, Spinner's Snare icon Spinner's Snare from Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter can be very hazardous for Void Spirit, as it allows Broodmother to create invisible lines on her webs from Spin Web icon Spin Web that will root Void Spirit, deal damage over time to him and reveal him if he unwittingly steps on them, disrupting Void Spirit's ganking or escaping attempts with Dissimilate icon Dissimilate and Astral Step icon Astral Step while also alerting Broodmother on his attempts to ambush her and her allies.

Others[]

  • Heroes with high mobility can chase down Broodmother when she escapes into the trees. And Broodmother's only way to counter this is with Spinner's Snare icon Spinner's Snare from Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter.
  • Heroes with area of effect nukes destroy Broodmother's Spiderlings quickly.
  • Heroes with area of effect abilities that increase in power based on the number of units struck: Earthshaker minimap icon Earthshaker, Legion Commander minimap icon Legion Commander, Grimstroke minimap icon Grimstroke.

Items[]

Good against...[]

Bane icon
Bounty Hunter icon
  • Like with Bane, Bounty Hunter's single-targeted arsenal of abilities make him an easy target for Broodmother and her Spiderlings.
  • Broodmother often buys Orchid Malevolence icon Orchid Malevolence and it's upgrade Bloodthorn icon Bloodthorn, which allows her to stop Bounty Hunter from escaping with Shadow Walk icon Shadow Walk.
  • Spinner's Snare icon Spinner's Snare from Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter allows Broodmother to create invisible lines on her webs from Spin Web icon Spin Web that will root Bounty Hunter, deal damage over time to him and reveal him if he unwittingly steps on them, disrupting Bounty Hunter's ganking attempts with Shadow Walk icon Shadow Walk while also alerting Broodmother on his attempts to ambush her and her allies.
Chen icon
  • Chen has no area-of-effect spells to deal with Broodmother's spiderlings and must rely on his creeps to take care of them.
  • Spawn Spiderlings icon Spawn Spiderlings can kill Chen's creeps and spawn spiderlings in their place.
  • Spin Web icon Spin Web allows Broodmother to disrupt Chen's jungling.
  • Silken Bola icon Silken Bola will cause Chen and his creeps's attack to miss more often while also making them more vulnerable to magical damage, especially if Broodmother picks 400 AoE Silken Bola icon Silken Bola talent.
  • Broodmother is a natural Bloodthorn icon Bloodthorn wielder, which will allow her to prevent Chen from trying to save himself with Hand of God icon Hand of God while also making him more vulnerable to damage, and when combined with Insatiable Hunger icon Insatiable Hunger, it will spell a quick and certain death for Chen. Bloodthorn icon Bloodthorn's passive ability will also reduce any spell damage Chen tries to inflict with his creeps.
  • Spinner's Snare icon Spinner's Snare from Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter allows Broodmother to create invisible lines on her webs from Spin Web icon Spin Web that will root Chen and his creeps, deal damage over time to them and reveal them if they unwittingly steps on them, disrupting Chen's jungling even more while also alerting Broodmother on their attempts to ambush her and her allies.
Drow Ranger icon
  • Drow Ranger's lack of mobility and area-of-effect abilities makes her easy prey for Broodmother and her Spiderlings.
Enchantress icon
  • Enchantress's lack of area-of-effect abilities allows Broodmother to swarm her with Spiderlings.
  • Spawn Spiderlings icon Spawn Spiderlings can kill enchanted creeps and create Spiderlings in their place.
  • However, bear in mind that Untouchable icon Untouchable makes it harder for Broodmother to actually hit Enchantress, even if Broodmother is spell immune. And Broodmother's only way to counter this is either by buying Silver Edge icon Silver Edge, buying items that deal high magical damage like Dagon icon Dagon, or by buying items that give high attack speed like Moon Shard icon Moon Shard.
Enigma icon
Medusa icon
  • Webbed areas can be used to hit and run, covering distance hastily weakening her on the way and initiating ganks.
  • Even though Medusa can hunt down Spiderlings easily when given enough range, Silken Bola icon Silken Bola will cause her attacks to miss and get her swarmed in no time.
  • Medusa usually does not build a Black King Bar to benefit from Mana Shield icon Mana Shield fully while Broodmother can fit a Diffusal Blade icon Diffusal Blade to burn away all of Medusa's mana.
Mirana icon
Nature's Prophet icon
  • Sprout icon Sprout cannot protect Nature's Prophet if Broodmother puts down a web.
  • Nature's Prophet's low mobility means he is defenseless against Silken Bola.
  • Spiderlings can absorb much of the damage from Wrath of Nature icon Wrath of Nature.
  • Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter gives Broodmother access to Spinner's Snare icon Spinner's Snare, which allows her to create invisible lines on her webs from Spin Web icon Spin Web that will root Nature's Prophet, deal damage over time to Nature's Prophet and reveal Nature's Prophet if he unwittingly steps on them, disrupting his attempts to perform surprise attacks on Broodmother's allies with Silver Edge icon Silver Edge and also prevent him from using Silver Edge icon Silver Edge to esacape, while also alerting Broodmother on his attempts to ambush her and her allies.
Phantom Assassin icon
  • Phantom Assassin's single target abilities make her very helpless against swarms of Spiderlings without Battle Fury icon Battle Fury.
  • Because Phantom Assassin is always reliant on critical strikes, Broodmother will usually have enough time to use Spin Web to save herself.
  • Silken Bola icon Silken Bola can cripple Phantom Assassin greatly due to her being 100% reliant on physical attacks.
  • Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter gives Broodmother access to Spinner's Snare icon Spinner's Snare, which allows her to create invisible lines on her webs from Spin Web icon Spin Web that will root Phantom Assassin, deal damage over time to Phantom Assassin and reveal Phantom Assassin if she unwittingly steps on them, disrupting her attempts to initiate or escape with with Phantom Strike icon Phantom Strike while also alerting Broodmother on her attempts to ambush her and her allies.
Sniper icon
  • Sniper is completely helpless against Broodmother's abilities, and can be seriously damaged by Spiderlings in lane, especially when Shrapnel icon Shrapnel is on cooldown.
Treant Protector icon

Others[]

Items[]

  • Blade Mail icon Blade Mail is less effective against Broodmother than against other heroes who rely on dealing high bursts of damage because Broodmother will be able to recover from most of the reflected damage with Insatiable Hunger.
  • Even though Ghost Scepter icon Ghost Scepter and Ethereal Blade icon Ethereal Blade will protect it's owner from Broodmother's physical damage output, they will still amplify the damage from Silken Bola and Spawn Spiderlings as their damage output is magical.

Works well with...[]

Beastmaster icon
  • Inner Beast icon Inner Beast improves the damage output of Broodmother's swarm.
  • Primal Roar icon Primal Roar singles out targets for Broodmother to pounce on.
Dazzle icon
  • Shadow Wave icon Shadow Wave deals very high damage to nearby enemies when used on a cluster of Spiderlings.
Lifestealer icon
  • Infest icon Infest can surprise an enemy when used on a Broodmother with her speed in her webs.
  • Open Wounds icon Open Wounds's 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.
Luna icon
Naga Siren icon

Others[]

  • Broodmother's lane control and pushing power make her excellent at creating space for farm-dependent carries, like Alchemist minimap icon Alchemist, Medusa minimap icon Medusa, and Spectre minimap icon Spectre, by forcing the enemy to constantly pay attention to her lane and deal with her Spiderling pushes.

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