Broodmother

Stats

These are the base values written in the game files. Totals derived from attributes (HP, mana, armor) depend on engine-side formulas, so no estimated values are shown.

Recommended items

Items the in-game shop recommends for this hero (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.

Soul Ring805Desolator3500Black King Bar4050Power Treads1400Orchid Malevolence3275Phase Boots1450Mask of Madness1900Radiance4700Medallion of Courage0Bloodthorn6400Solar Crest2575Quelling Blade100

Abilities

Insatiable Hunger

Cooldown 45 / 40 / 35 / 30sMana 70PHYSICAL

ActiveCooldown 45 / 40 / 35 / 30sMana 70

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

Raw values (from the game files)（4）

%BASE ATTACK DAMAGE BONUS	40 / 50 / 60 / 70
%LIFESTEAL	40 / 60 / 80 / 100
DURATION	8 / 10 / 12 / 14
SPIDERLING RADIUS	1200

Patch history

7.41f2026-09-15

• Mana Cost decreased from 80 to 70

7.41c2026-05-06

• Spiderling Radius increased from 800 to 1200

7.412026-03-24

• Now also applies lifesteal to Spiderlings within 800 range of Broodmother

7.402025-12-15

• Aghanim's Shard no longer increases durationAghanim's Shard

Spin Web

Cooldown 0.0sMana 40Range 1200

ActiveCooldown 0.0sMana 40Range 1200

Spins a large web that grants Broodmother a passive movement speed increase and increases her Turn Rate, while in its vicinity, as well as giving free movement. 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.

Raw values (from the game files)（5）

radius	1200
MAX SIMULTANEOUS WEBS	3 / 5 / 7 / 9
%MOVESPEED BONUS	10 / 20 / 30 / 40
BONUS TURN RATE	0.2
%ENEMY RESTORATION REDUCTION	0

• Also affects Spiderlings.

Patch history

7.412026-03-24

• Movespeed Bonus decreased from 10/22/34/46% to 10/20/30/40%

7.40c2026-01-21

• Max Charges decreased from 4/6/8/10 to 3/5/7/9

7.402025-12-15

• Broodmother's illusions now also benefit from the web

Incapacitating BitePassive

Passive

Broodmother's venom cripples enemy units, causing her attacks to slow and giving the affected unit a chance to miss its attacks and extra damage from attacks.

Raw values (from the game files)（4）

%MISS CHANCE	30 / 40 / 50 / 60
%MOVE SLOW	-15 / -20 / -25 / -30
DURATION	2.0 / 2.0 / 2.0 / 2.0
ATTACK BONUS	3 / 6 / 9 / 12

• The miss chance stacks with evasion and terrain dodge chance.

Patch history

7.40c2026-01-21

• No longer applied by illusions

7.402025-12-15

• Attack Bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12

Spinner's Snare

Mana 70Range 600MAGICAL

ActiveMana 70Range 600

Broodmother may create up to 5 invisible web lines touching any existing web. Enemy Heroes that cross the web line will spring the trap, becoming rooted, revealed in fog, and take damage over time. Multiple Heroes can trip on the same line until it's destroyed after being initially triggered. Broodmother's team is alerted via the minimap when an enemy has triggered the snare.

Raw values (from the game files)（5）

FORMATION DELAY	2.0
ROOT DURATION	3.0
DAMAGE PER SECOND	100
count	5
WEB LINE WIDTH	900

Patch history

7.41c2026-05-06

• Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 70

Spider's MilkInnatePassive

Passive

Whenever Broodmother kills a unit, she and all units under her control in a 600 radius receive a buff for 3s that heals them for a percentage of the victim's health every 0.5 seconds. Healing from creeps is reduced by 40%.

Raw values (from the game files)（5）

%HERO HEALTH AS HEAL	1.9
kill_creeps_penalty	40
kill_heal_aoe	600
kill_heal_duration	3
tick_rate	0.5

Patch history

7.412026-03-24

• Hero Health as Heal changed from 2% to 1.9% + 0.1% per level

Spawn Spiderlings

Cooldown 9 / 8 / 7sMana 100Range 900MAGICAL

ActiveCooldown 9 / 8 / 7sMana 100Range 900

Broodmother injects her young into an enemy unit, dealing damage and slowing them for 4 seconds. The spiderlings will hatch if the target is killed while under this influence.

Raw values (from the game files)（9）

buff_duration	20
LIFETIME	40
DAMAGE	220 / 320 / 420
damage_bonus	0 / 3 / 6
COUNT	4 / 5 / 6
projectile_speed	1200
SPIDERLINGS HP	325
slow_duration	4
%SLOW	25 / 35 / 45

• If the target is killed within 20 seconds of being hit with this skill, the Spiderlings will spawn.
• Units killed by Spiderlings will then give birth to additional Spiderlings.

Patch history

7.41d2026-06-04

• Spiderlings HP increased from 300 to 325

Talents

One of the two per level is chosen. They appear in the order registered in the game files.

Patch history (hero and talents)

Background

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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