Broodmother/Counters

Bad against...

 * 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.
 * 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.


 * forces Broodmother and her spiderlings to attack, allowing for large amounts of pure damage to be done through.


 * prevents lifesteal,  regeneration and quickly kills spiderlings.


 * reduces most of Broodmother's and her spiderlings' damage.
 * will hit any spiders in its proximity, hindering Broodmother's fighting and farming capabilities.


 * zones out Broodmother in the laning phase, and can kill her spiderlings if used on one Spiderling in a group.
 * can pull Broodmother out of the treeline.


 * will clear Broodmother's spiderites while significantly damaging her spiderlings and decreasing their damage output.
 * 's added armor and regen mitigates the damage done by Broodmother and her spiders.
 * at level 2 and above applies splash damage to Dragon Knight's auto attacks.


 * in combination with prevents Broodmother from continuing to attack Earthshaker without being repeatedly stunned.
 * 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.


 * can impede Broodmother's ability to push towers due to its low cooldown and long sleep duration.
 * can provide Elder Titan large amounts of damage, armor, and movement speed from her spiderlings.
 * negates Broodmother and her spiderling's base armor and magic resistance, increasing most damage dealt to them.


 * 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 or  to prevent her pushes entirely.
 * 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.
 * allows Ember Spirit an escape from Broodmother that is unaffected by her Incapacitating Bite.


 * prevents Broodmother from escaping.
 * can clear Broodmother's spiders if they get in range.


 * '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.
 * has a high chance to proc if Broodmother and all of her spiders are attacking her.
 * can keep Broodmother in place long enough for Legion's team to kill her.


 * in combination with can easily clear Broodmother's spiders.
 * offers extensive damage that can kill Broodmother early on or before she is able to use Insatiable Hunger in attempts to salvage a fight.


 * prevents Broodmother from escaping Meepo's attacks.
 * will quickly clear any nearby spiders.
 * Broodmother often picks off single target heroes. With Meepo's, it gets a lot harder once every Meepo Poofs in.


 * 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.
 * prevents Broodmother or her spiderlings from damaging Necrophos temporarily until Broodmother buys or.
 * will regenerate lost health and mana for every spiderling or spiderite Necrophos manages to kill.


 * can be used for Pangolier to escape or kill Broodmother's spiders. Combined with Pangolier can potentially disarm Broodmother preventing her from lifestealing off enemies.
 * can be used for wave clear to deal with Broodmother's spiders.
 * can be used as an escape or a means of initiating on Broodmother.


 * can be used as an escape or initiation against Broodmother.
 * quickly kills any spiderlings caught inside if Sand King can manage to stun them.


 * Spiderlings are a good source of farm for and can be quickly killed with.
 * Shadow Fiend is a natural carrier, protecting him from any of Broodmother's abilities.
 * combined with can potentially kill Broodmother before she gets a.


 * and 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.


 * cleans up Spiderlings quicker than most spells, as it ignores their magic resistance.
 * Sven is a natural carrier, protecting him from Silken Bola, Spawn Spiderlings and.
 * and allow Sven to easily out-damage Broodmother.


 * makes Tidehunter take nearly no damage from Spiderlings.
 * kills Spiderlings in one or two casts, should Broodmother try to swarm Tidehunter with them.


 * prevents Broodmother's spiderlings from being able to effectively harass Timbersaw in the lane.
 * '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.
 * 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's AoE damage make short work of Broodmother's spiderlings
 * Even in she is within the range of her spiderwebs from Broodmother cannot escape Void Spirit's mobility.

Others

 * Heroes with high mobility can chase down Broodmother when she escapes into the trees.
 * 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:, ,.

Items

 * weakens Broodmother's regeneration from Insatiable Hunger for a good amount of time.
 * , followed by a disable, can be used to catch Broodmother in the trees.
 * intercepts Broodmother's split pushing attempts.
 * ,, and will negate a majority of the Spiderlings's damage.
 * ,, , and  can wipe out many Spiderlings quickly.
 * and can be used to stop Broodmother from getting away.
 * will reflect Silken Bola and Spawn Spiderlings back to Broodmother if she tries to cast it on a hero protected by it.

Good against...

 * 's attack damage amplification can reduce the effectiveness of, and the will not weaken the magical damage output from ,  and  from , though it will still reduce their cast range.
 * Bane's single-targeted arsenal of abilities make him an easy target for Broodmother and her Spiderlings.
 * Broodmother often buys and it's upgrade, which allows her to cancel , and completely shut Bane down.


 * Like with Bane, Bounty Hunter's single-targeted arsenal of abilities make him an easy target for Broodmother and her Spiderlings.
 * Broodmother often buys and it's upgrade, which allows her to stop Bounty Hunter from escaping with.
 * from allows Broodmother to create invisible lines on her webs from  that will root Bounty Hunter, deal damage over time to him and reveal him if they unwittingly steps on them, disrupting Bounty Hunter's ganking attempts with  while also alerting Broodmother on his attempts to ambush her and her allies.


 * Chen has no area-of-effect spells to deal with Broodmother's spiderlings and must rely on his creeps to take care of them.
 * can kill Chen's creeps and spawn spiderlings in their place.
 * allows Broodmother to disrupt Chen's jungling.
 * 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 talent.
 * Broodmother is a natural wielder, which will allow her to prevent Chen from trying to save himself with  while also making him more vulnerable to damage, and when combined with, it will spell a quick and certain death for Chen. 's passive ability will also reduce any spell damage Chen tries to inflict with his creeps.
 * from allows Broodmother to create invisible lines on her webs from  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's lack of mobility and area-of-effect abilities makes her easy prey for Broodmother and her Spiderlings.


 * Enchantress's lack of area-of-effect abilities allows Broodmother to swarm her with Spiderlings.
 * can kill enchanted creeps and create Spiderlings in their place.
 * However, bear in mind that 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, buying items that deal high magical damage like , or by buying items that give high attack speed like.


 * Broodmother can kill Enigma's Eidolons with, and spawn her spiderlings in their place. But remember that Enigma can do the same to Broodmother's spiderlings with and.
 * Without the protection from, Broodmother can cancel Enigma's with  and make him more vulnerable to damage. Broodmother can also buy  to cancel Enigma's  even through.
 * causes Enigma's attacks to miss a lot and renders him more vulnerable to magical damage. And if Broodmother takes 400 AoE, then she will be able to use to cause Enigma's Eidolons to miss their attacks as well. In addition, Enigma does not like to buy items to provide him true strike such as , , and it's upgrade.
 * If Broodmother is lucky enough to survive being trapped in, she will be able to recover her lost health with.
 * gives Broodmother access to, which allows her to create invisible lines on her webs from that will root Enigma, deal damage over time to Enigma and reveal Enigma if he unwittingly steps on them, disrupting his attempts to initiate with , prevent him from using , while also alerting Broodmother on his attempts to ambush her and her allies.


 * 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, 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 fully while Broodmother can fit a  to burn away all of Medusa's mana.


 * Though Mirana can clear waves of Broodmother's spiderlings with, Broodmother will often stick with her spiderlings from , which in combination with the huge speed provided by can make it hard for Mirana to hit her with.
 * Broodmother commonly buys and it's upgrade, which allows her to prevent Mirana from escaping with both,  and  and from fighting back with.
 * gives Broodmother access to, which allows her to create invisible lines on her webs from that will root Mirana, deal damage over time to Mirana and reveal Mirana if she or any of her allies unwittingly step on them while affected by , disrupting her attempts to initiate with  and , prevent her to use  while also alerting Broodmother on her attempts to ambush her and her allies.


 * 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.


 * Phantom Assassin's single target abilities make her very helpless against swarms of Spiderlings without.
 * Because Phantom Assassin is always reliant on critical strikes, Broodmother will usually have enough time to use Spin Web to save herself.
 * can cripple Phantom Assassin greatly due to her being 100% reliant on physical attacks.


 * Sniper is completely helpless against Broodmother's abilities, and can be seriously damaged by Spiderlings in lane, especially when is on cooldown.


 * Spiderlings melt away almost instantly.
 * The vision from may prove dangerous for Broodmother, however.

Others

 * Support heroes with low mobility can be slowed further by Incapacitating Bite, and swarmed by Spiderlings for an easy kill:, , , ,.
 * Heroes with very little to no area-of-effect abilities will struggle greatly against Broodmother:, , , , ,.
 * With, Broodmother will gain access to , which will allow her to create invisible lines on her webs from that will root, deal damage over time, and reveal enemy heroes if they unwittingly step on them. This allows Broodmother to keep her allies alerted on heroes who rely on invisibility-themed and movement-themed abilities and items to surprise enemy heroes and disrupt ganking attempts of enemy heroes: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  etc.

Items

 * 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 and  will protect it's owner from Broodmother's physical damage output, it will amplify the damage from Silken Bola and Spawn Spiderlings as their damage output is magical.

Works well with...

 * improves the damage output of Broodmother's swarm.
 * singles out targets for Broodmother to pounce on.


 * deals very high damage to nearby enemies when used on a cluster of Spiderlings.


 * can surprise an enemy when used on a Broodmother with her speed in her webs.
 * '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.


 * combined with can give Broodmother bonus attack damage to help her farm during the laning phase. It can also help Broodmother and her Spiderlings destroy waves of creeps and towers faster when combined with.
 * slows and blinds enemy heroes while also making them suffer extra magical damage, which allows it to amplify the damage of the and.
 * from can be a solid setup for  upgraded.


 * Naga Siren's illusions from and Broodmother's spiderlings from  can easily clear waves of creeps, summons, illusions and can destroy towers faster.
 * slows and blinds enemy heroes while also making them suffer extra magical damage, which allows it to amplify the damage of the.
 * can give Broodmother time to escape from bad engagements with . And it can also guarantee a successful triggering of from  if the enemy team is disabled with  in the area where Broodmother created her webs from.

Others

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

Items

 * Items that deal magical damage like, , , , , , , , and  will gain a damage boost when used on a target affected by Silken Bola, especially when also amplified with.

List of heroes that counter Broodmother, and list of heroes that work well with Broodmother.

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