Broodmother/Counters

Bad against...

 * forces Broodmother to reveal herself, and can be used to clean up spiderlings.


 * can rack up huge amounts of gold from spiderlings.


 * kills spiderlings very quickly.


 * keeps Broodmother visible to her enemies.


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


 * will kill all of Broodmother's spiderlings, and deal tremendous damage as a result.
 * can find Broodmother when she retreats to the treeline.


 * All of Ember Spirit's abilities will clean up spiderlings quickly, and can catch Broodmother in the trees.


 * gains a large damage bonus when it strikes many spiderlings.


 * easily catches spiderlings, and destroys them.
 * Broodmother's will rarely kill Meepo, as he can simply cycle low health clones away.


 * and will catch Broodmother before she has a chance to retreat.


 * cleans up Spiderlings very quickly.


 * Timbersaw's abilities destroys the trees that Broodmother hides in, and his AoE abilities make short work of her spiderlings.
 * Insatiable Hunger steals little damage from.
 * 's high mobility makes Incapacitating Bite's slow irrelevant.

Others

 * Heroes that can detect invisibility will do well against Broodmother:, ,
 * Heroes with high mobility can chase down Broodmother when she escapes into the trees.
 * Heroes with area of effect nukes destroy Broodermother's spiderlings quickly.

Items

 * detects Broodmother in her web.
 * detects Broodmother, and can be placed in the treelines to set up an ambush.
 * , followed by a disabling ability, can catch Broodmother in the trees.
 * intercepts Broodmother's split pushing attempts.
 * reduces damage from spiderlings.
 * greatly reduces damage from spiderlings.
 * 's Burn destroys spiderlings easily, and disables Broodmother's unobstructed movement.
 * purges Insatiable Hunger and stops Broodmother from getting away.

Good against...

 * Ancient Apparitions has no means to escape from spiderlings.
 * Broodmother's move speed from makes Ancient Apparition's spells hard to hit, and the high regeneration make them not even worth the effort without killing Broodmother.
 * She can also force Ancient Apparition to waste his spells by running him down, then backing off.
 * makes attacks from miss.


 * Drow Ranger's lack of mobility makes her easy prey for Broodmother and her spiderlings.


 * cannot protect Nature's Prophet if Broodmother puts down a web.
 * Nature's Prophet's low mobility means he is defenseless against Incapacitating Bite.
 * Spiderlings absorb much of the damage from.


 * Phantom Assassin's single targeted spells make her very helpless against swarms of Spiderlings.
 * Because Phantom Assassin is always reliant on critical strikes, Broodmother will always have more than enough time to use to save herself.
 * Broodmother also loves going for Bloodthorn, which will make Phantom Assassin completely defenceless.


 * Sniper is completely helpless against Incapacitating Bite, and can be seriously damaged by spiderlings in lane.


 * Spiderlings melt almost instantly.

Others

 * Support heroes with low mobility can be slowed further by Incapacitating Bite, and swarmed by spiderlings for an easy kill:, , , ,

Items

 * is ineffective because Broodmother will recover most of the reflected damage with.

Works well with...

 * adds a damage bonus to and her spiderlings, increasing their pushing ability. Because  is a global ability, the two heroes can push different lanes simultaneously.


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