Bad against...[]
- 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 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.
- Berserker's Call forces Broodmother and her spiderlings to attack, allowing for large amounts of pure damage to be done through Counter Helix.
- Ice Blast prevents Insatiable Hunger lifesteal, Spin Web regeneration and quickly kills spiderlings.
- Bristleback reduces most of Broodmother's and her spiderlings' damage.
- Quill Spray will hit any spiders in its proximity, hindering Broodmother's fighting and farming capabilities.
- Ion Shell zones out Broodmother in the laning phase, and can kill her spiderlings if used on one Spiderling in a group.
- Vacuum can pull Broodmother out of the treeline.
- Breathe Fire will clear Broodmother's spiderites while significantly damaging her spiderlings and decreasing their damage output.
- Dragon Blood's added armor and regen mitigates the damage done by Broodmother and her spiders.
- Elder Dragon Form at level 2 and above applies splash damage to Dragon Knight's auto attacks.
- Aftershock in combination with Enchant Totem prevents Broodmother from continuing to attack Earthshaker without being repeatedly stunned.
- 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.
- Echo Stomp can impede Broodmother's ability to push towers due to its low cooldown and long sleep duration.
- Astral Spirit can provide Elder Titan large amounts of damage, armor, and movement speed from her spiderlings.
- Natural Order negates Broodmother and her spiderling's base armor and magic resistance, increasing most damage dealt to them.
- 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 or Maelstrom to prevent her pushes entirely.
- 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 allows Ember Spirit an escape from Broodmother that is unaffected by her Incapacitating Bite.
- X Marks the Spot prevents Broodmother from escaping.
- Tidebringer can clear Broodmother's spiders if they get in range.
- 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 has a high chance to proc if Broodmother and all of her spiders are attacking her.
- Duel can keep Broodmother in place long enough for Legion's team to kill her.
- Light Strike Array in combination with Dragon Slave can easily clear Broodmother's spiders.
- 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.
- Earthbind prevents Broodmother from escaping Meepo's attacks.
- Poof will quickly clear any nearby spiders.
- Broodmother often picks off single target heroes. With Meepo's Divided We Stand, it gets a lot harder once every Meepo Poofs in.
- 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 prevents Broodmother or her spiderlings from damaging Necrophos temporarily until Broodmother buys Nullifier or Revenant's Brooch.
- Heartstopper Aura will regenerate lost health and mana for every spiderling or spiderite Necrophos manages to kill.
- Swashbuckle can be used for Pangolier to escape or kill Broodmother's spiders. Combined with Lucky Shot Pangolier can potentially disarm Broodmother preventing her from lifestealing off enemies.
- Shield Crash can be used for wave clear to deal with Broodmother's spiders.
- Rolling Thunder can be used as an escape or a means of initiating on Broodmother.
- Burrowstrike can be used as an escape or initiation against Broodmother.
- Sand Storm quickly kills any spiderlings caught inside if Sand King can manage to stun them.
- Spiderlings are a good source of farm for Necromastery and can be quickly killed with Shadowraze.
- Shadow Fiend is a natural Black King Bar carrier, protecting him from any of Broodmother's abilities.
- Requiem of Souls combined with Eul's Scepter of Divinity can potentially kill Broodmother before she gets a Black King Bar.
- Ball Lightning and 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.
- Great Cleave cleans up Spiderlings quicker than most spells, as it ignores their magic resistance.
- Sven is a natural Black King Bar carrier, protecting him from Silken Bola, Spawn Spiderlings and Orchid Malevolence.
- Warcry and God's Strength allow Sven to easily out-damage Broodmother.
- Kraken Shell makes Tidehunter take nearly no damage from Spiderlings.
- Anchor Smash kills Spiderlings in one or two casts, should Broodmother try to swarm Tidehunter with them.
- Reactive Armor prevents Broodmother's spiderlings from being able to effectively harass Timbersaw in the lane.
- 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 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 can make short work of Broodmother's spiderlings
- Even if she is within the range of her spiderwebs from Spin Web Broodmother cannot escape Void Spirit's mobility.
- However, Spinner's Snare from Aghanim's Scepter can be very hazardous for Void Spirit, as it allows Broodmother to create invisible lines on her webs from 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 and 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 from 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, Legion Commander, Grimstroke.
Items[]
- Spirit Vessel weakens Broodmother's regeneration from Insatiable Hunger for a good amount of time.
- Blink Dagger, followed by a disable, can be used to catch Broodmother in the trees.
- Boots of Travel intercepts Broodmother's split pushing attempts.
- Vanguard, Crimson Guard, and Abyssal Blade will negate a majority of the Spiderlings's damage.
- Radiance, Battle Fury, Maelstrom, Mjollnir and Gleipnir can wipe out many Spiderlings quickly.
- Diffusal Blade and Rod of Atos can be used to stop Broodmother from getting away.
- Lotus Orb will reflect Silken Bola and Spawn Spiderlings back to Broodmother if she impulsively uses them on a hero protected by it.
Good against...[]
- Insatiable Hunger's attack damage amplification can reduce the effectiveness of Enfeeble, and the Enfeeble will not weaken the magical damage output from Silken Bola, Spawn Spiderlings and Spinner's Snare from Aghanim's Scepter, 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 Orchid Malevolence and it's upgrade Bloodthorn, which allows her to cancel Fiend's Grip, 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 Orchid Malevolence and it's upgrade Bloodthorn, which allows her to stop Bounty Hunter from escaping with Shadow Walk.
- Spinner's Snare from Aghanim's Scepter allows Broodmother to create invisible lines on her webs from 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 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.
- Spawn Spiderlings can kill Chen's creeps and spawn spiderlings in their place.
- Spin Web allows Broodmother to disrupt Chen's jungling.
- 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 talent.
- Broodmother is a natural Bloodthorn wielder, which will allow her to prevent Chen from trying to save himself with Hand of God while also making him more vulnerable to damage, and when combined with Insatiable Hunger, it will spell a quick and certain death for Chen. Bloodthorn's passive ability will also reduce any spell damage Chen tries to inflict with his creeps.
- Spinner's Snare from Aghanim's Scepter allows Broodmother to create invisible lines on her webs from 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'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.
- Spawn Spiderlings can kill enchanted creeps and create Spiderlings in their place.
- However, bear in mind that 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, buying items that deal high magical damage like Dagon, or by buying items that give high attack speed like Moon Shard.
- Broodmother can kill Enigma's Eidolons with Spawn Spiderlings, and spawn her spiderlings in their place. But remember that Enigma can do the same to Broodmother's spiderlings with Demonic Conversion and Midnight Pulse.
- Without the protection from Black King Bar, Broodmother can cancel Enigma's Black Hole with Bloodthorn and make him more vulnerable to damage. Broodmother can also buy Abyssal Blade to cancel Enigma's Black Hole even through Black King Bar.
- Silken Bola causes Enigma's attacks to miss a lot and renders him more vulnerable to magical damage. And if Broodmother takes 400 AoE Silken Bola, 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 Bloodthorn, Monkey King Bar, Witch Blade and it's upgrade Revenant's Brooch.
- If Broodmother is lucky enough to survive being trapped in Black Hole, she will be able to recover her lost health with Insatiable Hunger.
- Aghanim's Scepter gives Broodmother access to Spinner's Snare, which allows her to create invisible lines on her webs from Spin Web 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 Black Hole, prevent him from using Blink Dagger, 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, 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 fully while Broodmother can fit a Diffusal Blade to burn away all of Medusa's mana.
- Though Mirana can clear waves of Broodmother's spiderlings with Starstorm, Broodmother will often stick with her spiderlings from Spawn Spiderlings, which in combination with the huge speed provided by Spin Web can make it hard for Mirana to hit her with Sacred Arrow.
- Broodmother commonly buys Orchid Malevolence and it's upgrade Bloodthorn, which allows her to prevent Mirana from escaping with both, Leap and Moonlight Shadow and from fighting back with Starstorm.
- Aghanim's Scepter gives Broodmother access to Spinner's Snare, which allows her to create invisible lines on her webs from Spin Web 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 Moonlight Shadow, disrupting her attempts to initiate with Moonlight Shadow and Sacred Arrow, and prevent her to use Leap while also alerting Broodmother on her attempts to ambush her and her allies.
- 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.
- Aghanim's Scepter gives Broodmother access to Spinner's Snare, which allows her to create invisible lines on her webs from 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 and also prevent him from using Silver Edge to esacape, while also alerting Broodmother on his attempts to ambush her and her allies.
- Phantom Assassin's single target abilities make her very helpless against swarms of Spiderlings without 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 can cripple Phantom Assassin greatly due to her being 100% reliant on physical attacks.
- Aghanim's Scepter gives Broodmother access to Spinner's Snare, which allows her to create invisible lines on her webs from 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 while also alerting Broodmother on her attempts to ambush her and her allies.
- Sniper is completely helpless against Broodmother's abilities, and can be seriously damaged by Spiderlings in lane, especially when Shrapnel is on cooldown.
- Spiderlings melt away Living Armor almost instantly.
- The vision from Eyes In The Forest 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: Shadow Shaman, Visage, Dazzle, Rubick, Lich.
- Heroes with very little to no area-of-effect abilities will struggle greatly against Broodmother: Sniper, Phantom Assassin, Nyx Assassin, Bane, Visage, Bounty Hunter.
- With Aghanim's Scepter, Broodmother will gain access to Spinner's Snare, which will allow her to create invisible lines on her webs from Spin Web 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: Phantom Assassin, Nyx Assassin, Mirana, Bounty Hunter, Templar Assassin, Riki, Spirit Breaker, Anti-Mage, Tusk, Ursa, Nature's Prophet, Enigma, Void Spirit, Magnus etc.
Items[]
- 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 and 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...[]
- Inner Beast improves the damage output of Broodmother's swarm.
- Primal Roar singles out targets for Broodmother to pounce on.
- Shadow Wave deals very high damage to nearby enemies when used on a cluster of Spiderlings.
- Infest can surprise an enemy when used on a Broodmother with her speed in her webs.
- 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.
- Lunar Blessing combined with Insatiable Hunger 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 Moon Glaives.
- Silken Bola slows and blinds enemy heroes while also making them suffer extra magical damage, which allows it to amplify the damage of the Lucent Beam and Eclipse.
- Spinner's Snare from Aghanim's Scepter can be a solid setup for Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Eclipse.
- Naga Siren's illusions from Mirror Image and Broodmother's spiderlings from Spawn Spiderlings can easily clear waves of creeps, summons, illusions and can destroy towers faster.
- Silken Bola slows and blinds enemy heroes while also making them suffer extra magical damage, which allows it to amplify the damage of the Rip Tide.
- Song of the Siren can give Broodmother time to escape from bad engagements with Spin Web. And it can also guarantee a successful triggering of Spinner's Snare from Aghanim's Scepter if the enemy team is disabled with Song of the Siren in the area where Broodmother created her webs from Spin Web.
Others[]
- Broodmother's lane control and pushing power make her excellent at creating space for farm-dependent carries, like Alchemist, Medusa, and Spectre, by forcing the enemy to constantly pay attention to her lane and deal with her Spiderling pushes.
Items[]
- Items that deal magical damage like Dagon, Spirit Vessel, Wind Waker, Meteor Hammer, Overwhelming Blink, Gleipnir, Mjollnir, Radiance, Revenant's Brooch and Ethereal Blade will gain a damage boost when used on a target affected by Silken Bola, especially when also amplified with Veil of Discord.
