Broodmother

Agility ・ Melee ・ Medium

Carry 1 Pusher 3 Escape 3 Nuker 1

Patch 7.41f 2026-09-15 released ・ Game data Client 6957(Oct 09 2026)

Stats

Attributes (base and gain per level)
  • Strength18 (+2.9/Lv)
  • Agility20 (+3.4/Lv)
  • Intelligence18 (+2/Lv)
Attack
  • Damage27–33
  • Base attack time1.7s
  • Base attack speed125
  • Attack range175
  • Attack point0.4s
  • Projectile speed900
Defense and movement
  • Base armor-1
  • Magic resistance25%
  • Movement speed285
  • Turn rate0.6
  • Health regen0.25
  • Vision (day / night)1800 / 800

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.

Abilities

Insatiable Hunger

Cooldown 45 / 40 / 35 / 30s Mana 70 PHYSICAL
ActiveCooldown45 / 40 / 35 / 30sMana70

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
7.41f 2026-09-15
  • Mana Cost decreased from 80 to 70
7.41c 2026-05-06
  • Spiderling Radius increased from 800 to 1200
7.41 2026-03-24
  • Now also applies lifesteal to Spiderlings within 800 range of Broodmother
7.40 2025-12-15
  • Aghanim's Shard no longer increases duration Aghanim's Shard

Spin Web

Cooldown 0.0s Mana 40 Range 1200
ActiveCooldown0.0sMana40Range1200

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
7.41 2026-03-24
  • Movespeed Bonus decreased from 10/22/34/46% to 10/20/30/40%
7.40c 2026-01-21
  • Max Charges decreased from 4/6/8/10 to 3/5/7/9
7.40 2025-12-15
  • Broodmother's illusions now also benefit from the web

Incapacitating Bite Passive

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
7.40c 2026-01-21
  • No longer applied by illusions
7.40 2025-12-15
  • Attack Bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12

Spinner's Snare

Mana 70 Range 600 MAGICAL
ActiveMana70Range600

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
7.41c 2026-05-06
  • Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 70

Spider's Milk Innate Passive

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
7.41 2026-03-24
  • Hero Health as Heal changed from 2% to 1.9% + 0.1% per level

Spawn Spiderlings

Cooldown 9 / 8 / 7s Mana 100 Range 900 MAGICAL
ActiveCooldown9 / 8 / 7sMana100Range900

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
7.41d 2026-06-04
  • Spiderlings HP increased from 300 to 325

Talents

Level 25 -0.15s BAT during Insatiable Hunger +7% Spin Web Move Speed and Ignore Speed Limit
Level 20 -6s Spin Web Charge Restore Time +20% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance
Level 15 +5 Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus +175 Spiderlings Health
Level 10 +80 Spawn Spiderlings Damage +20% Insatiable Hunger Lifesteal

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

Patch history (hero and talents)

7.41b 2026-04-07
  • Base agility increased from 18 to 20
  • Damage at level 1 increased from 45-51 to 47-53
7.41 2026-03-24
Talents
  • Level 15 Talent Spiderlings Health increased from +150 to +175
  • Level 15 Talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +6 to +5
  • Level 25 Talent -0.15s BAT during Insatiable Hunger now also affects Spiderlings within 800 range
7.40c 2026-01-21
Talents
  • Level 15 Talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +8 to +6
  • Level 25 Talent BAT Reduction during Insatiable Hunger decreased from 0.2s to 0.15s
7.40b 2025-12-23
Talents
  • Level 15 Talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +10 to +8
  • Level 20 Talent Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance decreased from +25% to +20%
  • Level 25 Talent Spin Web Move Speed decreased from +14% to +7%
  • Level 25 Talent BAT Reduction During Insatiable Hunger decreased from 0.25s to 0.2s
7.40 2025-12-15
Talents
  • Level 10 Talent +1.5% Spider's Milk Heal replaced with +20% Insatiable Hunger Lifesteal
  • Level 15 Talent Spiderlings Health increased from +125 to +150
  • Level 15 Talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +12 to +10
  • Level 20 Talent +35 Attack Speed replaced with +25% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance
  • Level 25 Talent +30% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance replaced with +14% Spin Web Move Speed and Ignore Speed Limit

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.

Details

Internal namenpc_dota_hero_broodmother
Hero ID61
Aliases / search termsbm, Arachnia, spider, Broodmother, ブルードマザー, ぶるーどまざー, buru-domaza-, アラクニア, あらくにあ, arakunia, スパイダー, すぱいだー, supaida-, 蜘蛛, クモ, くも, kumo