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Incapacitating Bite reworked in 7.36225 lines of changes across 59 patches, condensed below to the ones that still matter.
52 buffs and 57 nerfs in total: roughly even.
Biggest ability changes
- ▲Incapacitating Bite No longer applied by illusionsadjusted 6 times across 5 patches, net buff
- ▼Spawn Spiderlings Spiderlings HP increased from 300 to 325adjusted 36 times across 17 patches, net nerf
- ◆Spin Web Movespeed Bonus decreased from 10/22/34/46% to 10/20/30/40%adjusted 26 times across 21 patches, roughly even
- ▼Insatiable Hunger Mana Cost decreased from 80 to 70adjusted 17 times across 11 patches, net nerf
- ▼Spider's Milk Hero Health as Heal changed from 2% to 1.9% + 0.1% per leveladjusted 3 times across 3 patches, net nerf
- ▼Spinner's Snare Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 70adjusted 4 times across 4 patches, net nerf
- ◆Spin Web Info Part of the boots changes
Innate
- ▼Spider's Milk This healing is classified as lifesteal, and is amplified by Lifesteal Amplification. Lifesteal from creeps reduced by 40%adjusted 3 times across 1 patch, net nerf
Aghanim’s upgrades
- ▼Scepter Reworked Scepter. Vector Targeted. Broodmother creates a 900 width invisible web line that takes 2 seconds to form. Enemy Heroes that cross the web line will make it visible and become rooted after 0.25s of 100% slow. They will also be visible in fog and receive 100dps for 4 seconds. Broodmother's team is notified in the Minimap whenever someone trips in a Web line. Multiple Heroes can trip on the same line until the duration expires, but illusions don't trigger it. Maximum of 5 Snares can be active and Snares can't be cast overlapping another. 2 Charges: Mana Cost: 100. Cooldown: 20s. Cast Range: 600changed 6 times, latest shown
- ▲Shard Aghanim's Shard no longer increases durationchanged 7 times, latest shown
Base stats
- ▼Base Damage decreased by 2adjusted 5 times across 5 patches, net nerf
- ▲Agility gain increased from 2.6 to 3.4adjusted 5 times across 5 patches, net buff
- ▲Strength gain increased from 2.3 to 2.9adjusted 3 times across 3 patches, net buff
- ◆Intelligence gain increased from 1.4 to 2.0adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, roughly even
- ◆Damage gain per level decreased from +4.4 to +3.4adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, roughly even
- ◆Base agility increased from 18 to 20adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, roughly even
- ◆Base Strength decreased from 19 to 18adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, roughly even
- ◆Damage at level 1 increased from 45-51 to 47-53adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, roughly even
- ▼Damage at level 30 decreased by 45 (from 204-210 to 159-165)
- ▲Base attack speed increased from 100 to 125
- ▲Base Attack Range increased from 150 to 175
- ▼Damage on level 1 decreased by 5 (from 48-54 to 43-49)
- ▲Base movement speed increased from 275 to 280
- ▲Base Movement Speed increased from 280 to 285
- ▲Base damage increased by 3
- ▲Agility increased by 4
- ▲Agility growth increased from 3 to 3.4
- ▼Base Agility decreased by 1
- ▼Base Armor decreased by 1
- ◆Damage at level 1 unchanged (47-53)
Talents changed
- ◆Lv10 talent +1.5% Spider's Milk Heal replaced with +20% Insatiable Hunger Lifesteal
- ◆Lv15 talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +6 to +5
- ◆Lv20 talent Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance decreased from +25% to +20%
- ◆Lv25 talent -0.15s BAT during Insatiable Hunger now also affects Spiderlings within 800 range
- ◆Talent reduced from +18 spider damage to +15
Facets were part of the game from 7.36 and were removed in 7.41. Broodmother had 8 facet changes in between.
Most recent change patch 7.41f, Sep 2026
- ▲Insatiable Hunger Mana Cost decreased from 80 to 70
Current abilities
Insatiable HungerA violent lust for vital fluids increases Broodmother's attack damage and gives her and her Spiderlings a vampiric attack.
Spin WebSpins 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.
Incapacitating BiteBroodmother'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.
Spinner's Snare
Spider's Milk innateWhenever 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%.
Spawn SpiderlingsBroodmother 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.
What players buy on Broodmother
Starting items
- Circlet 155g
- Quelling Blade 100g
- Slippers of Agility 140g
Early game
- Soul Ring 805g
- Power Treads 1400g
- Wraith Band 505g
Mid game
- Manta Style 4650g
Illusions for damage, plus a dispel to escape slows and silences
Debuff immunity, to act in a fight without being disabled
Late game
- Butterfly 5450g
Damage, attack speed and evasion for an Agility carry
- Eye of Skadi 5900g
- Diffusal Blade 2500g
- Skull Basher 2875g
- Sange 2100g
- Nullifier 4350g
Most bought first, from item purchases in recent professional matches (OpenDota, Nov 2026). Public games can differ.