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Brood Mothers are large, heavy Infested that spawn Maggots within their chest cavity, which the Brood Mother can then release to attack enemies. Brood Mothers will also charge at nearby opponents, and release an additional swarm of maggots upon death. They were introduced in the Operation: Mutalist Incursions event in Update 15.5.
Attached Maggots slow the victim down a little while doing damage over time, with the slowdown and damage increasing with the number of attached maggots. These maggots are weak and easy to dispatch but due to their small size can prove to be difficult without AoE weapons or abilities.
Tactics
- Rolling or using a melee attack will make Maggots fall on the ground. This will not kill them.
- Shooting them in the mouth/face/chest opening appears to do more damage then usual.
Notes
- Mind Controlled Brood Mothers will release friendly Maggots; however, it seems that when the ability ends the Maggots spawned while the Brood Mother is Mind Controlled will become hostile again.
- Maggots cannot be shot off of friendly units.
Trivia
- The Brood Mother was introduced in Devstream 35, where it was referred to as the Diseased Ancient.
Bugs
- Brood Mother corpses cannot be desecrated.
- Knocking down a Brood Mother using jump attacks or blast procs will permanently keep the Brood Mother on the ground. Sometimes you will come across Brood Mothers that are simply lying down, possibly due to being knocked down by an Eximus or a Shockwave Moa.
- Mind Controlling a Brood Mother during a Defense mission may make it impossible to end the current wave, due to possible errors with the spawned maggots.
Media
See also
- Maggot, the enemy that the Brood Mother can spawn.
