Kunkka stats, abilities and strategy [7.41a]
Disrupts enemy positioning and disables them
Kunkka is always predicting where his enemies will go next. Able to attack a location with a geyser of water or a ghostly shipwreck, should his aim prove true, he and his allies will have no trouble cleaning up whatever is left.
Win Rate 49.3%
Pick Rate 4.3%
Attributes
648 +79.2/lvl
291 +21.6/lvl
24 +3.6/lvl
14 +1.6/lvl
18 +1.8/lvl
Stats
Damage:
54 - 60 + 3.6/level (172 - 178 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
4.3 + 0.3/level (14.4 at level 30)
Movement:
315
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
Damage from enemy heroes, buildings, or Roshan that would reduce Kunkka below 65% threshold causes him to douse himself with The Admiral's Rum, receiving bonus movement speed and a delayed reaction to 18% of incoming damage for 5s.
Damage dealt after Rum wears off is non-lethal and can never kill a hero.
BONUS MOVESPEED: 7.75%
COOLDOWN: 60.5
60.5
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +1s Admiral's Rum Buff Duration
Patch 7.41
- Can no longer be applied by multiple sources, and will no longer trigger passively if Ghostship already applied the buff
- Cooldown changed from 60s to 60.5s - 0.5s per level
- Bonus Movement Speed rescaled from 10% to 7.75% + 0.25% per level
- Duration decreased from 6s to 5s
- Delayed Damage decreased from 20% to 18%
Deleterious to landlubbers, no one holds their rum like a sailor.
Torrent
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Summons a rising torrent that, after a short delay, hurls enemy units into the sky, stunning, dealing damage and slowing movement speed.
The initial bubble effect is only visible to allies and provides vision in fog of war.
Units tossed in the air will be stunned and still able to be attacked.
RADIUS: 250
MOVE SLOW: 40%
SLOW DURATION: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
STUN DURATION: 1.4
DELAY: 1.6 / 1.6 / 1.6 / 1.6
DAMAGE: 110 / 180 / 250 / 320
16 / 14 / 12 / 10
90
1300
LEVEL 20 TALENT: -4s Torrent Cooldown
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +25% Torrent Damage/Knock Up Duration
An ancestral rush of water explodes from the center of the world, called upon by the Admiral.
Tidebringer
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PASSIVE: No
Kunkka's legendary sword grants increased damage and cleaves a large area of effect in front of him for a single strike.
CLEAVE RANGE: 650 / 775 / 900 / 1025
DAMAGE BONUS: 35 / 70 / 105 / 140
CLEAVE DAMAGE: 150%
13 / 10 / 7 / 4
150
LEVEL 25 TALENT: Tidebringer Ignores 25% Armor
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +80% Tidebringer Cleave Damage
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +75 Tidebringer Damage
LEVEL 10 TALENT: Tidebringer applies 60% slow for 1s
A lost Claddish soul inhabits Kunkka's trusty Tidebringer, empowering it to destroy demons of the Cataract.
X Marks the Spot
AFFECTS: Unit
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
BUFF: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Targets a friendly or enemy Hero, marks their position with an X, and returns them to it after several seconds. Kunkka can trigger the return at any time during the duration. Lasts twice as long on allied heroes.
ENEMY DELAY: 3
ALLIED DELAY: 6
24 / 20 / 16 / 12
50
550 / 700 / 850 / 1000
The Admiral's set of arcane abilities includes some that can be used for battle as well as entertainment.
Ghostship
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Summons a ghostly ship that sails through the battle before smashing apart, damaging and stunning all enemies caught near the wreckage.
Allied heroes touched by the Ghostship are given a 2x strong swig of The Admiral's Rum.
Actual area of effect of ship's collision is larger than the boat itself.
The boat has a movement speed of 650.
IMPACT DELAY: 3.1
RANGE: 2000
WIDTH: 450
STUN DURATION: 1.2
90 / 80 / 70
125 / 175 / 225
1000
Patch 7.41
- Now applies Admiral's Rum at a 2x factor
- Multiplication applies to duration, delayed damage and movement speed bonus
The final ship of the Claddish Navy is nothing but a phantom, but it is all too real to the enemies of the Admiral.
Return
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Returns the marked hero to the X.
1
Tidal Wave
Shard grants new ability
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Releases a Tidal Wave that spawns behind Kunkka. Deals damage and drags enemies along it. Enemies cannot attack while being dragged.
SPEED: 700
RADIUS: 750
DAMAGE: 180
DRAG DURATION: 1
WAVE DISTANCE: 1800
KNOCKBACK DISTANCE: 600
12
75
1050
A good sailor knows the timing of the tides like the back of his hand.
Talents
Tidebringer Ignores 25% Armor
+100 Spell Area of Effect
+ 4.9%
+80% Tidebringer Cleave Damage
-4s Torrent Cooldown
+ 2.4%
+75 Tidebringer Damage
+25% Torrent Damage/Knock Up Duration
+ 1.5%
Tidebringer applies 60% slow for 1s
+ 0.5%
+1s Admiral's Rum Buff Duration
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Patch 7.41
- Level 10 Talent -15s Admiral's Rum Cooldown replaced with +1s Admiral's Rum Buff Duration
- Level 15 Talent Tidebringer Damage increased from +70 to +75
- Level 20 Talent +15% Admiral's Rum Damage Delayed replaced with +80% Tidebringer Cleave
- Level 25 Talent +130% Tidebringer Cleave replaced with Tidebringer Ignores 25% Armor
Strategy
On early levels, make sure Tidebringer hits the opponents as that is your main laning tool.
Ideally, you want to cleave off of a creep with Tidebringer for maximum damage.
You can do X Marks the Spot into {town-portal-scroll} to fountain to replenish yourself or allies.
Ask your allies to stack for you as you can easily clear those with level 4 Tidebringer.
Torrent provides vision so you can scout pillars for {observer-ward} or 
Roshan pit.
You can stack some of the neutral camps by using Torrent two seconds before the minute mark hits.
Make sure to activate {armlet-of-mordiggian} if you have one before using Tidebringer.
Maximum value combo: X Mark, Ghostship, activate X Mark, Torrent after Ghostship lands into Tidebringer.
In fights, if possible align Ghostship in such way that it goes over most of your allies for Rum buff.
In fights, position yourself to cleave with Tidebringer on as many enemy heroes as possible.
X Mark yourself and run forward to kill a dangerous wave with Tidebringer if opponents don't have {euls-scepter-of-divinity}.
Counter Strategy
Kunkka's sword will be glowing when Tidebringer is ready. Play on the side not to get cleaved.
{kunkka} will raise his sword when casting Torrent. Look to make a sharp turn.
Kunkka's Ghostship allows his allied heroes that were underneath it to delay 35% damage taken.
Avoid fighting in choke spots and clumping up against Torrent and Ghostship.
{euls-scepter-of-divinity} is great at stopping X Marks the Spot pullback.