Kunkka

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[e][h]Kunkka

Radiant Hero

Attributes

24 +3.3

14 +1.3

18 +1.5

26 - 36

1

295

Base Stats

Base HP Regen

1.5

Base MP Regen

0.9

Sight Range

1800 / 800

Attack Range

150

Missile Speed

Instant

Attack Duration

0.4 + 0.3

Cast Duration

0.4 + 0.51

Base Attack Time

1.7

Base Magic Resist

25%

Turn Rate

0.6

Level Changes

Level

1

15

25

Health

740

1775

2517

Mana

291

543

723

Armor

3.2

6.2

8.2

Damage

50-60

96-106

129-139

Spell Amp

1.3%

2.7%

3.8%

Magic Resist

26%

30%

32%

Movement Speed Amp

0.7%

1.6%

2.3%

Most Played As

LessMore

Role

1

2

3

4

5

Kunkka, the Admiral

Recommended Roles

Carry Support Disabler Initiator Durable Nuker

As The Admiral of the mighty Claddish Navy, Kunkka was charged with protecting the isles of his homeland when the demons of the Cataract made a concerted grab at the lands of men. After years of small sorties, and increasingly bold and devastating attacks, the demon fleet flung all its carnivorous ships at the Trembling Isle. Desperate, the Suicide-Mages of Cladd committed their ultimate rite, summoning a host of ancestral spirits to protect the fleet. Against the demons, this was just barely enough to turn the tide. As Kunkka watched the demons take his ships down one by one, he had the satisfaction of wearing away their fleet with his ancestral magic. But at the battle's peak, something in the clash of demons, men and atavistic spirits must have stirred a fourth power that had been slumbering in the depths. The waves rose up in towering spouts around the few remaining ships, and Maelrawn the Tentacular appeared amid the fray. His tendrils wove among the ships, drawing demon and human craft together, churning the water and wind into a raging chaos. What happened in the crucible of that storm, none may truly say. The Cataract roars off into the void, deserted by its former denizens. Kunkka is now The Admiral of but one ship, a ghostly rig which endlessly replays the final seconds of its destruction. Whether he died in that crash is anyone's guess. Not even Tidehunter, who summoned Maelrawn, knows for sure.

Abilities

Torrent

QE

Ability
Point Target

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage Type
Magical

Summons a rising torrent of water that hurls enemy units into the sky after a short delay. It stuns, deals damage, and slows movement speed.

Damage:	75/150/225/300 (195/270/345/420 15 )

Radius:	225 (325 20 )

Slow:	35%

Slow Duration:	1.75/2.5/3.25/4

Stun Duration:	1.6

Delay:	1.6

Cast Range:	1500

Cast Point:	0.4

16/14/12/10

90/100/110/120

	Blocked by Spell Immunity
	Can be dispelled

An ancestral rush of water explodes from the center of the world, called upon by the Admiral.

Notes

• Damage is dealt every 0.2 seconds in 8 instances.
• Damage per instance:
  • 9.375 / 18.75 / 28.125 / 37.5
  • 24.375 / 33.75 / 43.125 / 52.5
    15
• Kunkka does not need to face the targeted area to cast Torrent.
• Enemies cannot see the bubbling water effect before Torrent bursts.
• Provides ground vision over its area upon cast until it triggers.
• Blocked by Spell Immunity.
• The slow can be dispelled.

Tidebringer

Ability
Unit Target

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage Type
Physical

Kunkka's legendary sword grants increased damage and cleaves a large area of effect in front of him for a single strike.

Bonus Damage:	25/50/75/100

Starting Radius:	150

Ending Radius:	500/550/600/650

Distance:	650/800/950/1100

Cleave Damage:	100% (150% 25 )

Cast Range:	150

13/10/7/4

	Illusions gain this ability

A lost Claddish soul inhabits Kunkka's trusty Tidebringer, empowering it to destroy demons of the Cataract.

Notes

• Can be set to Auto-Cast.
• The bonus damage will apply to denies and will not put the ability on cooldown or cleave.
• Enemies can see the Tidebringer visual effect on Kunkka's weapon when it is available.
• Illusions do not gain the damage or cleave, but they do display the visual effect.

X Marks the Spot

EX

Ability
Unit Target

Affects
Heroes

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. Has double the duration on allies.

Enemy Duration:	4

Ally Duration:	8

Cast Range:	400/600/800/1000

Cast Point:	0.4

26/20/14/8

50

	Blocked by Spell Immunity
	Blocked by Linken's Sphere and echoed by Lotus Orb

The Admiral's set of arcane abilities includes some that can be used for battle as well as entertainment.

Notes

• Interrupts channeling upon return.
• The target leaves behind a trail showing the path it has traveled from the X.
• The X provides 400 ground vision.
• Can be cast on spell immune allies.
• Blocked by Spell Immunity and Linken's Sphere on enemies.

Return

EX

Ability
No Target

Affects
Heroes

Returns the marked hero to the X.

Cast Point:	0.4

1

	Blocked by Spell Immunity

Notes

• Can return spell immune allies.
• Blocked by Spell Immunity on enemies.

Ghostship

RT

Ability
Point Target

Affects
Units

Damage Type
Magical

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 swig of The Admiral's Rum, receiving bonus movement speed and a delayed reaction to all incoming damage.

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Upgradeable by Aghanim's Scepter. Drags enemies with the Ghostship.

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Damage:	400/500/600

Stun Duration:	1.4

Bonus Speed:	10%

Damage Delayed:	40%/45%/50%

Buff Duration:	10

Radius:	425

Cast Range:	1000

Cast Point:	0.3

Ghostships Summoned:	1 (3 25 )

Ability:	Drags Enemies

Drag Radius:	200

60/50/40

125/175/225

	Blocked by Spell Immunity

The final ship of the Claddish Navy is nothing but a phantom, but it is all too real to the enemies of the Admiral.

Notes

• When cast, the ship appears behind Kunkka and travels forward to land in front of Kunkka.
• Always crashes where Kunkka targets it. It spawns the appropriate distance behind him to travel the full 2000 units.
• The boat's movement speed is 650, taking 3 seconds to reach the impact area.
• The boat appears directly on Kunkka and lands 1000 units ahead of Kunkka.
• Effectively shortens the travel time to 1.5 seconds.
• Enemies dragged by the ship can still perform actions and channel spells.
• Destroys trees units are pushed into within 100 range.
• Enemies cannot see the visual indicator marking the impact area.
• The boat has 300 flying vision.
• The Admiral's Rum buff gives allies a glossy wetness visual for the duration of the buff.
• After The Admiral's Rum buff wears off, the delayed damage is dealt in 10 instances over 10 seconds.
• The damage from Rum Hangover is non-lethal hp cost.
• Each Ghostship of the fleet appears 2.7 seconds after the previous one spawns.
  25
• Blocked by Spell Immunity.

Talent Tree

Talent Tree
+50% Tidebringer Cleave	25	Ghost Ship Fleet
+25 Strength	20	+100 Torrent AoE
+120 Torrent Damage	15	+10 Health Regen
+6 Armor	10	+40 Damage

Recommended Items

Starting Items			Early Game

Mid Game			Late Game

General Strategy

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.

Kunkka (In-Game Description)

Overview

Skill Build

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Spell
Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	20	25
Spell

Early Game

Mid Game

Late Game

Version History

Version	Balance Changes
7.13b
	Base movement speed reduced by 5 Base armor reduced by 1
7.10
	Tidebringer damage increased from 25/45/65/85 to 25/50/75/100
7.07b
	Level 25 Talent reduced from 4 Ghost Ships to 3
7.07
	Kunkka is no longer restricted from using Quelling Blade Reworked Talent Tree
7.06
	Ghostship now always crashes where Kunkka targets it (Spawns the appropriate distance behind him to travel the full 2000 units)
7.04
	Level 10 Talent increased from +25 Damage to +30 Level 15 Talent increased from +20 Movement Speed to +30
7.03
	Level 15 Talent increased from +15 Movement Speed to +20
7.02
	Tidebringer Cleave Distance from 675/750/825/900 to 650/800/950/1100 Tidebringer Cleave Radius from 450/500/550/600 to 500/550/600/650 Level 10 Talent from +150 Mana to +40 Torrent Damage Level 10 Talent from +20 Damage to +25 Level 25 Talent from +25% Magic Resistance to +35%
7.00
	Added Talent Tree
6.88f
	Torrent cooldown increased from 10 to 16/14/12/10 Ghostship Rum damage reduction changed from 50% to 40/45/50%
6.88e
	Torrent damage reduced from 120/180/240/300 to 75/150/225/300
6.88
	Torrent slow duration increased from 1/2/3/4 to 1.75/2.5/3.25/4 Tidebringer bonus damage increased from 25/40/55/70 to 25/45/65/85
6.87
	Torrent damage is now dealt evenly over 8 ticks Torrent stun duration increased from 1.53 to 1.6 Torrent mana cost reduced from 120 to 90/100/110/120 Base armor increased by 2
6.86
	Added Scepter to Kunkka Torrent now gives your team vision over target area immediately upon cast, rather than just when triggering Tidebringer is now an autocast ability, will only trigger if turned on or cast directly on the target Tidebringer damage bonus increased from 20/35/50/65 to 25/40/55/70 Tidebringer AoE from rescaled 500/500/500/600 to 450/500/550/600 Ghostship mana cost reduced from 150/200/250 to 125/175/225
6.85
	Tidebringer damage increased from 15/30/45/60 to 20/35/50/65 X Marks the Spot cast range rescaled from 350/550/750/1000 to 400/600/800/1000 X Marks the Spot cooldown rescaled from 19/16/13/10 to 26/20/14/8 Ghostship cast point reduced from 0.4 to 0.3
6.84
	Kunkka no longer turns to cast Torrent Torrent cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds X Marks the Spot mana cost from 80 to 50
6.83
	X Marks the Spot enemy delay from 1/2/3/4 to 4, and allied delay from 2/4/6/8 to 8 X Marks the Spot cast range from 500/650/800/950 to 350/550/750/1000 X Marks the Spot cooldown from 14/13/12/11 to 19/16/13/10 X Marks the Spot Return mana cost reduced from 50 to 0
6.82
	X Marks the Spot cooldown from 13 to 14/13/12/11
6.81
	Torrent area of effect increased from 215 to 225 X Marks the Spot can now last twice as long on allied heroes Ghostship allied buff duration increased from 8 to 10 Added Ghostship AoE indicator for allies
6.79
	X Marks the Spot cooldown reduced from 16 to 13 Ghostship damage increased from 350/450/550 to 400/500/600
6.78
	Ghostship damage increased from 300/400/500 to 350/450/550 X Marks the Spot mana cost decreased from 80/90/100/110 to 80 X Marks the Spot vision from 1000 flying to 400 ground vision
6.76
	Tidebringer level 4 AoE increased from 500 to 600
6.75
	Base strength increased by 3 from 21 to 24 Ghostship cooldown decreased from 90/80/70 to 60/50/40 Ghostship impact AoE increased from 400 to 425
6.74
	Torrent AoE increased from 200 to 215 X Marks the Spot cooldown decreased from 20 to 16 seconds Ghostship stun duration increased from 1.2 to 1.4
6.73
	Strength growth increased from 2.7 to 3 Ghostship's CoCo's Rum duration increased from 5/6/7 to 8 Tidebringer cleave AoE improved from 380/420/460/500 to 500 Torrent slow increased from 30 to 35% X Marks the Spot cooldown decreased from 30 to 20 seconds
6.72d
	Ghostship cooldown from now scales 90 to 90/80/70 Base Intelligence from 16 to 18
6.72
	Tidebringer cooldown rescaled from 16/12/8/4 to 13/10/7/4 Ghostship stun increased from 1 to 1.2 seconds Ghostship cooldown reduced from 100 to 90
6.60
	Lowered Agility (18➜14) and Agility Per Level (1.7➜1.3)
6.58
	Reduced Captain Coco's Rum movement bonus (30%➜10%) Ghostship cooldown increased from 100/80/60 to a constant 100
6.57
	Lowered Admiral Proudmoore's base Intelligence and intelligence gain Decreased X Marks the Spot duration Added mana cost to manual return ability of X Marks the Spot Increased Ghostship's mana cost
6.56
	Lowered Admiral Proudmoore's starting Strength Slightly reduced slow duration and increased mana cost on Torrent Tweaked the scaling of Tidebringer's AoE X Marks the Spot no longer recalls the target if he becomes magic immune
6.55
	New Hero

Notable Players

Kingrd

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jdh

SangSang

See also

• Stun
• Slow
• Cleave

External links

Guides

• Standard Kunkka (Lane) Build
• Standard Kunkka (Middle) Build
• DotaFire's Builds & Guides for Kunkka