Kunkka

Kunkka
Kunkka
The Radiant
The Radiant
Movement Speed	300
Turn Rate	0.6
Sight Range	1800/800
Attack Range	Melee
Missile Speed	Instant
Attack Duration	0.4+0.3
Cast Duration	0.4+0.51
Base Attack Time	1.7

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Kunkka the Admiral is a versatile melee Strength hero built with an arsenal of powerful area-of-effect spells. Two of his active spells are nukes that have long reaction time, but can disable and disrupt the enemies' position. He is mostly played as a carry or an initiator or even a spell nuker. He is known for his Tidebringer sword, which magically gives him the ability to cleave a large area around him on his attack with heavy potential damage on his next attack, which refreshes at a given period of time. Torrent calls upon the element of water to rise and burst out, dealing damage, disabling them up high, and slowing them on impact. There's a delay on this skill before it activates, so Kunkka must be wise in using this ability. X Marks the Spot targets any hero or Admiral himself to be marked on their current position, and after a few seconds delay, instantly returns to the marked spot. Useful in setting up tricky spells, escape prevention, or even saving allies, X Marks the Spot makes the Admiral a great battle strategist. His ultimate lets him summon a Ghost Ship, which travels on ground, until it crashes a set distance away, stunning and damaging enemy armies on that location. The Ghost Ship also bolsters allies with Kunkka's Rum, granting them bonus movement speed and numbness to damage. Ghost Ship is difficult to land, due to the fixed distance of its cast point and the crash site of the ship. However, a good Ghost Ship absolutely cripples an enemy team. Capable of inflicting high burst damage with his spells, controlling their position while able to survive the mayhem when his spells are used properly, Kunkka is a mighty offensive team fighter, built with strong physical and magical damage output, and indeed, turn the tide of a battle.

[edit] Bio

Kunkka, the Admiral
Play "That's worth a bottle of rum."
Role:	Disabler / Initiator / Carry / Durable
Lore:	As 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 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.
Voice:	Jon St. John (Responses)

[edit] Abilities

Torrent

Ability	Affects	Damage
Target Point	Enemies	Magical

Summons a rising torrent that, after a short delay, hurls enemy units into the sky, stunning, dealing damage and slowing movement speed.

Range: 1500
Radius: 215
Slow Duration: 1/2/3/4
Movement Speed Slow: 35%
Damage: 120/180/240/300

12

120

The slow can be purged.

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

Notes:

The delay is 2 seconds at all levels.

After casting, the target area will gain a visual bubbling effect for the delay period. This can only be seen by allies.

Units tossed in the air are stunned and can still be attacked.

Part of the damage occurs right as the torrent erupts, the rest occurs over time as the units are in the air.

The units are disabled for 1.53 seconds at all levels.

Tidebringer

Ability	Affects
Passive	Enemies

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

Cleave damage on non-primary targets is not reduced by armor values.

Radius: 500/500/500/600
Damage Bonus: 15/30/45/60

13/10/7/4

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

Notes:

Cleaved damage is only reduced by armor type, not by armor value.

Cooldown is not activated on denies, so the damage bonus is maintained.

Applies on-hit effects to main target only.

X Marks the Spot

Ability	Affects
Target Unit	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.

Range: 500/650/800/950
Duration: 1/2/3/4

16	80/90/100/110

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

Notes:

If target becomes magic immune after this spell has been cast, target will not return to the X after the duration ends.

Interrupts channelling spells.

X Marks the Spot Return

Ability	Affects
No Target	Heroes

Returns the marked hero to the X.

Effect: Returns the marked hero to the X.

5

50

Notes:

This ability is available when X Marks the Spot is active on a target.

Ghost Ship

Ability	Affects	Damage
Target Point	Units	Magical

Summons a ghostship to cut a swath through battle, causing damage and stuns to enemy units as it crashes through. Allies are doused in Kunkka's Rum, receiving bonus movement speed and a delayed reaction to damage.

Range: 1000
Radius: 425
Buff Duration: 8
Stun Duration: 1.4
Damage: 300/400/500
Movement Speed Bonus: 10%
Damage Reduction: 50% (which will be dealt after the buff wears off)

60/50/40

150/200/250

Cannot purge the rum buff.

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:

Kunkka turns to face the target point; the boat then spawns 1000 units behind Kunkka, travels forward, and finishes 1000 units ahead of Kunkka.

The boat has a movement speed of 650, making it need 3.07 seconds to reach the impact point.

Actual area of effect of ship's collision is larger than the boat itself.

Damage dealt after Kunkka's rum wears off has the HP Removal damage type, will not dispell any consumables and can never kill a hero.

[edit] Recommended items

Explanation:
Starting items:

Clarity lets Kunkka be more aggressive with Torrents early on, since he is quite mana dependent.
Tango and Healing Salve provide healing to keep Kunkka alive in the lane.
Two Gauntlets of Strength make last-hitting easier, and give more HP.
Iron Branch gives nice stats and can be used to build a Magic Wand.

Early Game:

Boots of Speed give a much needed speed boost and build up into Phase Boots later.
Magic Stick grants some in lane healing.
A Bracer and a Ring of Health make Kunkka more resilient and give good bonuses.

Core items:

Phase Boots give Kunkka an escape mechanism; they also make chasing and last hitting easier.
Magic Wand improves healing, while giving more stats.
Vanguard lets him shrug off damage, thanks to the damage block.
Shadow Blade allows Kunkka to escape from trouble and position himself better, and the damage bonus applies to the cleave effect on Tidebringer, effectively dealing a bonus 150 damage to targets hit by the cleave. It also gives more attack speed and damage.

Situational items:

Black King Bar keeps Kunkka alive in teamfights thanks to its magic immunity.
Daedalus's critical strike will add extra damage to his Tidebringer ability: a lucky swing can devastate the entire enemy team.
Assault Cuirass reduces enemy armor, allowing you and your allies to deal more damage, while giving an armor and attack speed boost at the same time.
Heart of Tarrasque provides a ton of extra health and regeneration, and helps Kunkka recover from fights almost immediately. It's especially useful if you're always being focused in teamfight.
Battle Fury improves Kunkka's Tidebringer and gives plenty of regeneration, making him even more dangerous against multiple opponents.

[edit] Equipment

[edit] Tips

Tidebringer is your signature ability, and should usually be trained early and maxed out first. Notable exceptions would be when having a stun to chain would be advantageous for early kills or you need a mechanism to prevent escape heroes from running away.
Use Torrent to initiate battles and disable opponents.
Try to get raw damage to maximize your Tidebringer damage.
X Marks the Spot works well with Torrent to ensure you a hit.
Ghost Ship delays half of the damage dealt to allies, making it great for short team battles.
Train Torrent first if you're going for First Blood, otherwise, train Tidebringer.
Try dual laning with heroes such as Crystal Maiden, Shadow Demon, Bane, or Vengeful Spirit. Their disables will help you land your Torrents.
Use a high leveled X Marks the Spot on enemies who are trying to flee using a Town Portal Scroll and they will be brought back to the X no matter how far they've gone!
The classical combo should be: Torrent and then Ghost Ship, but you can add X Marks the Spot before them if you are targeting a single unit.
During team fights, either initiate with your combo when the enemies get clumped together, or wait until the battle starts and use it when they get clumped.
You can use X Marks the Spot and a scroll of teleportation to go back to your base, refill your bottle, and go back to your previous location.
Ghost Ship will always appear a specific distance behind Kunkka and end a specific distance from Kunkka(The only exception being if Kunkka is facing away from the edge of the map, but the ship will still travel the fixed distance infront of him). The distance at which the boat appears and hits can be seen by mousing over the ability and noting the radius circle behind and infront of Kunkka. Practising memorising the distance the ship travels in a practise game with cheats and wtf mode on can go a long way to pulling this wonderful ultimate off successfully.
Another method to pulling off successful ultimates is to always set the target point for Ghost Ship to anywhere out of Kunkka's range. That way the end point and radius circle will always be placed where you clicked the target.

[edit] Trivia

Kunkka's official alternate/fun names were "Daelin Proudmoore", "CoCo", and "Captain Obvious". Daelin Proudmoore was a campaign boss in Warcraft III: Frozen Throne; his hero model is borrowed by Kunkka in DotA.^[1]
Kunkka is also the name (or online handle) of the artist who made numerous pieces of loading screen art for DotA. The Admiral hero was given his name as a tribute to his work.
In his DotA biography, it is stated that some people called him "Jack Sparrow," but it was never seen as his name in-game. Jack Sparrow is the name of the main character in the Pirates of the Carribean movie franchise.
The line "Sweetly sweetly blew the breeze, on me alone it blew." comes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, " The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".

[edit] Update history

February 07, 2013 Patch

Fixed some ability Backswing timing issues ( Kunkka, Clockwerk, Timbersaw, Meepo, Pudge, Spirit Breaker, Sand King, Riki, Nyx Assassin, Lion, Pugna, Shadow Demon, Batrider).

October 25, 2012 Patch

Updated vision values on these abilities: Unstable Concoction, Phantasm, Waveform, Storm Hammer, Mirror Image, Spirit Lance, Requiem of Souls, Spectral Dagger, Venomous Gale, Earthbind, Dream Coil, Shackleshot, Wall of Replica, Flamebreak, Deafening Blast, Ghost Ship.

August 15, 2012 Patch

Added new dialogue for Kunkka, Bloodseeker, Drow Ranger and Enigma.

June 20, 2012 Patch

Fixed Ghost Ship allied debuff dealing all the damage immediately when then rum wears off, rather than over the following 8 seconds.

June 11, 2012 Patch

Fixed the following spells being castable on magic immune allies: Nightmare, Frost Armor, Nature's Guise, Holy Persuasion, Decrepify, Astral Imprisonment, Shadow Word and X Marks the Spot.

March 08, 2012 Patch

Added Team Only Marker for Kunkka's Ship.

February 16, 2012 Patch

Fixed X Marks the Spot being purged by Tornado/Diffusal.

January 19, 2012 Patch

[Undocumented] Added taunt-animations for Kunkka.

December 02, 2011 Patch

Fixed Kunkka’s missing body parts.

December 01, 2011 Patch

Fixed Repel/Purge removing Ghost Ship allied buff.

November 17, 2011 Patch

Fixed Tidebringer working against wards.

November 03, 2011 Patch

Fixed X Marks the Spot teleporting you back if you buyback while the spell is still active.
Added missing Flail and Stun animations for Kunkka.

October 27, 2011 Patch

Fixed Torrent slow not lasting as long as it should.
Fixed X Marks the Spot ignoring Linken's Sphere
Fixed X Marks the Spot vision revealer not working.
Fixed Ghost Ship not having vision.
Fixed Ghost Ship's allied buff not reducing spell damage.

October 13, 2011 Patch

Fixed Torrent being slower than designed.
Fixed Torrent and Ghost Ship affecting Ancients/Roshan.

October 06, 2011 Patch

Enabled Kunkka and Bloodseeker.

September 09, 2011 Patch

Fixed Kunkka not playing Tidebringer's animation/effects correctly.

July 29, 2011 Patch

Damage from Tidebringer should show up in the UI now.

June 24, 2011 Patch

Fixed Kunkka's Return to have a cast time.
Disabled Blink Dagger for Vengeful Spirit and Pudge. Disabled Quelling Blade for Kunkka.

June 10, 2011 Patch

Fixed Tidebringer sound playing on denies.

April 09, 2011 Patch

Added New Kunkka model.

March 22, 2011 Patch

Fixed Kunkka's Ghost Ship not actually making the ship if cast near the edge of the world and into the world.

March 03, 2011 Patch

Added more info to tooltips of Drow Ranger's Silence, Death Prophet's Silence, and Kunkka's Ghost Ship.
Fixed Kunkka's Ghost Ship's path to correctly be centered.
Fixed Torrent not giving vision over the area it hits.