Kunkka
Patch 7.41c06.05.2026+1.25 (1.25)
Abilities
Admiral's Rum
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 60.5s - 0.5s per level to 50.5s - 0.5s per level-17%start-22%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 60s 59.5s 59s 58.5s 58s 57.5s 57s 56.5s 56s 55.5s 55s 54.5s 54s 53.5s 53s 50.5s 48s 45.5s new 50s 49.5s 49s 48.5s 48s 47.5s 47s 46.5s 46s 45.5s 45s 44.5s 44s 43.5s 43s 40.5s 38s 35.5s Δ% -17% -17% -17% -17% -17% -17% -18% -18% -18% -18% -18% -18% -19% -19% -19% -20% -21% -22%
Patch 7.4124.03.2026+1.14 (5.59)
Abilities
Admiral's Rum
- BUFFCooldown changed from 60s to 60.5s - 0.5s per level0%start-24%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 new 60 59.5 59 58.5 58 57.5 57 56.5 56 55.5 55 54.5 54 53.5 53 50.5 48 45.5 Δ% 0% -1% -2% -2% -3% -4% -5% -6% -7% -8% -8% -9% -10% -11% -12% -16% -20% -24% - BUFFBonus Movement Speed rescaled from 10% to 7.75% + 0.25% per level-20%start+52%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 new 8 8.25 8.5 8.75 9 9.25 9.5 9.75 10 10.25 10.5 10.75 11 11.25 11.5 12.75 14 15.25 Δ% -20% -18% -15% -12% -10% -8% -5% -2% 0% +2% +5% +8% +10% +12% +15% +28% +40% +52% - NERFCan no longer be applied by multiple sources, and will no longer trigger passively if Ghostship already applied the buff
- NERFDuration decreased from 6s to 5s-17%
- NERFDelayed Damage decreased from 20% to 18%-10%
Ghostship
- NEWNow applies Admiral's Rum at a 2x factor?Multiplication applies to duration, delayed damage and movement speed bonus
Talents
- SWAPLevel 10 Talent: -15s Admiral's Rum Cooldown replaced with +1s Admiral's Rum Buff Duration
- SWAPLevel 20 Talent: +15% Admiral's Rum Damage Delayed replaced with +80% Tidebringer Cleave?TalentLevelValueTidebringer Cleave25 → 20+130% → +80% −38%
- SWAPLevel 25 Talent: +130% Tidebringer Cleave replaced with Tidebringer Ignores 25% Armor ?TalentLevelValueTidebringer Cleave25 → 20+130% → +80% −38%
- BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Tidebringer Damage increased from +70 to +75+7%
Patch 7.40b23.12.2025+0.20 (0.20)
Talents
- BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Tidebringer Cleave Damage increased from +120% to +130%+8%
Patch 7.4016.12.2025+0.84 (0.84)
Abilities
Torrent
- BUFFDamage increased from 80/160/240/320 to 110/180/250/320+38%+12%+4%0%
X Marks the Spot
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 30/24/18/12s to 24/20/16/12s-20%-17%-11%0%
Patch 7.39d05.08.2025-0.50 (0.50)
Abilities
Tidebringer
- NERFCleave Range decreased from 650/800/950/1100 to 650/775/900/10250%-3%-5%-7%
Patch 7.39c24.06.2025-2.61 (2.61)
Abilities
Tidal Wave
- NERFWave Distance decreased from 2300 to 1800-22%
- NERFCast Range decreased from 1400 to 1050?As a result, wave's spawn distance behind Kunkka decreased from 900 to 750 — -17%-25%
Patch 7.3922.05.2025+0.32 (0.32)
Facets
Grog Blossom
- NEWUpon return, now always applies Ghostship's Admiral's Rum buff to Kunkka himself
Patch 7.38c27.03.2025+1.01 (1.01)
Abilities
Tidebringer
- BUFFDamage Bonus increased from 30/60/90/120 to 35/70/105/140+17%
Patch 7.3819.02.2025+1.26 (1.57)
Talents
- SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +25% X Marks the Spot Move Speed replaced with -15s Admiral's Rum Cooldown
- BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Tidebringer Damage increased from +60 to +70+17%
- BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Torrent Damage/Knock Up Duration increased from +20% to +25%+25%
- BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Tidebringer Cleave Damage increased from +100% to +120%+20%
Patch 7.37d02.10.2024-3.43 (3.43)
Abilities
Admiral's Rum
- NERFRum Duration decreased from 10s to 6s?Ghostship's Rum Duration isn't affected-40%
Ghostship
- NERFDamage decreased from 400/500/600 to 350/475/600-12%-5%0%
- NERFCooldown increased from 80/70/60s to 90/80/70s+12%+14%+17%
Patch 7.3731.07.2024+0.89 (6.06)
GENERAL
- BUFFMin damage increased by 4
Abilities
Tidebringer→Admiral's Rum
- MISCNew Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
- MISCTaking damage from a hero, building, or Roshan that would reduce Kunkka below 65% health automatically triggers Admiral’s Rum over 10s, providing 10% bonus movement speed and delaying 20% of the damage taken. Delayed damage is dealt evenly over 10s once the buff ends. Stacks additively with other sources of Admiral’s Rum. Cooldown: 60s
- NEWNew innate ability.
Active
Kunkka's legendary sword grants increased damage and cleaves a large area of effect in front of him for a single strike.
Cast range150
Cooldown16/13/10/7/4s
Cleave range
500/650/800/950/1100
Damage bonus
10/30/60/90/120
Cleave damage
150%
Passive
Damage from enemy heroes, buildings, or Roshan that would reduce Kunkka below a threshold causes him to douse himself with The Admiral's Rum, receiving bonus movement speed and a delayed reaction to incoming damage.
Cooldown60s
Health threshold
65%
Damage delayed
20%
Rum duration
10s
Rum bonus speed
10%
Torrent
- BUFFRadius increased from 225 to 250+11%
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 100 to 90-10%
Tidebringer
- NERFNo longer an innate ability. Cleave Range rescaled from 500/650/800/950/1100 to 650/800/950/1100?Levels 1-4 unchanged; the 500 it had at level 0 as an innate is gone (now a basic ability)
- NERFDamage Bonus rescaled from 10/30/60/90/120 to 30/60/90/120?Levels 1-4 unchanged; the 10 it had at level 0 as an innate is gone (now a basic ability)
- NERFCooldown rescaled from 16/13/10/7/4s to 13/10/7/4s?Levels 1-4 unchanged; the 16 it had at level 0 as an innate is gone (now a basic ability)
Ghostship
- NEWAllied heroes touched by the Ghostship receive a stronger Admiral's Rum. Rum bonus speed: 15%. Damage delayed: 35%?Same values as 7.36
- NEWNow upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter. Creates a fleet of 2 ships at the target point on a 2.5 second interval. Each ship also fires 3 waves of 4 cannonballs from the port and starboard side that deal 40% of Ghostship's damage as they pass through enemies. Each unit can only be hit by 1 cannonball per volley. Cannonball projectile radius: 100. Cannonball projectile speed: 1400
- NEWAdded Aghanim's Scepter.
Torrent Storm: Grants this ability: Releases a visible Torrent in a random area within 1100 range of the target position once every 0.25 for 4 seconds.Torrent range
1100
Torrent interval
0.25s
Torrent duration
4s
Ghostship: Ghostship creates a fleet of 2 ships at the target point on a 2.5 second interval. Each ship now also fires 3 waves of cannonballs from the port and starboard side that deal 40% of Ghostship's damage as they pass through enemies. Each unit can only be hit by 1 cannonball per volley. Cannonball projectile radius: 100. Cannonball projectile speed: 1400Cannon volleys
3
Ships
2
Ship interval
2.5s
Cannonball damage
40%
Cannonball radius
100
Cannonball speed
1400
- DELAbility removed
Talents
- SWAPLevel 25 Talent: Ghostship Fleet replaced with +100 Spell AoE