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Kunkka changes

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Change record

39 patches with recorded changes · 118 of 118 listed patches readable.

Coverage: Feb 1, 2018 to Sep 15, 2026. This feed does not include every patch in Dota’s lifetime.

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May 6, 2026

Kunkka in 7.41c

  • Admiral's RumCooldown decreased from 60.5s - 0.5s per level to 50.5s - 0.5s per level

Mar 24, 2026

Kunkka in 7.41

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent -15s Admiral's Rum Cooldown replaced with +1s Admiral's Rum Buff Duration
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Tidebringer Damage increased from +70 to +75
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +15% Admiral's Rum Damage Delayed replaced with +80% Tidebringer Cleave
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +130% Tidebringer Cleave replaced with Tidebringer Ignores 25% Armor
  • Admiral's RumCan no longer be applied by multiple sources, and will no longer trigger passively if Ghostship already applied the buff
  • Admiral's RumCooldown changed from 60s to 60.5s - 0.5s per level
  • Admiral's RumBonus Movement Speed rescaled from 10% to 7.75% + 0.25% per level
  • Admiral's RumDuration decreased from 6s to 5s
  • Admiral's RumDelayed Damage decreased from 20% to 18%
  • GhostshipNow applies Admiral's Rum at a 2x factor
  • GhostshipMultiplication applies to duration, delayed damage and movement speed bonus

Dec 23, 2025

Kunkka in 7.40b

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Tidebringer Cleave Damage increased from +120% to +130%

Dec 15, 2025

Kunkka in 7.40

  • TorrentDamage increased from 80/160/240/320 to 110/180/250/320
  • X Marks the SpotCooldown decreased from 30/24/18/12s to 24/20/16/12s

Aug 5, 2025

Kunkka in 7.39d

  • TidebringerCleave Range decreased from 650/800/950/1100 to 650/775/900/1025

Jun 24, 2025

Kunkka in 7.39c

  • Tidal WaveWave Distance decreased from 2300 to 1800
  • Tidal WaveCast Range decreased from 1400 to 1050
  • Tidal Wave · ContextAs a result, wave's spawn distance behind Kunkka decreased from 900 to 750

May 22, 2025

Kunkka in 7.39

  • Grog Blossom · X Marks the SpotUpon return, now always applies Ghostship's Admiral's Rum buff to Kunkka himself

Mar 27, 2025

Kunkka in 7.38c

  • TidebringerDamage Bonus increased from 30/60/90/120 to 35/70/105/140

Feb 18, 2025

Kunkka in 7.38

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +25% X Marks the Spot Move Speed replaced with -15s Admiral's Rum Cooldown
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Tidebringer Damage increased from +60 to +70
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Torrent Damage/Knock Up Duration increased from +20% to +25%
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Tidebringer Cleave Damage increased from +100% to +120%

Oct 1, 2024

Kunkka in 7.37d

  • Admiral's RumRum Duration decreased from 10s to 6s
  • Admiral's Rum · ContextGhostship's Rum Duration isn't affected
  • GhostshipDamage decreased from 400/500/600 to 350/475/600
  • GhostshipCooldown increased from 80/70/60s to 90/80/70s

Jul 31, 2024

Kunkka in 7.37

  • Min damage increased by 4
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Ghostship Fleet replaced with +100 Spell AoE
  • Admiral's RumNew Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
  • Admiral's RumTaking 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
  • TorrentRadius increased from 225 to 250
  • TorrentMana Cost decreased from 100 to 90
  • TidebringerNo longer an innate ability
  • TidebringerCleave Range rescaled from 500/650/800/950/1100 to 650/800/950/1100
  • TidebringerDamage Bonus rescaled from 10/30/60/90/120 to 30/60/90/120
  • TidebringerCooldown rescaled from 16/13/10/7/4s to 13/10/7/4s
  • GhostshipAllied heroes touched by the Ghostship receive a stronger Admiral's Rum. Rum bonus speed: 15%. Damage delayed: 35%
  • Ghostship · ContextSame values as 7.36
  • GhostshipNow 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
  • Ability / item #319Ability removed

May 22, 2024

Kunkka in 7.36

  • Innate Ability · TidebringerNow is an Innate ability. Passive, can be leveled up with skill points
  • Innate Ability · TidebringerCleave Range rescaled from 650/800/950/1100 to 500/650/800/950/1100
  • Innate Ability · TidebringerDamage Bonus rescaled from 30/60/90/120 to 10/30/60/90/120
  • Innate Ability · TidebringerCooldown rescaled from 13/10/7/4s to 16/13/10/7/4s
  • Innate Ability · TidebringerAttacks by illusions can now put Tidebringer on cooldown (they still cannot trigger Tidebringer)
  • High Tide · TidebringerCooldown is reduced by 0.8s per hero hit
  • Grog Blossom · X Marks the SpotWhenever a unit is returned, Ghostship's Rum is splashed on allies within a 400 radius around the returned unit. Rum lasts 3s
  • Grog Blossom · X Marks the Spot · ContextDoesn't require learning Ghostship to have this effect
  • Strength gain decreased from 3.8 to 3.6
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Torrent Damage/Knock Up Duration decreased from +25% to 20%
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +45 Damage replaced with +60 Tidebringer Damage
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +70% Tidebringer Cleave replaced with +15% Rum Damage Delay
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent -2s Tidebringer Cooldown replaced with +100% Tidebringer Cleave Damage
  • TorrentStun Duration decreased from 1.6 to 1.4s
  • X Marks the SpotEnemy Delay decreased from 4s to 3s
  • X Marks the SpotAllied Delay decreased from 8s to 6s

Mar 21, 2024

Kunkka in 7.35d

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Torrent Damage/Knock Up Duration decreased from +30% to +25%

Dec 14, 2023

Kunkka in 7.35

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +65 Torrent AoE replaced with -4s Torrent Cooldown
  • Ability / item #319Mana Cost increased from 250 to 275
  • Ability / item #319Minimum spawn distance decreased from 300 to 115

Nov 20, 2023

Kunkka in 7.34e

  • GhostshipDamage Delayed decreased from 45% to 35%
  • Tidal WaveDamage decreased from 250 to 180
  • Ability / item #319Duration decreased from 5s to 4s
  • Ability / item #319Cooldown increased from 70s to 75s

Oct 4, 2023

Kunkka in 7.34d

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Torrent AoE decreased from +80 to +65

Aug 8, 2023

Kunkka in 7.34

  • TorrentDamage and slow are now applied to all enemies in the torrent area throughout the duration, not just to enemies caught by the stun
  • X Marks the SpotReturn Cast Point decreased from 0.4s to 0.2s

Apr 20, 2023

Kunkka in 7.33

  • TidebringerNo longer disabled by silences. Instead disabled by break
  • GhostshipStun Duration decreased from 1.4s to 1.2s
  • Ghostship · ContextDuration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction
  • Ability / item #319Now area targeted with a 900 cast range and 1100 radius
  • Tidal WaveDuration decreased from 1.25s to 1s
  • Tidal Wave · ContextDuration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction

Mar 6, 2023

Kunkka in 7.32e

  • GhostshipDamage Delayed increased from 40% to 45%

Nov 29, 2022

Kunkka in 7.32d

  • GhostshipWidth increased from 425 to 450
  • GhostshipRum Bonus Speed increased from 12% to 15%

Aug 30, 2022

Kunkka in 7.32b

  • TorrentMana Cost rescaled from 90/100/110/120 to 100

Aug 23, 2022

Kunkka in 7.32

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +0.4s Torrent Knock Up/Stun Duration replaced with +25% X Marks the Spot Movement Speed
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +30 Damage replaced with Tidebringer Applies 60% Slow for 1s
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +25% X Marks the Spot Movement Speed replaced with +45 Damage
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +100 Torrent Damage replaced with +30% Torrent Knock Up/Stun Duration
  • TorrentDamage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 80/160/240/320
  • TorrentMovement Speed Slow increased from 25%/30%/35%/40% to 40%

Feb 23, 2022

Kunkka in 7.31

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +16 Strength replaced with 25% X Mark The Spot movement speed. (Affects Enemies negatively and allies positively)
  • X Marks the SpotCast Range increased from 400/600/800/1000 to 550/700/850/1000
  • X Marks the SpotCooldown increased from 24/20/16/12 to 30/24/22/12

Aug 17, 2021

Kunkka in 7.30

  • Ghost Ship Fleet Interval increased from 3.35s to 3.5s
  • TorrentMove Speed Slow rescaled from -35% to -25/-30/-35/-40%
  • TidebringerCleave Percentage reduced from 165% to 150%
  • TidebringerBonus Damage increased from 25/50/75/100 to 30/60/90/120

Apr 16, 2021

Kunkka in 7.29b

  • Movement speed increased from 300 to 305
  • Base armor increased by 1
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +14 Strength to +16
  • X Marks the SpotCooldown reduced from 38/30/22/14 to 24/20/16/12

Apr 9, 2021

Kunkka in 7.29

  • Base HP regen increased from 0.25 to 0.75
  • Agility gain increased from 1.3 to 1.6
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +150 Cast Range to +0.4s Torrent Knock Up/Stun Duration
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +8 Health Regen to +14 Strength
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +20 Strength to +70% Tidebringer Cleave
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent changed from +140% Tidebringer Cleave to -2s Tidebringer Cooldown
  • TorrentCast range reduced from 1500 to 1300
  • Tidal WaveShard now causes affected units to be unable to attack for the pull duration
  • Tidal WaveShard now starts 900 units behind you instead of 600
  • Tidal WaveShard cooldown reduced from 14 to 12
  • Tidal WaveShard damage increased from 225 to 250

Dec 21, 2020

Kunkka in 7.28a

  • Tidal WaveManacost reduced from 150 to 75
  • Tidal WaveCooldown reduced from 16 to 14

Jul 15, 2020

Kunkka in 7.27b

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent increased from +85% Tidebringer Cleave to +110%

May 2, 2020

Kunkka in 7.26c

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent increased from +16 Strength to +18
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent increased from +65% Tidebringer Cleave to +85%

Mar 17, 2020

Kunkka in 7.25

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent increased from +6 Armor to +7
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent increased from +60% Tidebringer Cleave to +80%

Dec 6, 2019

Kunkka in 7.23c

  • TorrentSlow duration from 1.75/2.5/3.25/4 to 1/2/3/4

Sep 29, 2019

Kunkka in 7.22h

  • Ghost Ship cooldown increased from 60/50/40 to 70/60/50
  • X Marks the SpotCooldown increased from 26/20/14/8 to 34/26/18/10

Sep 6, 2019

Kunkka in 7.22g

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent reduced from +12 Health Regen to +10
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent reduced from +25 Strength to +20

Jan 29, 2019

Kunkka in 7.21

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent changed from -1.5s Tidebringer Cooldown to +60% Tidebringer Cleave

Nov 24, 2018

Kunkka in 7.20c

  • TidebringerCleave damage increased from 150% to 165%

May 27, 2018

Kunkka in 7.16

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent changed from +50% Tidebringer Cleave to -1.5s Tidebringer Cooldown

Mar 1, 2018

Kunkka in 7.10

  • TidebringerDamage increased from 25/45/65/85 to 25/50/75/100

Source: Valve’s public Dota 2 data feeds. Notes belong to Valve. Dates use Bellevue time (Pacific).