Kunkka
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
6/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/6/2026
Admiral's Rum: Cooldown decreased from 60.5s - 0.5s per level to 50.5s - 0.5s per level
4/7/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/27/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/24/2026
Admiral's Rum: Can no longer be applied by multiple sources, and will no longer trigger passively if Ghostship already applied the buff
Admiral's Rum: Cooldown changed from 60s to 60.5s - 0.5s per level
Admiral's Rum: Bonus Movement Speed rescaled from 10% to 7.75% + 0.25% per level
Admiral's Rum: Duration decreased from 6s to 5s
Admiral's Rum: Delayed Damage decreased from 20% to 18%
Ghostship: Now applies Admiral's Rum at a 2x factor
Ghostship: Multiplication applies to duration, delayed damage and movement speed bonus
Talents: Level 10 Talent -15s Admiral's Rum Cooldown replaced with +1s Admiral's Rum Buff Duration
Talents: Level 15 Talent Tidebringer Damage increased from +70 to +75
Talents: Level 20 Talent +15% Admiral's Rum Damage Delayed replaced with +80% Tidebringer Cleave
Talents: Level 25 Talent +130% Tidebringer Cleave replaced with Tidebringer Ignores 25% Armor
1/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.40bNet Gain
12/23/2025Talents: Level 25 Talent Tidebringer Cleave Damage increased from +120% to +130%
Patch 7.40Net Gain
12/16/2025Torrent: Damage increased from 80/160/240/320 to 110/180/250/320
X Marks the Spot: Cooldown decreased from 30/24/18/12s to 24/20/16/12s
10/2/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Tidebringer: Cleave Range decreased from 650/800/950/1100 to 650/775/900/1025
6/24/2025
Tidal Wave: Wave Distance decreased from 2300 to 1800
Tidal Wave: Cast Range decreased from 1400 to 1050
5/29/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.38cNet Gain
3/27/2025Tidebringer: Damage Bonus increased from 30/60/90/120 to 35/70/105/140
3/4/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.38Net Gain
2/19/2025Talents: Level 10 Talent +25% X Marks the Spot Move Speed replaced with -15s Admiral's Rum Cooldown
Talents: Level 15 Talent Tidebringer Damage increased from +60 to +70
Talents: Level 15 Talent Torrent Damage/Knock Up Duration increased from +20% to +25%
Talents: Level 25 Talent Tidebringer Cleave Damage increased from +100% to +120%
11/20/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/3/2024
Admiral's Rum: Rum Duration decreased from 10s to 6s
Ghostship: Damage decreased from 400/500/600 to 350/475/600
Ghostship: Cooldown increased from 80/70/60s to 90/80/70s
8/28/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/14/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.37Net Gain
7/31/2024Min damage increased by 4
Admiral's Rum: New Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
Admiral's Rum: Taking 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
Torrent: Radius increased from 225 to 250
Torrent: Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 90
Tidebringer: No longer an innate ability
Tidebringer: Cleave Range rescaled from 500/650/800/950/1100 to 650/800/950/1100
Tidebringer: Damage Bonus rescaled from 10/30/60/90/120 to 30/60/90/120
Tidebringer: Cooldown rescaled from 16/13/10/7/4s to 13/10/7/4s
Ghostship: Allied heroes touched by the Ghostship receive a stronger Admiral's Rum. Rum bonus speed: 15%. Damage delayed: 35%
Ghostship: Now 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
Unknown Ability (319): Ability removed
Talents: Level 25 Talent Ghostship Fleet replaced with +100 Spell AoE
Patch 7.36cNet Gain
6/25/2024No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/6/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/27/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/23/2024
Strength gain decreased from 3.8 to 3.6
Torrent: Stun Duration decreased from 1.6 to 1.4s
X Marks the Spot: Enemy Delay decreased from 4s to 3s
X Marks the Spot: Allied Delay decreased from 8s to 6s
Talents: Level 15 Talent Torrent Damage/Knock Up Duration decreased from +25% to 20%
Talents: Level 15 Talent +45 Damage replaced with +60 Tidebringer Damage
Talents: Level 20 Talent +70% Tidebringer Cleave replaced with +15% Rum Damage Delay
Talents: Level 25 Talent -2s Tidebringer Cooldown replaced with +100% Tidebringer Cleave Damage
3/21/2024
Talents: Level 15 Talent Torrent Damage/Knock Up Duration decreased from +30% to +25%
2/22/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Unknown Ability (319): Mana Cost increased from 250 to 275
Unknown Ability (319): Minimum spawn distance decreased from 300 to 115
Talents: Level 20 Talent +65 Torrent AoE replaced with -4s Torrent Cooldown
11/21/2023
Ghostship: Damage Delayed decreased from 45% to 35%
Tidal Wave: Damage decreased from 250 to 180
Unknown Ability (319): Duration decreased from 5s to 4s
Unknown Ability (319): Cooldown increased from 70s to 75s
10/5/2023
Talents: Level 20 Talent Torrent AoE decreased from +80 to +65
9/9/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/15/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/8/2023
Torrent: Damage 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 Spot: Return Cast Point decreased from 0.4s to 0.2s
Patch 7.33eNet Gain
7/13/2023No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/16/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/14/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
4/26/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/13/2026
Tidebringer: No longer disabled by silences. Instead disabled by break
Ghostship: Stun Duration decreased from 1.4s to 1.2s
Unknown Ability (319): Now area targeted with a 900 cast range and 1100 radius
Tidal Wave: Duration decreased from 1.25s to 1s