Kunkka

Kunkka the Admiral is a versatile melee strength Hero. He can work with any role with an appropriate item build, though he is most commonly played as a carry or merely an initiator. He requires good positioning and reflexes in order to succeed. When played well, Kunkka can be an excellent hero on all fronts, from initiating to lane control. Capable of dealing high burst damage in huge areas at a time, as well as survive any chaos and mayhem with the right use of his spells, Kunkka can indeed turn the tide of battle when called upon.

Kunkka is a hero that requires huge farming ability, extensive map awareness, and near-perfect positioning to be effective. Because of this, he is not a good choice for newcomers to Dota. He is recommended for advanced players.

Gameplay
Kunkka is most powerful because of his Tidebringer ability, which adds cleave to his basic attacks and increases damage. When used in lanes, this can quickly take out multiple creeps, or focus a ton of damage on a single one, for maximum farming and control potential. His other ability, Torrent, disables enemies for a short time, allowing him to gank and harass easily, as well as escape from a fight he has no chance of winning. X Marks the Spot allows him to improve the effectiveness of his Torrent ability, as well as gank and escape with practice. It pairs well with other spells and heroes, letting Kunkka snap an enemy back in place for a hard blow. His ultimate, Ghost Ship, reduces the damage taken by friendly heroes for a short time, and can stun enemies if aimed properly, making a great initiator for large and small battles.

Tips

 * Tidebringer is your signature ability, and should be trained early and maxed out first.
 * 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, Bane, or Vengeful Spirit. Their disables will help you land your Torrents.
 * Avoid taking damage in team battles as much as possible, you don't have as much health as your allies!
 * 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.

Trivia

 * Kunkka's official alternate/fun names were "Daelin Proudmoore", "CoCo", and "Captain Obvious".
 * Kunkka is also the name (or online handle) of the artist who made numerous pieces of loading screen art for the DotA Warcraft 3 mod. The Admiral hero was given his name as a tribute to his work.
 * In his original biography it is stated that some people called him "Jack Sparrow" like the character from "Pirates of the Caribbean" but it was never seen as his name in game.