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Clinkz icon
  • Clinkz's high damage output and insane attack speed late-game can take Kunkka out of the fight before it begins.
  • Burning Barrage icon Burning Barrage and Frosthaven Searing Arrows icon Searing Arrows together can kill allies easily even under Ghostship's buff.
  • Skeleton Walk icon Skeleton Walk can allow Clinkz to make a quick escape after Kunkka's combo, or even avoid it all together.
Ursa icon
  • Ursa's massive physical damage can destroy Kunkka quickly.
  • Enrage icon Enrage can be activated before being hit by Ghostship to prevent most of the damage.
  • Earthshock icon Earthshock slows Kunkka's movement speed. With no escape abilities, Kunkka is easy prey.
Silencer icon
  • Kunkka relies on his powerful AOE spells to turn the tides of teamfights. He cannot use them while silenced.
  • Last Word icon Last Word can mess up Kunkka's ability synergy, silencing him in the middle of his strong combo.
  • Global Silence icon Global Silence can disable Kunkka's spell casting from anywhere on the map, even if Kunkka is spell immune at the time.
Mirana icon
  • Leap icon Leap allows Mirana to easily escape Torrent and Ghostship.
Phoenix icon
  • Supernova icon Supernova negates Kunkka's combo entirely, as it can't be affected by spells while using Supernova.
  • Icarus Dive icon Icarus Dive also allows Phoenix to dodge Ghostship and Torrent.
Omniknight icon
  • Guardian Angel icon Guardian Angel makes allies immune to all physical damage, effectively causing Tidebringer to do no damage.
  • Purification icon Purification is a powerful, pure damaging heal that can save Omniknight's allies after Kunkka's large damage.
Huskar icon
  • Since Tidebringer has a 4 second cooldown, Kunkka has little availability to manfight Huskar.
Juggernaut icon
  • Blade Fury icon Blade Fury negates Kunkka's X Marks the Spot.
  • Kunkka has no way to dodge Omnislash icon Omnislash.
  • Kunkka has no way to hit Healing Ward icon Healing Ward directly in battle, and it mitigates Ghostship and Tidebringer's damage.
Rubick icon
  • Rubick can steal abilities from Kunkka (except Tidebringer) with Spell Steal icon Spell Steal. Since build Aghanim's Scepter, Rubick's make two steal abilities from Kunkka when the spot is right.
Lifestealer icon
  • Rage icon Rage negates Kunkka's X Marks the Spot.
  • As a strength hero with high strength gain and very little armor, as well as low agility gain, Kunkka is vulnerable to Lifestealer's Feast icon Feast and Open Wounds icon Open Wounds.
Sniper icon
  • With his Take Aim icon Take Aim, Sniper can simply sit out of your ability range and deal massive damage if not killed first.
  • Assassinate icon Assassinate can target allies who are still alive with low health because of Ghostship's buff.
  • Headshot icon Headshot makes it harder for Kunkka to position/escape and makes it hard for Kunkka to hit with Tidebringer.
Timbersaw icon
  • Timbersaw Defeats Kunkka on the center line, due to the fact that he has a huge resistance to physical damage by Reactive Armor icon Reactive Armor, which is why Tidebringer icon Tidebringer almost does not break through Timbersaw, and due to Whirling Death icon Whirling Death Timbersaw can very much break through Kunkka and force him to leave the line, or spend money on Tango icon Tango.
Outworld Destroyer icon
  • Astral Imprisonment icon Astral Imprisonment can allow Outworld Destroyer to save himself or allies from Kunkka's full kit.
  • Sanity's Eclipse icon Sanity's Eclipse deal a large amount of damage, as Kunkka's mana pool is much smaller than Outworld Destroyer's.
  • Arcane Orb icon Arcane Orb deals pure damage, shredding through Kunkka and his team even with Ghostship's buff.

Others[]

  • Silences especially affect Kunkka's teamfighting ability, so be wary of enemies with silences.
  • Treant Protector minimap icon Treant Protector's Living Armor icon Living Armor will also negate Tidebringer's damage.
  • Heroes with hide abilities can often dodge a Ghostship just before it hits.
  • Because of his powerful teamfight spells, Kunkka could very likely be the target for control spells like Doom ability icon Doom or Primal Roar icon Primal Roar. Mind your position before battle.
  • Heroes with instant teleport or forced movement(e.g. Blink Dagger icon Blink Dagger or Activate Fire Remnant icon Activate Fire Remnant) can dodge the X-mark & Torrent combo by shift-queuing. When being Returned, the last order is cancelled but the order after it is not. So if your hero is X-marked, order a move command then cast those instant abilities by shift-order for a stable dodge.

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Good against...[]

Chaos Knight icon
  • Tidebringer, Torrent and Ghostship destroys Chaos Knight's Phantasm icon Phantasm army all through the game.
Broodmother icon
  • Kunkka's entire kit is great for taking out multiple units at once.
  • Tidebringer's cleave will split through a wave of spiderlings.
  • X Marks the Spot is great for dragging Broodmother back out of her web for Kunkka's team to set up on her.
  • Torrent and Ghostship will demolish any spiderlings within the radius.
Lycan icon
  • Tidebringer's cleave will cripple any of his summons.
  • Could potentially build Heaven's Halberd to cripple Lycan even more.
Meepo icon
  • X Marks the Spot is good to prevent a single meepo from escaping from a deadly situation.
  • Tidebringer, Torrent and Ghostship destroys Meepo's clones.
Phantom Lancer icon
  • Tidebringer, Torrent and Ghostship destroys Phantom Lancer's illusion army.
  • Phantom Lancer minimap icon Phantom Lancer can't escape with Doppelganger icon Doppelganger under your X Marks the Spot, but can use it to dodge it.
Queen of Pain icon
  • Ghostship helps your team soak up damage from Sonic Wave icon Sonic Wave and Scream of Pain icon Scream of Pain.
  • Queen of Pain minimap icon Queen of Pain can't escape easily from X Marks the Spot - Torrent combo.
  • Outlanes Queen of Pain on the midline, due to the fact that Queen of Pain has a small reserve of health at the beginning of the game, and she suffers very much from Tidebringer icon Tidebringer, which is why she is forced to either spend money on Tango icon Tango, or skip creeps and run for bounty runes, and Kunkka at this time will gain an advantage in level and gold.
Spectre icon
  • Spectre can't escape with Spectral Dagger icon Spectral Dagger under X Marks the Spot.
  • Kunkka can dominate Spectre's lane using Tidebringer and gain an advantage.
  • Ghostship helps your team soak up damage from Haunt icon Haunt.
Sand King icon
  • Ghostship helps your team soak up damage from Epicenter icon Epicenter, especially if he initiates during the battle.
  • Sand King minimap icon Sand King can't dodge X Marks the Spot - Torrent combo by his abilities. Torrent drags him out of his Sand Storm icon Sand Storm
Windranger icon
  • Windranger can't escape Windrun icon Windrun X Marks the Spot with combo Torrent or Ghostship trap.
Warlock icon
  • Ghostship helps your team soak up damage from Chaotic Offering icon Chaotic Offering and hit summons hard.
  • Tidebringer clears summons later in the game.
  • Most of your spells can interrupt Upheaval icon Upheaval.

Others[]

  • X Marks the Spot is a counter to Disruptor minimap icon Disruptor's Glimpse icon Glimpse, but you need quick reactions to pull it off.
  • Heroes with long channeling abilities like Witch Doctor minimap icon Witch Doctor are easy targets for Kunkka to interrupt in team fights.
  • In general, highly mobile heroes like Earth Spirit minimap icon Earth Spirit or Storm Spirit minimap icon Storm Spirit are at a disadvantage against X Marks the Spot.
    • Similarly, heroes with low cooldown teleports can be afraid to split push against X Marks the Spot, such as Tinker minimap icon Tinker and Nature's Prophet minimap icon Nature's Prophet.

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Works well with...[]

Dark Seer icon
  • Vacuum icon Vacuum - Wall of Replica icon Wall of Replica combo can set Kunkka up for a perfect Torrent + Ghostship combo and a potential teamwipe. Vacuum icon Vacuum could be placed right after Kunkka cast Torrent since Torrent has a delay.
Faceless Void icon
Huskar icon
  • Ghostship allows Huskar to soak up even more magical damage and fight at low HP without dying. Berserker's Blood icon Berserker's Blood helps regenerate the Rum damage.
  • X Marks the Spot helps Huskar to chase high mobility heroes.
Invoker icon
  • X Marks the Spot makes a setup for Sun Strike icon Sun Strike if timed correctly.
  • Ghost Ship synergizes well with many of Invoker's spells.
Lifestealer icon
  • Ghostship allows Lifestealer to stay in front as a fearsome melee fighter. Lifestealer could use Feast icon Feast to regenerate the Rum damage.
  • Ghostship and Tidebringer clears illusions which Lifestealer cannot deal with easily.
  • X Marks the Spot helps Lifestealer to catch high mobility heroes.
Slark icon
  • Ghostship allows Slark to stay in front and steal more attributes. Slark can easily regenerate the Rum damage thanks to Shadow Dance icon Shadow Dance.
  • X Marks the Spot helps Slark to catch heroes that can easily break Pounce icon Pounce leash.
Warlock icon
  • Massive AOE damages from Kunkka's abilities work well with Warlock's Fatal bonds especially during a teamfight.
  • By channeling Upheaval through Torrent-Ghostship combo warlock can provide a follow up slow (up to 84%) after the combo.

Others[]


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