dota 2 guide

BIO
As The Admiral of the mighty Claddish Navy, Kunkka was charged with protecting the isles of his homeland when the demons of the Cataract made a concerted grab at the lands of men. After years of small sorties, and increasingly bold and devastating attacks, the demon fleet flung all its carnivorous ships at the Trembling Isle. Desperate, the Suicide-Mages of Cladd committed their ultimate rite, summoning a host of ancestral spirits to protect the fleet. Against the demons, this was just barely enough to turn the tide. As Kunkka watched the demons take his ships down one by one, he had the satisfaction of wearing away their fleet with his ancestral magic. But at the battle's peak, something in the clash of demons, men and atavistic spirits must have stirred a fourth power that had been slumbering in the depths. The waves rose up in towering spouts around the few remaining ships, and Maelrawn the Tentacular appeared amid the fray. His tendrils wove among the ships, drawing demon and human craft together, churning the water and wind into a raging chaos. What happened in the crucible of that storm, none may truly say. The Cataract roars off into the void, deserted by its former denizens. Kunkka is now The Admiral of but one ship, a ghostly rig which endlessly replays the final seconds of its destruction. Whether he died in that crash is anyone's guess. Not even Tidehunter, who summoned Maelrawn, knows for sure.

INTRODUCTION
Kunka is a carry hero which rely on high splash damage from Tidebringer (and Battlefury if you have one). You need to build this hero using +damage items to make this hero become a late game strong carry.
He is also a nuker with his Torrent and Ghostship.
You are also a ganker with your x mark the spot because you can catch your enemy easily.
The weakness of this hero is his attack speed. Compared than other carries, especially agility carries, his attack speed is considering slow.
You also need to build this hero to become a tanker, maybe you should buy Tarrasque and Cuirass.

ROLE
Melee - Disabler - Initiator - Carry - Durable
A lost Claddish soul inhabits Kunkka's trusty Tidebringer, empowering it to destroy demons of the Cataract.
This will make you gets a wide range cleave attack for every 4 seconds. And that attack is also with an additional damage. The radius of this skill is so far, i believe full screen. This is very good for harassing in early game. And a very good skill for farming because you can farms fast with this cleave and damage.

3. X Marks the Spot
Targets a friendly or enemy Hero, marks their position with an X, and returns them to it after several seconds. Kunkka can trigger the return at any time during the duration.
Makes your target come back to the X mark (land where you clicked the target). Very useful skill for chasing. This skill is a good combo with Torrent. Use X mark and then place Torrent in the X Mark. and bang! your enemy will jump up.

Return
Returns the marked hero to the X.
The Admiral's set of arcane abilities includes some that can be used for battle as well as entertainment.
Force your X Mark target to return to the X mark

4. Ghostship
Summons a ghostship to cut a swath through battle, causing damage and stuns to enemy units as it crashes through. Allies are doused in Kunkka's Rum, receiving bonus movement speed and a delayed reaction to damage.
The final ship of the Claddish Navy is nothing but a phantom, but it is all too real to the enemies of the Admiral.
Summon a ship into the battle. Your ship will stun, give damages to the enemy and gives +Movement speed to allies. Nice skill to cast into the crowds of the enemies. You can combine this skill with Torrent and Tidebringer to bring chaos into the battlefield.

SKILLBUILD
Level 1: Tidebringer
Level 2: Torrent
Level 3: Tidebringer
Level 4: X Marks the Spot
Level 5: Tidebringer
Level 6: Ghostship
Level 7: Tidebringer
Level 8: Torrent
Level 9 : Torrent
Level 10:Torrent
Level 11: Ghostship
Level 12: X Marks the Spot
Level 13: X Marks the Spot
Level 14: X Marks the Spot
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Ghostship
Level 17-25: Stats

Note:  If you want to get firstblood at Lv.1 you can take X Mark the spot or Torrent on Lv.1.

Or if you afraid of getting firstblood at Lv.1, you can use those ability to escape from the enemy.

Why Tidebringer should be maxed first? This ability is so good on early game to make you easier in lasthitting the creeps and also harassing your enemy with it's splashed damage.

Why maxed Torrent before X Mark the spot? Torrent will be more painful in early game where enemy's Hp is relatively low. And 1 level of X Mark the Spot is enough for early game to can chase your target.

STRATEGY
Early Game
Your job in early game is to lasthit every creeps in your lane. Tidebringer will really helps you in this stage. Tidebringer will also gives your opponent some damage because of it's cleave, just hits the front creeps, and your enemy behind that creeps will feel the damage. You can also harass enemies by using Torrents, it's fun to watch your enemy bouncing to the air.

Always beware of enemy's gank. You must watch the river area. The wards may helps you on this. If there is an enemy incoming, you should retreat to your tower for safety.

Mid Game
Kunkka is capable in both ganking and farming. Your team should decide what you will become,

1. A full  time farmer
This strategy ensures you having good items on late game. Good items means a good carrying power. This means you will become very strong on the late game to make your team win the teamfight.

2. A ganker who is active in ganking activities.
This also a nice strat too becausea a successful gank campaign on the mid game, will greatly destroy the enemy's power.

If you gank, always remember to use X mark the spot, it will make your opponent to come back in the X mark. You can place your Torrent in the X mark to make sure your Torrent hits your target.

Remember to summon your Ghostship if necessary.

Ghostship is an important ability to surprise gank the enemy, just come from jungle and use Ghostship to your enemy. It will surprise them. And then destroy your enemy together with your friends. You have Torrent to nuke, X mark to chase, and you also have high right click damage from Tidebringer.


Late Game
In this stage of the game, you should already acquired the high damage. Here is your part in the teamfight:

1. Use Ghostship on the early teamfight
2. Use Torrent after that
3. Right click with your splash
4. Right click the squishy hero first
5. After no squishy heroes left, then right click their carry.
6. If there is an enemy who tries to escape, use X Mark the Spot to catch him.

You are considered as a carry here. So you should maximize your damage to help your team to win every teamfight. You should buy +damage items like Daedlus or MKB.

And if your team won the teamfight, you have two options:
1. You can get the Aegis for your team's main hero or
2. Your team can push enemy base and destrouy their buildings. Choose wisely!

1. Axe
He have berserkers call to make opponents attack him, that's your chance to use Torrent and Ghostship and Tidebringer and your right click to kill all the opponents. He also have +Movement speed if his ultimate successfully kill an enemy, just like your Ghostship that have +Movement speed.

2. Magnataur
He have Reverse Polarity that will makes your enemies to stick together, that will be a perfect setup for you to kill them all with Cleave damage + Ghostship + Torrent.

3. Dark Seer
Have Vacuum that makes all ememy to stick in 1 point, this works the same as Axe's or magnataur skills. The same as Axe's and Magnataur's skill, this skill is also a perfect setup for you.