Kunkka — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: Admiral
Kunkka (Admiral) in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Kunkka counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
Kunkka counters & matchups
Kunkka is a swashbuckling initiator/carry whose Torrent + X Marks the Spot + Tidebringer combo bursts and displaces, with Ghostship for a teamfight save. He's strong into immobile heroes his combo pins: Chen (55.8%), Gyrocopter (55.6%) and Nature's Prophet (54.8%) eat the full Torrent setup. Kunkka is countered by sustain and scaling that outlast his mid-game spike: Lifestealer (43.5%), Spectre (44.4%) and Phoenix (44.7%) survive the burst and overtake him. Draft tip: Kunkka shines as a tempo initiator into low-mobility drafts; he falls off as a carry into Spectre/Lifestealer late-game line-ups.
Strong against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Chen | 55.84% | 2,380 |
 Gyrocopter | 55.60% | 11,317 |
 Nature's Prophet | 54.75% | 22,271 |
 Mars | 54.48% | 21,908 |
 Tinker | 53.90% | 12,732 |
 Shadow Demon | 53.72% | 7,986 |
 Timbersaw | 53.36% | 10,640 |
 Templar Assassin | 53.33% | 17,737 |
Struggles against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Lifestealer | 43.52% | 40,316 |
 Spectre | 44.43% | 25,228 |
 Phoenix | 44.66% | 18,593 |
 Necrophos | 45.33% | 39,717 |
 Wraith King | 45.56% | 37,858 |
 Bloodseeker | 46.28% | 16,328 |
 Undying | 46.36% | 24,332 |
 Faceless Void | 46.46% | 29,616 |
Kunkka synergies
Kunkka's X Marks + Torrent + Ghostship is a self-contained AoE combo, but it gets terrifying with a second source of lock or damage. He pairs best with follow-up carries and AoE: Spectre (55.8%) Haunts onto his Ghostship clump, while Lifestealer (54.1%) and Wraith King (53.7%) clean up everything frozen by Torrent. Meepo (53.0%) and Lone Druid (53.0%) supply the bodies to cash in his displacement. Give Kunkka a team that punishes a clumped, Marked enemy and his initiation wins fights.
Best teammates
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Spectre | 55.75% | 23,149 |
| Lifestealer | 54.07% | 35,166 |
| Wraith King | 53.74% | 25,267 |
 Meepo | 53.04% | 6,927 |
 Lone Druid | 52.98% | 5,351 |
| Bloodseeker | 52.75% | 13,201 |
| Necrophos | 52.48% | 26,056 |
 Slark | 52.25% | 38,548 |