Mama Tinkerson
Basic Info
- Tribe: Clunkmasters
- Attack: 3
- HP: 5
- Counter: 4
- Effect: While active, all Clunker allies get x2 Frenzy
Rating
A-tier aura that single-handedly defines a Clunkmaster build type. Mama Tinkerson's effect is a passive field aura: while she is alive and on the board, every Clunker ally with a Counter or Reaction attacks twice instead of once. A Clunker with 8 Attack effectively deals 16 per activation. A Weakness-applying Clunker applies Weakness twice. Biji's Bom application doubles. The multiplier applies to every tick — damage, debuffs, Junk generation — everything the Clunker does on its turn happens twice. This is a build-defining effect, not an incremental upgrade.
The dependency is strict: Mama Tinkerson must survive. Losing her mid-fight halves the effective damage output of every Clunker simultaneously. Treat her protection as the primary constraint of any deck that drafts her.
How to Use
Back-row placement is mandatory. With 5 HP, she cannot front-line against anything meaningful. Park her in the far rear, supplement her with Shell or healing items, and prioritize keeping her alive over everything else.
Draft Clunkers with Counter or Reaction before picking Mama Tinkerson — her aura only applies to those. Clunkers that rely on activation-only abilities (no Counter, no Reaction) don't benefit. Prioritize: Alloy (Scrap generation doubles), Biji (Bom application doubles), any attack-focused Clunker with a Counter.
The full combo looks like: Mama Tinkerson alive + Biji + any attack source = Biji applies Bom twice per Biji activation. With Attack charms on Biji and Mama Tinkerson's aura active, boss HP thresholds collapse in 2–3 turns.
Advanced Techniques
Bling Bank benefits from her aura too. Bling Bank has a Reaction — each enemy death triggers it once normally. Under Mama Tinkerson's aura, each enemy death triggers it twice, doubling the Bling-per-fight economy.
Activation-only Clunkers are immune. Clunkers like Heart Mist Station that have no Counter or Reaction don't receive the x2 Frenzy. When building around Mama Tinkerson, exclude these from your Clunker pool to avoid wasting slots.
Lumin Ring on a Clunker under Mama Tinkerson stacks multiplicatively. A Lumin Ring that boosts a Bom-applying Clunker's Bom from 1 to 2, combined with x2 Frenzy, results in Bom 4 applied per Clunker activation. This is how Clunkmaster builds clear Act 3 bosses before they attack.
Protect her with HP charms or Shell appliers. Every point of HP she gains is another potential full-combat activation from your Clunker team. HP-up charms on Mama Tinkerson are more valuable than offensive upgrades.
Good Synergy Cards & Charms
- Biji — Bom application doubles to Bom 6 per activation; the strongest Mama Tinkerson pairing for boss damage
- Alloy — Scrap generation doubles; accelerates the Junk pipeline and extends Clunker uptime
- Knuckles — Reaction attacks fire twice; consistent double-Smackback on every enemy hit
- Bling Bank — Reaction Bling triggers twice per enemy kill; doubles the run-wide Bling economy
- HP-up charms on Mama Tinkerson — survivability investment that multiplies the effective output of your entire Clunker team
- Fizzle — with x3 Frenzy and Mama Tinkerson's x2, Bom application reaches extreme numbers
In-game Effect Text
While active, add x2 Frenzy to all allies
Synergy Cards
- Mini Mika — shared: Frenzy
- Rockhog — shared: Frenzy
- I.C.G.M — shared: Frenzy
- Pootie — shared: Frenzy
- Blaze Bom — shared: Frenzy
- Tiny Tyko — shared: Frenzy