Three of the most skilled Ink Masters return for a new challenge, but instead of battling alone, they'll coach teams of the nation's top tattoo artists.
The competition is fierce and the Masters coach their team in the season's first flash challenge, which tests fundamentals, and some artists find their way in the elimination tattoo, but one hits a dead end and is sent packing.
Precision skills are put to the test when the artists must create masterpieces with hole punches, and one of the coaches may put his own skin on the line.
Teamwork is the name of the game in a series of Tag Team Tattoo Challenges, and a massive twist forces one team's artists to turn on their own.
The coaches step in during a team flash challenge, and the artists' ingenuity is tested with mash-up tattoos.