How to Beat Ayato in a Genius Invokation Duel

Challenge Ayato to a Genius Invokation Duel in Genshin Impact. See where to find Ayato, how to beat Ayato, recommended deck, and all rewards here!

How to Unlock Ayato TCG Battle

Invite in The Cat's Tail

You can repeatedly invite Ayato to a Genius Invokation battle once you reach Player Level 2! You must use a Match Invitation Letter when inviting him for the first time.

How to Increase Player Level

How to Beat Ayato in Genius Invokation

Best Deck Against Ayato

Recommended Character Cards

Main Character Cards
Yoimiya	Kamisato Ayaka	Bennett

Strategy Against Ayato's TCG Deck

Use Burst-Hypercarry Decks

Ayato will try to stack Equipment cards on each turn while also inflicting Frozen and Vaporize/Melt. This could be disruptive against decks that rely on multiple character combos as these reactions can easily disable a character.

Try using Hypercarry decks where one or two of the characters can endure the attacks while you set up your main damage dealer—like using Yoimiya's burst before sweeping the other side of the board with Ayaka.

Be sure to have Starsigns and Iron Tongue Tian to pull off this combo easier.

Noelle Hypercarry Deck is also a great choice against Ayato!

Ayato Duel Information

Genius Invokation Duel Information

Ayato
Challenge Type	Character Invite Challenge
Main Element Used
Weak Against
Special Rule	No Special Rule

Am I up for a game? Ha, such a proposal is too enticing to turn down.

Ayato's TCG Deck

Ayato's Character Cards

Main Character Cards
Kamisato Ayato	Kamisato Ayaka	Bennett

Ayato will frequently play Equipment Cards to buff his characters and Food Cards that reduce Normal Attack costs. Be careful when his Ayato card is fully geared and your active character is affected by Cryo or Pyro!

Ayato Duel Location

Where to Find Ayato

Find Ayato in The Cat's Tail, Mondstadt

Ayato can be fought as a Character Invite Challenge, which means you have to go to The Cat's Tail tavern in Mondstadt City to find and challenge them!

Likely to Show up in Weekly Guest Challenges

Ayato is also likely to show up as one of the Weekly Guest Challenges at The Cat's Tail tavern!

Weekly Guest Challenge Guide

Duel Objectives and Rewards

All Objectives and Rewards

Objective	Rewards
Achieve victory	Kamisato Ayato Card x1
Achieve victory within 6 Rounds	Kyouka Fuushi Card x1
Win with less than 2 characters defeated	Kyouka Fuushi Card x1

Serious Showdown

Objective	Rewards
Achieve victory	Lucky Coin x1000

Genshin Impact Related Guides

TCG Character and NPC List

List of Character Invite Challenge Duels

List of Character Invite Challenge Duels
Yanfei	Candace	Kaedehara Kazuha	Amber
Venti	Nahida	Tartaglia	Hu Tao
Yae Miko	Xiao	Shenhe	Zhongli
Ei	Ayato	Tighnari	Arataki Itto
Kujou Sara	Kokomi	Eula	Klee
Beidou	Diluc	Diona	Jean
Keqing	Ganyu	Kaeya	Chongyun
Kamisato Ayaka	Barbara	Xingqiu	Mona
Xiangling	Bennett	Yoimiya	Razor
Cyno	Noelle	Collei	Ningguang
Fischl	Sucrose

Duel Types and Location Guides

All Duel Types and Guides
Co-Op Matches	Weekly Guest Challenges
Character Invitations	Ascension Challenges
Tavern Challenges	Open World Matches

Genius Invokation Gameplay Guide

Genius Invokation TCG Guide