Diluc, Kaeya, and Sucrose, Starter Deck Build and How to Play

This is the Starter Deck build for Diluc, Kaeya, and Sucrose in Genshin Impact's Genius Invokation TCG. We have a list of all character and action cards for the Starter Deck and a guide on how to play the deck!

Starter Deck Build

List of Cards for the Deck

Main Characters Cards
Diluc				Kaeya				Sucrose
Action Cards
Laurel Coronet ×1			Mask of Solitude Basalt ×1			Viridescent Venerer's Diadem ×1			Thunder Summoner's Crown ×1
Witch's Scorching Hat ×1			Wine-Stained Tricorne ×1			Broken Rime's Echo ×1			Strategize ×1
Changing Shifts ×1			The Bestest Travel Companion! ×1			Guardian's Oath ×1			Send Off ×1
Quick Knit ×1			Blessing of the Divine Relic's Installation ×1			Master of Weaponry ×1			Calx's Arts ×1
Starsigns ×1			When the Crane Returned ×1			Leave it to Me! ×1			I Haven't Lost Yet! ×1
Paimon ×1			Minty Meat Rolls ×1			Sweet Madame ×1			Favonius Cathedral ×1
Dawn Winery ×1			Magic Guide ×1			Traveler's Handy Sword ×1			White Tassel ×1
White Iron Greatsword ×1			Raven Bow ×1

Starter Deck How to Play

Starter Deck Explanation

Strengths and Weaknesses

Starter Deck Combo Cards

Combo Card 1	Combo Card 2	Result
Kaeya	Dawn Winery	- Dawn Winery gives you a free Active Character swap per turn, which lets you deal free Cryo DMG from Kaeya's Glacial Waltz passive.
Kaeya	Changing Shifts	- Lets you swap to a new Active Character for free, letting you deal free Cryo DMG from Kaeya's Glacial Waltz.
Kaeya	Sucrose	- Sucrose Swirls the Cryo Aura to the standby enemy Character cards.
Diluc	Kaeya	- Diluc will deal Melt damage after applying Cryo on enemies either through Kaeya's Attacks or Swirling Cryo.

How to Play the Starter Deck

Start with Kaeya

Your opening Active Character for this deck will be Kaeya. His job will be to apply Cryo on the first enemy. You will want to have at least three Cryo Elemental die for Kaeya to use a Cryo attack and then 1 Anemo die for Sucrose.

Also, try to have Dawn Winery or Changing Shifts in your opening hand.

Swap to Sucrose and Swirl Cryo

After dealing Cryo damage to the first enemy, swap to Sucrose. With Sucrose, you will simply need to deal any kind of attack for her to swirl Cryo on the enemies. This will be your main one-two combo.

If you can afford it, try to use Sucrose's Elemental Skill (Astable Anemohypostasis Creation - 6308) to force the enemy to swap their Active character to one that has a Cryo Aura applied.

Play Diluc as the Main Damage Dealer

With Cryo applied to the enemies, you are now free to deal huge damage through Melt reactions with Diluc. After this point, you're free to swap back and forth to do your one-two combo

Use Sucrose's Elemental Burst on Cryo Auras

If possible, use Sucrose's Elemental Burst (Elemental Burst: Forbidden Creation – Isomer 75) on enemies with a Cryo Aura. This will make the summon deal Cryo DMG at the end phase, which can help set up Diluc to deal Melt damage in the next round.

Kaeya Elemental Burst and Active Character Swapping

Kaeya's Elemental Burst, Glacial Waltz, creates an Icicle on the Active Character card. This Icicle will deal Cryo damage on the active enemy whenever you swap your Active character.

When combined with Dawn Winery or Changing Shifts, this lets you deal free Cryo DMG on the enemy. This will apply a Cryo Aura on the enemy, letting you either Swirl Cryo DMG on enemies or set up Diluc to deal Melt damage..

Starter Deck Best Used Against

List of NPCs

NPCs Weak Against this Deck
Swan	Ellin	Marjorie	Timmie
Wagner	Blanche	Timaeus	Patton
Sucrose		Fischl

What does this Deck Counter?

This deck is sufficiently average across the board. However, it has strengths against other deck types like control or setup decks given how fast this deck can deal combo-based damage!

How to Counter the Starter Deck: How to Beat

Use Rushdown or Aggro Deck Types

Since this deck needs some setup to be effective, the best way to defeat the Starter deck is to use Aggro or Rushdown Decks. An Aggro or Rushdown deck will put pressure on your enemy to discourage them from setting up their combos.

Focus on Defeating Diluc

Diluc is the Main damage dealer in this deck, so an effective way to cripple this deck is by defeating their Main damage dealer! Without Diluc, the deck will be hard-pressed to deal big damage against you.

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