> I need to respawn in a non-novice area where trash players can't hard counter all attacks for a week
Instead of waiting for the perfect area, just spawning anywhere and gaining GCL is a better option. Many older players have been wiped multiple times before getting code good enough to survive and hold their position.
You might also want to be careful about thinking someone is "trash" - in a programming game, any strat (well, almost any) that stops someone killing you is good. Consider your early game experiences as a set of lessons instead - it'll be far less frustrating and will serve you well in the later game when you get 5, 10, 15 rooms and respawning is far more annoying! Better to get wrecked by something at GCL 1 where you can learn and recover in a week, than to have to spend months rebuilding later.
