Squad Rush robots, crates and red lanes: how to dodge

In Squad Rush you lose squad members when you run into crates or robots, or when an attack lands on a red warning lane you are standing in. Red minus gates take friends too. Steer around crates, shoot robots before they reach you, and step out of red lanes before they flash. If your squad goes down to 0, the run is over.

What takes away squad members?

These numbers are fixed in the game. A "hit" is anything that counts against the Dodge every hit star.

A red gate takes friends away, but it is not a hit, so it does not break the no-hit star. Still, it can end your run if your squad is tiny. Read more on number gates and squad size.

Crates

Crates come in small walls of two supply crates. On every second gate pair, a wall of crates stands a little way past one of the gates. So be ready to steer away right after you cross a gate.

You can't shoot crates away. They also stop your shots, so a robot behind crates is safe until you move. Steer around them. The Narrow column is slim, so it slips past crates that would clip the Wide line.

The four kinds of road robot

One robot waits a little way past every gate pair. Each kind moves in its own way. The game does not give them names, so here is what to look for:

Every robot you break gives you 5 coins. Robots get tougher in later stages and further down each road.

How to handle them:

• Shoot them first. Your squad fires straight ahead, so steer so the robot is in front of you, break it, then move on.
• Or go around. If a robot is too tough, steer to the other side before you reach it.
• Watch weaving robots. They cross the road, so don't stop watching once you have passed by on one side.
• Use Laser on armoured robots. Laser does full damage to them. See the blasters page.

Robot crowds

At the big door, a crowd of smaller robots runs at you in rows of three. From stage 3, some robots in each crowd carry shields. Shield robots take only a fifth of the damage when you hit them from straight in front, so steer a bit to the side, or use Laser.

If a crowd robot reaches your squad, you lose 2 to 4 friends. Close the door just in time to stop them all at once. See the big door.

Red warning lanes

A red warning lane is a long red stripe on the road. It shows where an attack will land in a moment. Red lanes come from:

• Lane-marking robots on the road.
• Convoy strikes, when you travel with the fire truck.
• Big bots, at the end of every stage.

A red lane is marked where your squad is standing when it appears. Then it waits, and then the attack lands. If your squad is still inside the lane, you lose 3 friends. If you are out of it, you dodge it.

How to dodge:

1. When a red lane appears under you, steer left or right at once. A short step is enough.
2. Don't steer back into it until it has landed.
3. Switch to the Narrow column for big bot fights. It needs an even smaller step to get out.

The game does not show these times; they come from the game's code.

The no-hit star

One star in every stage is Dodge every hit. To win it, finish the stage without one crate, robot or red lane hitting you. Red gates don't count, and a strike the convoy truck takes for you doesn't count either. See how stars work.

Common mistakes

See also

• How to beat every big bot: red lanes in the big bot fights.
• Doors, rescues, convoys and last stands: crowds, the door and the fire truck.
• Beginner tips: easy habits for fewer hits.
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