Walking is the most common movement action in Deadlock. Walking allows your character to navigate around midtown.

When you start walking, you will begin to start accelerating towards a peak speed which is dependent on character, which can be increased with items ¹⁾ When you stop walking, you will gradually decelerate to a complete stop ²⁾.

You can also walk while crouching. When crouch walking, you will move at a speed of 4.8 m/s.

Certain characters have move speed that scales with Spirit (signified by this symbol: ); move speed increases by a set coefficient that depends on character.³⁾

Character	Base Move Speed (m/s)	Scaling Coefficient
Grey Talon	6.3	×0.025
Seven	7.1	×0.023
Sinclair	7.3	×0.023
Vyper	7.0	×0.023

Certain items that have the +Move Speed stat increase walk speed:

Price (Souls)	Type of Item	Item Name	Move Speed Increase (m/s)
1,250	Weapon	Fleetfoot	+3 (Active)
1,250	Vitality	Divine Barrier	+2 (Active)
1,750	Vitality	Enduring Speed	+1.1
3,000	Weapon	Burst Fire	+2 (Conditional)
3,000	Vitality	Fortitude	+2 (Conditional)
3,000	Weapon	Heroic Aura	+1
3,000	Spirit	Surge of Power	+2 (Conditional)
3,500	Weapon	Headhunter	+2 (Conditional)
6,000	Spirit	Echo Shard	+1
6,000	Weapon	Glass Cannon	+1
6,000	Weapon	Vampiric Burst	+2
6,000	Vitality	Veil Walker	+4 (Conditional)

Certain items have the -Move Speed stat. These items decrease walk speed.

Price (Souls)	Type of Item	Item Name	Move Speed Increase (m/s)
3,000	Vitality	Metal Skin	-1.5 (Active)

All characters have the ability to Sprint. Sprinting in Deadlock is a passive action — no further action is required to sprint. When sprinting, you near instantly accelerate up to 10 m/s, then gain approximately 1 m/s every second above that threshold. Sprinting characters can be identified by the grey speed lines coming off them. You cannot sprint while zooming in using alt-fire (by default, right click).

Every character has a base of 2 m/s sprint speed except for the following characters:

• Bebop, with a base of 4.5 m/s;
• Lady Geist, with a base of 3 m/s;
• Lash, with base of 2.5 m/s;
• Warden, with a base of 2.5 m/s.

When characters are sprinting:

• If they have been damaged by an enemy hero, sprint will be disabled for 4 seconds, which can be significantly slower.
• If they have been damaged by a non-hero, sprint will be disabled for 0.5 seconds.
• If they are firing, they will move significantly slower (around ~70% of their base walk speed) until the character stops firing .
  • With the Weapon item Fleetfoot, they will move at their base walk speed if they hit a target.

Ivy has the unique passive attribute of ignoring the speed penalty when firing; she is able to fire while walking and sprinting without slowing down.

Sprint speed can be obtained by picking up the Movement Rune on the bridges between the inner and outer lanes. The Movement rune grants a temporary +3 m/s sprint speed buff for 160 seconds.

Certain characters have their sprint speed scale with Spirit Power; this is indicated with the symbol . The equation for sprint speed scaling with Spirit Power is $ FinalSprintSpeed = BaseSprintSpeed + (Spirit Power \times Coefficient) $

Character	Base Sprint Speed (m/s)	Scaling Coefficient
Wraith	2	×0.06

Certain items that have the +Sprint Speed stat increase sprint speed:

Price (Souls)	Type of Item	Item Name	Sprint Speed Increase (m/s)
500	Spirit	Ammo Scavenger	+2 (Conditional)
500	Vitality	Healing Rite	+2 (Conditional)
500	Vitality	Rapid Rounds	+1
500	Weapon	Sprint Boots	+1.5
1,250	Vitality	Divine Barrier	+1
1,250	Spirit	Withering Whip	+1
1,750	Vitality	Enduring Speed	+1.5
3,000	Weapon	Alchemical Fire	+1
3,000	Spirit	Silence Glyph	+1
3,500	Spirit	Spirit Snatch	+1
3,500	Spirit	Improved Spirit	+1
3,500	Vitality	Rescue Beam	+1
4,250	Spirit	Mystic Slow	+1
9,800	Spirit	Boundless Spirit	+2