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 Power (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 ⁴⁾.

Every character has a base of 1.5 m/s sprint speed except for the following characters:

• Bebop, with a base of 4 m/s;
• Lady Geist, with a base of 2.5 m/s;
• Lash, with base of 2 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.

Main article: Runes

Sprint speed can be obtained by picking up the Movement Rune above 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 Move Speed (m/s)	Scaling Coefficient
Wraith	1.5	×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