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 4.75 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)
1,600	Weapon	Backstabber	+1.75 (Conditional) 4)
1,600	Weapon	Fleetfoot	+3.5 (Active) 5)
1,600	Vitality	Enduring Speed	+1.75
1,600	Vitality	Guardian Ward	+3 (Active) 6)
3,200	Weapon	Blood Tribute	+1.75 (Active) 7)
3,200	Weapon	Burst Fire	+1.5 8)
3,200	Weapon	Headhunter	+2 (Conditional) 9)
3,200	Weapon	Heroic Aura	+2.5 (Active) 10)
3,200	Vitality	Counterspell	+2 (Conditional) 11)
3,200	Vitality	Debuff Remover	+2.5 (Active) 12)
3,200	Vitality	Fortitude	+1.5 (Conditional) 13)
3,200	Vitality	Veil Walker	+4 (Conditional) 14)
3,200	Vitality	Surge of Power	+2 (Conditional) 15)
6,400	Weapon	Frenzy	+1, +3 (Conditional) 16)
6,400	Vitality	Cheat Death	-2 (Conditional) 17)
6,400	Vitality	Divine Barrier	+3 (Active)
6,400	Vitality	Healing Tempo	+1.5 (Conditional) 18)
6,400	Vitality	Juggernaut	+2
6,400	Spirit	Boundless Spirit	+2 (Passive) 19)
6,400	Spirit	Ethereal Shift	+3 (Active) 20)

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

Price (Souls)	Type of Item	Item Name	Move Speed Increase (m/s)
3,200	Weapon	Sharpshooter	-1
3,200	Vitality	Surge of Power	+2 (Conditional) 21)

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 ²²⁾.

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 a 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 are firing.
  • 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)
800	Vitality	Healing Rite	+2 (Conditional) 23)
800	Vitality	Sprint Boots	+2
1,600	Weapon	Long Range	+1
1,600	Weapon	Swift Striker	+1
1,600	Spirit	Mystic Slow	+1
3,200	Weapon	Heroic Aura	+2
3,200	Weapon	Sharpshooter	+1
3,200	Vitality	Rescue Beam	+1
3,200	Vitality	Trophy Collector	+2
3,200	Spirit	Disarming Hex	+1
6,400	Weapon	Shadow Weave	+2
6,400	Spirit	Lightning Scroll	+1