Movement speed

"Movement Speed" redirects here. For the basic passive skill, see Movement Speed (passive skill).

Movement speed (often referred to as MS) is a modifier to the base speed a creature can run.

Body armours and shields induce movement speed penalties when equipped. The exact penalty can differ depending on the base item type, but in general strength armour has greater penalties than dexterity and intelligence armour.

There is no cap on movement speed.

Movement speed is beneficial for characters that employ evasion as the primary form of damage reduction, since it requires a play style where physically avoiding enemy spells and attacks is often necessary.

The base movement speed is 38 units per second.

Debuffs

A few debuff from the monsters and maps are affecting the player character's movement speed: Net throw, Tar, etc.

Flasks

• - Onslaught grants 20% Movement Speed

Item Modifiers

Suffix

WARNING: Please notice that gained as a quest reward from finishing Mercy Mission quest in Act 1 Normal has iLvl=4 and can not roll "of Adrenaline" suffix.

Miscellany

• Possible implicit from Corrupting amulets or boots using a . (+2%-5%)
• Possible implicit from Enchanting boots. (+6%-10% if you haven't been Hit Recently)
• Onslaught
• Rampage

Unique Items

There are several Unique Items that affect movement speed.

Skills gems with the "Movement" gem tag

A list of skill gems that have the Movement gem tag.

Active skill gems that alter movement speed

Main page: List of movement speed related skill gems

Support skill gems that alter movement speed

Main page: List of movement speed related skill gems

Passive skills

The following Passives grant movement speed bonuses:

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0	Spells that reduce movement speed now do so with a new debuff called Hinder. You can only have one Hinder effect on you at once, so multiple movement-slowing spells will not stack. This is currently used on and the new Wither skill.
1.1.4	We have reduced the movement penalty that armour types have as follows: Tower Shields now have a 3% movement speed penalty (the same as other shields) instead of 6%. Body Armour now has a 3% movement penalty, with Strength or Strength/Intelligence armour having a 5% penalty, instead of 4% and 8% respectively. Plate Vest only has a 3% movement speed penalty, rather than the 5% that other Strength armour has.
0.10.0	Added , a type of utility flask that increases movement speed by 40% for five seconds.
Unknown	Introduced to the game.