Cripple Movement
| Cripple Movement | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Control Quickhack |
| Tier | Tier 2 |
| RAM Cost | T2 3 / T3 4 / T4 6 |
| Upload Time | 0.3 s |
| Duration | 12 s |
Cripple Movement roots an enemy in place. The target cannot walk, run or dodge for a short time. It also shuts down the cyberware they use to move and evade. It is the answer to fast enemies who dash around and dodge every shot. At higher tiers it turns the frozen enemy into an easy target for melee attacks and Finishers. Cripple Movement is an early to mid game quickhack that every netrunner vendor sells from Tier 2 onward.
Effect
Cripple Movement is a control quickhack. V uploads it to one enemy, and that enemy can no longer move. Any cyberware that helps them move or dodge is disabled for the duration as well. The upload is almost instant, so it works in the middle of a fight. The RAM cost is low at every tier.
The higher tiers build a melee combo around the frozen target. Tier 3 adds 15% melee damage against affected enemies. Tier 4 makes affected enemies more open to melee Finishers. Tier 5 rewards V for each Finisher on an affected enemy. V then restores 5% Health and 2 RAM. The Iconic variant doubles that reward to 10% Health and 4 RAM.
How to Get Cripple Movement Guide
- Buy Cripple Movement or its crafting spec from any netrunner vendor.
- Breach Access Points with Breach Protocol for a chance at quickhacks.
- With Phantom Liberty, watch netrunner stock for the Iconic variant from around level 51.
Cripple Movement Map Location
The map shows the netrunner vendor in Kabuki, one of the netrunner vendors that sell it.
Cripple Movement map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Crafting Spec
Netrunner vendors sell the Cripple Movement spec. The spec lets V craft Cripple Movement in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
Upgrades
Cripple Movement comes in Tiers 2 to 5, plus an Iconic variant. Tier 3 adds the melee damage bonus. Tier 4 makes Finishers easier. Tier 5 restores Health and RAM after each Finisher. The Iconic variant keeps every effect and doubles the Tier 5 reward.
Netrunner vendors sell Cripple Movement and its crafting specs. Higher tiers need quickhack components of the matching tier to craft. Breach Protocol on an Access Point can also reward quickhacks. Enemy netrunners can drop quickhacks and specs as well. The Iconic variant needs Phantom Liberty. Netrunners begin to offer Iconic quickhacks at around level 51, and their stock rotates. Crafting the Iconic variant takes Tier 5 quickhack components.
Character Builds
Cripple Movement fits a hybrid build that hacks and then closes in with a blade or fists. Subordination doubles the duration of Control quickhacks on enemies at full Health. Opening a fight with Cripple Movement on an untouched enemy therefore keeps them rooted much longer. Embedded Exploit adds quickhack damage against enemies affected by Control quickhacks. Icepick lowers the RAM cost of Combat quickhacks on those same enemies.
Short Circuit at Tier 2 adds three seconds to every Control quickhack on its target. A Short Circuit after Cripple Movement keeps the enemy rooted for longer.
Finisher: Live Wire unlocks a Monowire Finisher on low Health enemies. It restores Health and RAM, and more queued quickhacks make the enemy more open to it. Siphon recovers RAM with each Monowire attack. Suicide becomes cheaper for a short time after a melee Finisher.
Select a Build
Reboot Optics and Sonic Shock keep enemies from seeing the character, and Cripple Movement holds them in place. Blade perks from Reflexes and the Blue Fang knife finish them up close. Ping shows where the next targets stand.
Attributes: Body 12, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 15, Intelligence 20, Cool 14.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proximate Propagation | 
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Intelligence 4 | Cheaper quickhacks at close range |
| Optimization | 
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Intelligence 4 | Faster RAM recovery |
| Eye In The Sky | 
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Intelligence 4 | Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper |
| Forcekill Cypher | 
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Intelligence 4 | Shorter sequences when hacking Access Points |
| Hack Queue | 
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Intelligence 9 | Queue two quickhacks on one enemy |
| Feedback Loop | 
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Intelligence 9 | Faster RAM recovery for each queued quickhack |
| Embedded Exploit | 
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Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| Icepick | 
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Intelligence 9 | Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies |
| Counter-A-Hack | 
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Intelligence 9 | Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls |
| Queue Acceleration | 
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Intelligence 15 | More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks |
| Queue Prioritization | 
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Intelligence 15 | Faster upload for the first quickhack in a queue |
| Queue Hack Root | 
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Intelligence 15 | Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Finisher: Bladerunner | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster blade attacks and a finisher that restores Health |
| Opportunist | 
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Reflexes 15 | Easier finishers on stunned, blinded or bleeding enemies |
| Flash Of Steel | 
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Reflexes 15 | Speed and attack speed after a finisher |
| Aerial Acrobat | 
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Reflexes 15 | Better control in midair |
| License To Chrome | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Pump | 
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Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Microrotors | 
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Circulatory System | Faster melee attacks |
| Ex-Disk | 
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Frontal Cortex | More max RAM and faster uploads |
| Handle Wrap | 
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Hands | Crit chance for throwable weapons |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
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Legs | Double jump |
| Stabber | 
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Nervous System | Crit chance with blades and throwables |
Overclock goes on first, then a round of quickhacks, then Adrenaline Rush, then more quickhacks. Smart weapons such as the Ba Xing Chong and the Yinglong clean up whatever is left. Body perks keep the character standing while Overclock drains Health.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 18, Intelligence 20, Cool 3.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrenaline Rush | 
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Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Eye In The Sky |
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Intelligence 4 | Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper |
| Optimization |
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Intelligence 4 | Faster RAM recovery |
| Proximate Propagation |
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Intelligence 4 | Cheaper quickhacks at close range |
| Hack Queue |
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Intelligence 9 | Queue two quickhacks on one enemy |
| Embedded Exploit |
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Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| No Escape | 
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Intelligence 9 | Shooting a target keeps its Smart lock |
| Precision Subroutines | 
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Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon accuracy scales with max RAM |
| Icepick |
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Intelligence 9 | Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies |
| Speculation | 
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Intelligence 9 | Combat quickhack kills recover RAM |
| System Overwhelm | 
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Intelligence 9 | More quickhack damage for each effect on the target |
| Recirculation | 
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Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon kills restore RAM |
| Data Recycler | 
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Intelligence 9 | RAM back from queued quickhacks after a kill |
| Feedback Loop |
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Intelligence 9 | Faster RAM recovery for each queued quickhack |
| Queue Acceleration |
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Intelligence 15 | More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks |
| Overclock | 
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Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode |
| Target Lock Transfer | 
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Intelligence 15 | Wider Smart reticle and locks kept on swap |
| Terminal Velocity | 
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Intelligence 15 | Faster Smart rounds after a kill |
| Targeting Prism | 
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Intelligence 15 | Lock on to more targets at once |
| Race Against Mind | 
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Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage at lower Health during Overclock |
| Power Surge | 
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Intelligence 15 | Overclock heals on activation |
| Blood Daemon | 
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Intelligence 15 | Health back for each queued quickhack on a kill during Overclock |
| Queue Hack Root |
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Intelligence 15 | Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories |
| Sublimation | 
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Intelligence 15 | RAM recovery heals during Overclock |
| Queue Prioritization |
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Intelligence 15 | Faster upload for the first quickhack in a queue |
| Queue Mastery | 
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Intelligence 20 | A longer quickhack queue that can be locked |
| Spillover | 
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Intelligence 20 | Quickhacks spread during Overclock |
| Smart Synergy | 
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Intelligence 20 | Instant lock and more damage during Overclock |
| Acquisition Specialist | 
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Intelligence | Wider Smart reticle and lock kept through reloads |
| Air Dash |
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled | |
| License To Chrome |
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Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Extended Warranty | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomonitor | 
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Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Blood Pump |
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Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Heal-On-Kill | 
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Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Ex-Disk |
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Frontal Cortex | More max RAM and faster uploads |
| Smart Link | 
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Hands | Turns on Smart weapon tracking |
| Nano-Plating | 
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Integumentary System | Chance to block incoming bullets |
| NeoFiber | 
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Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Feen-X | 
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Skeleton | Faster RAM recovery when RAM runs low |
Lore
The in-game description says that few people think to protect the cyberware in their inner ear. They learn the lesson fast when they lose the ability to move and shoot in the middle of a firefight.
Notes
- Cripple Movement also shuts down cyberware that helps an enemy dodge, which makes it strong against agile targets.
Quickhack Categories
All Control Quickhacks
Every control quickhack is listed below.
| Name | Image | RAM | Upload | Perks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cripple Movement | 
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T2 3 / T3 4 / T4 6 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |
| Cyberware Malfunction | 
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T2 3 / T3 4 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |
| Reboot Optics | 
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T1 2 / T3 5 / T4 7 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |
| Weapon Glitch | 
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T2 3 / T3 4 / T4 6 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |