diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/DifficultyCalculator.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/DifficultyCalculator.cs
index 14ada8ca09..5780fe39fa 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/DifficultyCalculator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/DifficultyCalculator.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty
             {
                 foreach (var skill in skills)
                 {
-                    skill.Process(hitObject);
+                    skill.ProcessInternal(hitObject);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/Skill.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/Skill.cs
index b317c140d8..534dee3ba8 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/Skill.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/Skill.cs
@@ -30,14 +30,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Skills
             this.mods = mods;
         }
 
+        internal void ProcessInternal(DifficultyHitObject current)
+        {
+            Process(current);
+            Previous.Push(current);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Process a <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="current">The <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/> to process.</param>
-        public virtual void Process(DifficultyHitObject current)
-        {
-            Previous.Push(current);
-        }
+        protected abstract void Process(DifficultyHitObject current);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns the calculated difficulty value representing all <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/>s that have been processed up to this point.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/StrainSkill.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/StrainSkill.cs
index c324f8e414..71cee36812 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/StrainSkill.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/StrainSkill.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Skills
         /// <summary>
         /// Process a <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/> and update current strain values accordingly.
         /// </summary>
-        public sealed override void Process(DifficultyHitObject current)
+        protected sealed override void Process(DifficultyHitObject current)
         {
             // The first object doesn't generate a strain, so we begin with an incremented section end
             if (Previous.Count == 0)
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Skills
             CurrentStrain += StrainValueOf(current) * SkillMultiplier;
 
             currentSectionPeak = Math.Max(CurrentStrain, currentSectionPeak);
-
-            base.Process(current);
         }
 
         /// <summary>