diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/UI/OsuPlayfield.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/UI/OsuPlayfield.cs
index 2eff99bd3e..291a572fdf 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/UI/OsuPlayfield.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/UI/OsuPlayfield.cs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.UI
 
             DrawableOsuJudgement explosion = poolDictionary[result.Type].Get(doj =>
             {
-                doj.JudgedObject = judgedObject;
+                doj.Apply(result, judgedObject);
 
                 // todo: move to JudgedObject property?
                 doj.Position = osuObject.StackedEndPosition;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.UI
                 var judgement = base.CreateNewDrawable();
 
                 // just a placeholder to initialise the correct drawable hierarchy for this pool.
-                judgement.Result = new JudgementResult(new HitObject(), new Judgement()) { Type = result };
+                judgement.Apply(new JudgementResult(new HitObject(), new Judgement()) { Type = result }, null);
 
                 return judgement;
             }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Judgements/DrawableJudgement.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Judgements/DrawableJudgement.cs
index 3ec5326299..1671e97db1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Judgements/DrawableJudgement.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Judgements/DrawableJudgement.cs
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using osuTK;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Caching;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -28,24 +28,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements
         [Resolved]
         private OsuColour colours { get; set; }
 
-        private readonly Cached drawableCache = new Cached();
-
-        private JudgementResult result;
-
-        public JudgementResult Result
-        {
-            get => result;
-            set
-            {
-                if (result?.Type == value.Type)
-                    return;
-
-                result = value;
-                drawableCache.Invalidate();
-            }
-        }
-
-        public DrawableHitObject JudgedObject;
+        public JudgementResult Result { get; private set; }
+        public DrawableHitObject JudgedObject { get; private set; }
 
         protected Container JudgementBody;
         protected SpriteText JudgementText;
@@ -68,8 +52,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements
         public DrawableJudgement(JudgementResult result, DrawableHitObject judgedObject)
             : this()
         {
-            Result = result;
-            JudgedObject = judgedObject;
+            Apply(result, judgedObject);
         }
 
         public DrawableJudgement()
@@ -78,6 +61,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements
             Origin = Anchor.Centre;
         }
 
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load()
+        {
+            prepareDrawables();
+        }
+
         protected virtual void ApplyHitAnimations()
         {
             JudgementBody.ScaleTo(0.9f);
@@ -86,10 +75,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements
             this.Delay(FadeOutDelay).FadeOut(400);
         }
 
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load()
+        public void Apply([NotNull] JudgementResult result, [CanBeNull] DrawableHitObject judgedObject)
         {
-            prepareDrawables();
+            Result = result;
+            JudgedObject = judgedObject;
         }
 
         protected override void PrepareForUse()
@@ -98,8 +87,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements
 
             Debug.Assert(Result != null);
 
-            if (!drawableCache.IsValid)
-                prepareDrawables();
+            prepareDrawables();
 
             this.FadeInFromZero(FadeInDuration, Easing.OutQuint);
             JudgementBody.ScaleTo(1);
@@ -129,10 +117,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements
             Expire(true);
         }
 
+        private HitResult? currentDrawableType;
+
         private void prepareDrawables()
         {
             var type = Result?.Type ?? HitResult.Perfect; //TODO: better default type from ruleset
 
+            if (type == currentDrawableType)
+                return;
+
             InternalChild = JudgementBody = new Container
             {
                 Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
@@ -147,7 +140,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements
                 }, confineMode: ConfineMode.NoScaling)
             };
 
-            drawableCache.Validate();
+            currentDrawableType = type;
         }
     }
 }