diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacySliderBall.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacySliderBall.cs
index 593a0d18dd..afc23921bf 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacySliderBall.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacySliderBall.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
@@ -15,31 +17,41 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning.Legacy
 {
     public partial class LegacySliderBall : CompositeDrawable
     {
-        private readonly Drawable animationContent;
-
         private readonly ISkin skin;
 
         [Resolved(canBeNull: true)]
         private DrawableHitObject? parentObject { get; set; }
 
-        public Color4 BallColour => animationContent.Colour;
-
         private Sprite layerNd = null!;
+        private Drawable ball = null!;
         private Sprite layerSpec = null!;
 
-        public LegacySliderBall(Drawable animationContent, ISkin skin)
+        public Color4 BallColour => ball.Colour;
+
+        public LegacySliderBall(ISkin skin)
         {
-            this.animationContent = animationContent;
             this.skin = skin;
 
             AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load()
+        private void load(DrawableHitObject drawableHitObject)
         {
             var ballColour = skin.GetConfig<OsuSkinColour, Color4>(OsuSkinColour.SliderBall)?.Value ?? Color4.White;
 
+            DrawableSlider drawableSlider = (DrawableSlider)drawableHitObject;
+
+            // stable apparently calculates slider velocity in units of seconds rather than milliseconds.
+            double stableSliderVelocity = drawableSlider.HitObject.Velocity * 1000;
+
+            double ballAnimationRate = Math.Max(
+                150 / stableSliderVelocity * LegacySkinExtensions.SIXTY_FRAME_TIME,
+                LegacySkinExtensions.SIXTY_FRAME_TIME);
+
+            ball = skin.GetAnimation("sliderb", true, true, animationSeparator: "", frameLength: ballAnimationRate,
+                maxSize: OsuLegacySkinTransformer.MAX_FOLLOW_CIRCLE_AREA_SIZE).AsNonNull();
+
             InternalChildren = new[]
             {
                 layerNd = new Sprite
@@ -49,7 +61,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning.Legacy
                     Texture = skin.GetTexture("sliderb-nd")?.WithMaximumSize(OsuLegacySkinTransformer.MAX_FOLLOW_CIRCLE_AREA_SIZE),
                     Colour = new Color4(5, 5, 5, 255),
                 },
-                LegacyColourCompatibility.ApplyWithDoubledAlpha(animationContent.With(d =>
+                LegacyColourCompatibility.ApplyWithDoubledAlpha(ball.With(d =>
                 {
                     d.Anchor = Anchor.Centre;
                     d.Origin = Anchor.Centre;
@@ -78,7 +90,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning.Legacy
                 if (skin.GetConfig<SkinConfiguration.LegacySetting, bool>(SkinConfiguration.LegacySetting.AllowSliderBallTint)?.Value == true)
                 {
                     accentColour.BindTo(parentObject.AccentColour);
-                    accentColour.BindValueChanged(a => animationContent.Colour = a.NewValue, true);
+                    accentColour.BindValueChanged(a => ball.Colour = a.NewValue, true);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/OsuLegacySkinTransformer.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/OsuLegacySkinTransformer.cs
index 3002cbe0ae..1de8fefaae 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/OsuLegacySkinTransformer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/OsuLegacySkinTransformer.cs
@@ -59,13 +59,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning.Legacy
                         return null;
 
                     case OsuSkinComponents.SliderBall:
-                        var sliderBallContent = this.GetAnimation("sliderb", true, true, animationSeparator: "", maxSize: MAX_FOLLOW_CIRCLE_AREA_SIZE);
-
-                        // todo: slider ball has a custom frame delay based on velocity
-                        // Math.Max((150 / Velocity) * GameBase.SIXTY_FRAME_TIME, GameBase.SIXTY_FRAME_TIME);
-
-                        if (sliderBallContent != null)
-                            return new LegacySliderBall(sliderBallContent, this);
+                        if (GetTexture("sliderb") != null || GetTexture("sliderb0") != null)
+                            return new LegacySliderBall(this);
 
                         return null;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinExtensions.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinExtensions.cs
index 868f36fb34..62197fa8a7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinExtensions.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinExtensions.cs
@@ -200,7 +200,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
             }
         }
 
-        private const double default_frame_time = 1000 / 60d;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The frame length of each frame at a 60 FPS rate.
+        /// Default frame rate for legacy skin animations.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const double SIXTY_FRAME_TIME = 1000 / 60d;
 
         private static double getFrameLength(ISkin source, bool applyConfigFrameRate, Texture[] textures)
         {
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                 return 1000f / textures.Length;
             }
 
-            return default_frame_time;
+            return SIXTY_FRAME_TIME;
         }
     }
 }