diff --git a/client/src/animations.utils.jsx b/client/src/animations.utils.jsx
index 2580d68a..2290f560 100644
--- a/client/src/animations.utils.jsx
+++ b/client/src/animations.utils.jsx
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ const actions = require('./actions');
 const { TIMES } = require('./constants');
 
 function setAnimations(r, store, account) {
-    const { cast, focus, event, delay } = r;
-    const { source, target, player, skill } = cast;
+    const { skill, focus, event: [type, variant] } = r;
 
-    store.dispatch(actions.setAnimFocus(r.focus));
+    store.dispatch(actions.setAnimFocus(focus));
 
-    if (r.event[0] === 'Cast') {
+    if (type === 'Cast') {
         store.dispatch(actions.setAnimText(null));
 
-        const { construct, direction: [x, y] } = r.event[1];
+        const { construct, player, direction: [x, y] } = variant;
         const animY = y && player === account.id ? -1 : y;
         const animSource = {
             animation: 'sourceCast',
@@ -22,10 +21,10 @@ function setAnimations(r, store, account) {
         return setTimeout(() => store.dispatch(actions.setAnimSource(null)), TIMES.SOURCE_DURATION_MS);
     }
 
-    if (r.event[0].includes('Hit')) {
+    if (type.includes('Hit')) {
         store.dispatch(actions.setAnimText(null));
 
-        const { construct, direction: [x, y] } = r.event[1];
+        const { construct, player, direction: [x, y] } = variant;
         const animY = y && player === account.id ? -1 : y;
         const isPlayer = player === account.id;
         const animTarget = {
diff --git a/client/src/components/game.construct.anim.text.jsx b/client/src/components/game.construct.anim.text.jsx
index 2c652e53..56f8f04d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/game.construct.anim.text.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/game.construct.anim.text.jsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class AnimText extends preact.Component {
         const { construct, animText, itemInfo } = this.props;
         if (animText && animText.event[1].construct === construct.id) {
             const itemSourceDescription = () => {
-                const itemSource = itemInfo.combos.filter(c => c.item === removeTier(animText.cast.skill));
+                const itemSource = itemInfo.combos.filter(c => c.item === removeTier(animText.skill));
                 const itemSourceInfo = itemSource.length
                     ? `${itemSource[0].components[0]} ${itemSource[0].components[1]} ${itemSource[0].components[2]}`
                     : false;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class AnimText extends preact.Component {
 
             return (
                 <div class="combat-text">
-                    <h2><span>{animText.cast.skill}</span></h2>
+                    <h2><span>{animText.skill}</span></h2>
                     <span>{itemSourceDescription()}</span>
                     {generateAnimText()}
                 </div>
diff --git a/core/src/game.rs b/core/src/game.rs
index 8b0464d6..36fc2e7d 100644
--- a/core/src/game.rs
+++ b/core/src/game.rs
@@ -535,17 +535,17 @@ impl Game {
 
         for action in cast.actions() {
             let events = match action {
-                Action::Cast                { construct } => self.cast(cast),
-                Action::Hit                 { construct } => self.hit(cast),
+                Action::Cast                { construct } => self.cast(construct, cast),
+                Action::Hit                 { construct } => self.hit(construct, cast),
 
                 Action::Damage              { construct, values, colour } => {
                     let amount = self.calculate_amount(&values, &resolved);
-                    self.damage(cast, construct, amount, colour)
+                    self.damage(construct, amount, colour)
                 },
 
                 Action::Heal                { construct, values, colour } => {
                     let amount = self.calculate_amount(&values, &resolved);
-                    self.heal(cast, construct, amount, colour)
+                    self.heal(construct, amount, colour)
                 },
 
                 Action::Effect              { construct, effect } => self.effect(construct, effect),
@@ -628,21 +628,21 @@ impl Game {
         // }
     }
 
-    fn cast(&mut self, cast: Cast) -> Vec<Event> {
-       vec![Event::Cast { construct: cast.source, player: cast.player, direction: self.direction(cast) }]
+    fn cast(&mut self, construct: Uuid, cast: Cast) -> Vec<Event> {
+       vec![Event::Cast { construct, player: cast.player, direction: self.direction(cast) }]
     }
 
-    fn hit(&mut self, cast: Cast) -> Vec<Event> {
-       vec![Event::Hit { construct: cast.target, player: cast.player, direction: self.direction(cast) }]
+    fn hit(&mut self, construct: Uuid, cast: Cast) -> Vec<Event> {
+       vec![Event::Hit { construct, player: cast.player, direction: self.direction(cast) }]
     }
 
-    fn damage(&mut self, cast: Cast, construct: Uuid, amount: usize, colour: Colour) -> Vec<Event> {
+    fn damage(&mut self, construct: Uuid, amount: usize, colour: Colour) -> Vec<Event> {
         match colour {
             _ => self.construct_by_id(construct).unwrap().deal_red_damage(amount) // fixme unwrap
         }
     }
 
-    fn heal(&mut self, cast: Cast, construct: Uuid, value: usize, colour: Colour) -> Vec<Event> {
+    fn heal(&mut self, construct: Uuid, value: usize, colour: Colour) -> Vec<Event> {
         match colour {
             _ => self.construct_by_id(construct).unwrap().deal_red_damage(value) // fixme unwrap
         }
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ pub enum Action {
 
 #[derive(Debug,Clone,PartialEq,Serialize,Deserialize)]
 pub struct Resolution {
-    pub cast: Cast,
+    pub skill: Skill,
     pub focus: Vec<Uuid>,
     pub event: Event,
     pub delay: i64,
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ impl Resolution {
         let delay = event.delay();
 
         Resolution {
-            cast,
+            skill: cast.skill,
             delay,
             focus,
             event,
diff --git a/core/src/skill.rs b/core/src/skill.rs
index 22d469fd..dc53ed98 100644
--- a/core/src/skill.rs
+++ b/core/src/skill.rs
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ impl Cast {
                 },
             ],
 
-            _ => unimplemented!()
+            // _ => unimplemented!(),
+            _ => vec![], // for client testing
         };
 
     actions.append(&mut rest);