diff --git a/client/src/animations.utils.jsx b/client/src/animations.utils.jsx
index e0cc1bdb..630d6b99 100644
--- a/client/src/animations.utils.jsx
+++ b/client/src/animations.utils.jsx
@@ -23,22 +23,7 @@ function getAnimTarget(resolution, account) {
     };
 }
 
-function getFocusTargets(resolution, game, account) {
-    if (resolution.variant[1] === 'HitAoe') {
-        const playerTeam = game.players.find(t => t.id === account.id);
-        const playerTeamIds = playerTeam.constructs.map(c => c.id);
-        const otherTeam = game.players.find(t => t.id !== account.id);
-        const otherTeamIds = otherTeam.constructs.map(c => c.id);
-        if (resolution.cast.player === account) return playerTeamIds;
-        return otherTeamIds;
-    }
-
-    const { source, target } = resolution.cast;
-    return [source, target];
-}
-
 module.exports = {
     getAnimSource,
     getAnimTarget,
-    getFocusTargets,
 };
diff --git a/client/src/events.jsx b/client/src/events.jsx
index 84753cec..9ca8026d 100644
--- a/client/src/events.jsx
+++ b/client/src/events.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const eachSeries = require('async/eachSeries');
 const sample = require('lodash/sample');
 
 const actions = require('./actions');
-const { getAnimSource, getAnimTarget, getFocusTargets } = require('./animations.utils');
+const { getAnimSource, getAnimTarget } = require('./animations.utils');
 const { infoToast, errorToast } = require('./utils');
 const { tutorialVbox } = require('./tutorial.utils');
 const { TIMES } = require('./constants');
@@ -90,18 +90,19 @@ function registerEvents(store) {
                 const newRes = game.events[currentGame.events.length];
                 return eachSeries(newRes, (r, cb) => {
                     const timeout = r.delay;
-                    const focusTargets = getFocusTargets(r, game, account);
-                    store.dispatch(actions.setAnimFocus(focusTargets));
+                    store.dispatch(actions.setAnimFocus(r.focus));
 
                     if (r.variant[0] === 'Cast') {
                         const animSource = getAnimSource(r, account);
                         store.dispatch(actions.setAnimSource(animSource));
                         store.dispatch(actions.setAnimText(null));
+
                         setTimeout(() => store.dispatch(actions.setAnimSource(null)), TIMES.SOURCE_DURATION_MS);
                     } else if (r.variant[0].includes('Hit')) {
                         const animTarget = getAnimTarget(r, account);
                         store.dispatch(actions.setAnimTarget(animTarget));
                         store.dispatch(actions.setAnimText(null));
+
                         setTimeout(() => store.dispatch(actions.setAnimTarget(null)), TIMES.TARGET_DURATION_MS);
                     } else {
                         store.dispatch(actions.setAnimText(r));
diff --git a/core/src/skill.rs b/core/src/skill.rs
index 58313f43..f1dfc78f 100644
--- a/core/src/skill.rs
+++ b/core/src/skill.rs
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ pub type Disable = Vec<Effect>;
 #[derive(Debug,Clone,PartialEq,Serialize,Deserialize)]
 pub struct Event {
     pub cast: Cast,
+    pub focus: Vec<Uuid>,
     pub variant: EventVariant,
     pub delay: i64,
 }
@@ -274,8 +275,14 @@ impl EventVariant {
 
     pub fn to_event(&self, cast: Cast) -> Event {
         let delay = self.delay();
+        let focus = match self {
+            EventVariant::HitAoe { target: _ } => vec![cast.source, cast.target], // some tricky multi target here l8r
+            _ => vec![cast.source, cast.target],
+        };
+
         Event {
             cast,
+            focus,
             variant: *self,
             delay,
         }