diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Judgements/SliderTickJudgement.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Judgements/SliderTickJudgement.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a088696784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Judgements/SliderTickJudgement.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// 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 osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Judgements
+{
+    public class SliderTickJudgement : OsuJudgement
+    {
+        public override HitResult MaxResult => HitResult.LargeTickHit;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSliderHead.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSliderHead.cs
index 87cfa47091..c3759b6a34 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSliderHead.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSliderHead.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ protected override HitResult ResultFor(double timeOffset)
 
             // If not judged as a normal hitcircle, only track whether a hit has occurred (via IgnoreHit) rather than a scorable hit result.
             var result = base.ResultFor(timeOffset);
-            return result.IsHit() ? HitResult.IgnoreHit : HitResult.IgnoreMiss;
+            return result.IsHit() ? HitResult.LargeTickHit : HitResult.LargeTickMiss;
         }
 
         public Action<double> OnShake;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/SliderHeadCircle.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/SliderHeadCircle.cs
index 28e57567cb..5672283230 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/SliderHeadCircle.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/SliderHeadCircle.cs
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ public class SliderHeadCircle : HitCircle
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether to treat this <see cref="SliderHeadCircle"/> as a normal <see cref="HitCircle"/> for judgement purposes.
-        /// If <c>false</c>, judgement will be ignored.
+        /// If <c>false</c>, this <see cref="SliderHeadCircle"/> will be judged as a <see cref="SliderTick"/> instead.
         /// </summary>
         public bool JudgeAsNormalHitCircle = true;
 
-        public override Judgement CreateJudgement() => JudgeAsNormalHitCircle ? base.CreateJudgement() : new OsuIgnoreJudgement();
+        public override Judgement CreateJudgement() => JudgeAsNormalHitCircle ? base.CreateJudgement() : new SliderTickJudgement();
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/SliderTick.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/SliderTick.cs
index a427ee1955..725dbe81fb 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/SliderTick.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/SliderTick.cs
@@ -33,10 +33,5 @@ protected override void ApplyDefaultsToSelf(ControlPointInfo controlPointInfo, B
         protected override HitWindows CreateHitWindows() => HitWindows.Empty;
 
         public override Judgement CreateJudgement() => new SliderTickJudgement();
-
-        public class SliderTickJudgement : OsuJudgement
-        {
-            public override HitResult MaxResult => HitResult.LargeTickHit;
-        }
     }
 }