Skada Damage Meter
Skada Damage Meter
Skada is a modular damage meter for World of Warcraft with various viewing modes, segmented fights, and customizable windows. It is designed for efficiency with minimal memory and CPU impact.
"Skada" is Swedish for "Damage".
Midnight Edition (WoW 12.0+)
This version of Skada is updated for World of Warcraft: Midnight and uses Blizzard's new session-based combat systems.
Features
- Midnight Optimized: Uses Blizzard's internal session data for performance and accuracy.
- Combat Reliability: Handles modern combat data restrictions for a stable experience.
- Updated UI: Includes new presets with smooth animations, gradients, and textures.
- Dynamic Elements: Alternating row colors, highlight overlays, spark effects, and icon scaling.
- LDB Integration: Compatible with Data Broker displays such as Titan Panel, ChocolateBar, and ElvUI.
- Extensible Architecture: The API allows developers to create additional plugins.
Usage
Getting Started
A default window is created upon first load. Access the configuration menu by clicking the cog icon on the window title bar or via the minimap button. Select Configure to access settings.
Multiple Windows
Skada supports multiple windows. Create new ones under the Windows section of the configuration panel. Windows can be:
- Bar: The standard customizable meter.
- Inline: A horizontal line for custom UI setups.
- Data Text: For LDB displays and minimal setups.
Navigation
- Left-Click: View more detailed information.
- Right-Click: Return to the previous view.
- Mousewheel: Scroll through lists.
- Tooltips: Hover over bars to see additional context and shortcut keys (e.g., Shift-click for targets).
Themes
Manage window designs with the built-in Theme Engine. You can import and export themes by using theme strings.
Versions
- Midnight (Default): For WoW 12.0+ using the Native API.
- Classic Version: The version for older WoW releases.
Support
If you find Skada helpful, consider supporting its development through GitHub Sponsors.
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Posted Feb 19, 2026big fps drops while using addon
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Posted Feb 21, 2026In reply to Mamzy: Yup. Had to disable it to stop it destroying my fps.
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Posted Feb 21, 2026In reply to Mamzy: This is resolved in 2.0.4.
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Posted Feb 19, 2026Hi, it was amazing to see that Skada is alive. As mentioned in other posts, it’s way better than Details.
But as also mentioned in other posts, my CPU is being killed by Skada... which makes sense :P lol
It’s peaking at 80% of my CPU and almost freezing my screen.
This happens only during combat in groups, not when playing solo, where it shows less than 1% usage.
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Posted Feb 19, 2026In reply to Karkasnoks:
In reply to my own comment, the behavior changed today. I don’t know why, but when I log in with a toon, Skada starts hogging the CPU like crazy, about 2–3% each refresh, topping up to 80%... I saw this behavior on every new toon I logged in with. If I do a /reload UI, Skada is not shown in the resource meter in the menu, implying use reduced below 1%.
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Posted Feb 19, 2026In reply to Karkasnoks: Please see if 2.0.3 fixes these issues for you.
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Posted Feb 20, 2026In reply to zarnivoop:
Hey, thanks for the update.
It improved a lot, but only if I reload.
First log in, the increase rate of CPU usage lowered, but at the end, it peak again at 80% of CPU usage and my fps are low, just 35.
After a reload ui my fps went up to 120 and skada it's not even show in the short list of cpu ussage %.
Average CPU usage went lower, yesterday it was about 60%, today peak at 40 and average was about 20%
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Posted Feb 15, 2026Hi, Is it possible to make It look like the picture skada-legion.png, with total damage done first, dps and %?
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Posted Feb 14, 2026I was happy to see this update as I prefer Skada over Details. It is simpler, lighter, and less encumbering.
However, I simply can't get Skada to work at all right now - it displays no damage whatsoever, but does not show any bugs or errors. All it keeps showing is "No data to display" no matter how many times I stop and restart combat, reloadui, logout and back in, and/or delete and reinstall the addon. So, I regretfully reinstalled Details which will show my damage after I uninstall Skada and reinstall Details..
I'll keep on eye on this however in the hopes that the bugs get all worked out.
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Posted Feb 13, 2026hi :-)
Is it possible to get a version for Classic TBC Anniversary edition?
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Posted Feb 12, 2026big fps drops while using addon. CPU works 80% FPS down to 20FPS when aktiv this Addon.
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Posted Feb 11, 2026big fps drops while using addon
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Posted Feb 10, 2026Installed the latest version for Midnight. Clicked on the minimap button and got the following lua error:
Message: Interface/AddOns/Skada/Skada.lua:1433: attempt to call method 'ToggleWindow' (a nil value)
Time: Tue Feb 10 19:20:15 2026
Count: 1
Stack:
[Interface/AddOns/Skada/Skada.lua]:1433: in function 'OnClick'
[Interface/AddOns/BattlePetCompletionist/Libs/LibDBIcon-1.0/LibDBIcon-1.0.lua]:179: in function <...etCompletionist/Libs/LibDBIcon-1.0/LibDBIcon-1.0.lua:177>
Locals:
self = LibDBIcon10_Skada {
fadeOut = AnimationGroup {
}
dataObject = <table> {
}
isMouseDown = false
db = <table> {
}
sexyMapFadeOut = AnimationGroup {
}
icon = Texture {
}
}
button = "LeftButton"
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = <table> {
displays = <table> {
}
ModuleBase = <table> {
}
modules = <table> {
}
skadamenu = SkadaMenu {
}
_wasInInstance = false
char = <table> {
}
defaultModuleState = true
options = <table> {
}
baseName = "Skada"
versions = <table> {
}
db = <table> {
}
SecretHelper = <table> {
}
getsetlabel_fs = FontString {
}
enabledState = true
defaults = <table> {
}
windowdefaults = <table> {
}
resetoptions = <table> {
}
defaultModuleLibraries = <table> {
}
NativeAPI = <table> {
}
total = <table> {
}
name = "Skada"
orderedModules = <table> {
}
_wasInGroup = false
classcolors = <table> {
}
}
(*temporary) = "attempt to call method 'ToggleWindow' (a nil value)"
Skada = <table> {
displays = <table> {
}
ModuleBase = <table> {
}
modules = <table> {
}
skadamenu = SkadaMenu {
}
_wasInInstance = false
char = <table> {
}
defaultModuleState = true
options = <table> {
}
baseName = "Skada"
versions = <table> {
}
db = <table> {
}
SecretHelper = <table> {
}
getsetlabel_fs = FontString {
}
enabledState = true
defaults = <table> {
}
windowdefaults = <table> {
}
resetoptions = <table> {
}
defaultModuleLibraries = <table> {
}
NativeAPI = <table> {
}
total = <table> {
}
name = "Skada"
orderedModules = <table> {
}
_wasInGroup = false
classcolors = <table> {
}
}
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Posted Feb 10, 2026There is a mostly working version up now, adapted for Midnight. Modes and features that are no longer possible have been removed.
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Posted Feb 10, 2026In reply to zarnivoop: It's beautiful, thank you!
I seemed to have lost a bunch of settings (bars, fonts), but kept others (behaviour, layout, position). Did the savedvariables change a bit?
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Posted Feb 8, 2026i miss you
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Posted Feb 8, 2026Any news?
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Posted Jan 29, 2026Just had a look at Midnight. The built-in damage meter does look terrible. From what I read addons can no longer access the combat log though, which would likely limit Skada to whatever the built-in damage meter API provides. I will have a look this weekend.
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Posted Jan 27, 2026please update for 12.0.1 Midnight.
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Posted Jan 21, 2026This Addon is flagged as "Incompatible" in the in-game Addon list in Patch 12.0.0.