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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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_ForgeUser1701345
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Posted May 7, 2009
Would it be possible to have Skada record "hit", "miss", "parry" and other stats? Currently its recorded how much damage was dealt, to and from whom and with what spell, but the crit%, miss% and so on are not (as far as I explored).

If such data is available, how do I get to it?

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Posted May 4, 2009
It possible report in chat/whisper more than 10 line? :p
I don't find any option to increse this

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Posted May 3, 2009
Pet dps to char dps in addition or does give is it counted a function to set? if no it would be beautiful if it that inserts.

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Posted Apr 29, 2009
is there a way to show the 25dps? I could only see 10 during 10mans and 25mans

thank you :]

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Posted Apr 30, 2009
If you wish to display more than 10 (the default) bars, open the configuration for the window. Under "Bars", set the max number of bars to a higher number.

You don't need to do this to see more though, as you can scroll down and up with your mousewheel.

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Posted Apr 29, 2009
i downloaded skada yesterday, ann my in game sactions work. i have the minmap menu, my /commands seem to work fine, but i get an error number of nill message everytime i try to get a read out. what am i doing wrong?

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Posted Apr 28, 2009
All done, andy52005.

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Posted May 10, 2009
I've noticed quite a large difference as well. For the time being I've decided to assume Skada is the one that is inaccurate until proven otherwise. For me Skada always report higher than the others. Is it the same for you as well?

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Posted May 11, 2009
Yes. Skada has been higher than Recount and WWS. I have tested this in heroics and naxx so far. Every now and then, it will be significantly lower but I thought this may be an issue with Skada possibly not recording data till I attacked or previous issues with breaking some boss fights into separate segments.

It is frustrating that there is not response on this question. I feel it is a fair question.

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Posted Apr 28, 2009
Redcedar, should you really be splitting groups using only damage meters? ;P Who cares if the numbers are different. It's all relative anyway isn't it? If the top 5 DPS players are the same on different damage meters then you already have a general idea how people are performing for that fight, right?

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Posted Apr 28, 2009
We split groups on Thaddeus to help down the initial mini-bosses within the 5 second window and on Gothik to give the dead side more dps than the live side. I totally agree with you that dps numbers are not why we play the game but they do help in certain spots.

Also, the top 5 on Skada are not consistent with the top 5 via Recount or WWS reports. Also, Recount and WWS are identical to each other. So it seems they are using combatlog data the same way while Skada is not. Now this could be some setting in Skada that I need to tweak or it may not be. I am just looking for any advice I can get.

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Posted Apr 28, 2009
SkadaDamage\Damage.lua

tooltip:AddDoubleLine("Minimum hit:", Skada:FormatNumber(spell.min), 255,255,255,255,255,255)

tooltip:AddDoubleLine("Maximum hit:", Skada:FormatNumber(spell.max), 255,255,255,255,255,255) end

tooltip:AddDoubleLine("Average hit:", Skada:FormatNumber(spell.damage / spell.totalhits), 255,255,255,255,255,255)

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tooltip:AddDoubleLine(L["Minimum hit:"], Skada:FormatNumber(spell.min), 255,255,255,255,255,255)

tooltip:AddDoubleLine(L["Maximum hit:"], Skada:FormatNumber(spell.max), 255,255,255,255,255,255) end

tooltip:AddDoubleLine(L["Average hit:"], Skada:FormatNumber(spell.damage / spell.totalhits), 255,255,255,255,255,255)

locale\enUS.lua add

L["Minimum hit:"] = "Minimum hit:" L["Maximum hit:"] = "Maximum hit:" L["Average hit:"] = "Average hit:"

locale\zhTW.lua add

L["Minimum hit:"] = "最小傷害：" L["Maximum hit:"] = "最大傷害：" L["Average hit:"] = "平均傷害："

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Posted Apr 27, 2009
What causes the data to be so vastly different from other data trackers such as Recount and WWS. I have friends in my 5man or 25man and ask them to give me reports after a boss fight and and after a full run. We all make sure to reset prior to the run. The data is very very different from Recount and WWS while they are identical to each other.

I love this addon but if the comparisons are not equal or even close, they lose credibility with others and affect my ability to rely on them for splitting groups for certain boss fights.

I cant be the only one experiencing this but I dont see anything about it. What am I missing?

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Posted Apr 27, 2009
Would it be possible that when you reset the data, it does not reset to current fight if you have it set to total. I never need it on current fight, and it's a bit annoying to switch it every time

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Posted Apr 27, 2009
There is a reset command in the menu, in version 1.2-4.

Skada has support for LibDataBroker. Any LDB display addon (such as Titan Panel, Fortress, DockingStation, Carousel, NinjaPanel, etc) should be able to show Skada.

FuBar support is not something I plan on adding, since I don't use FuBar.

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Posted Apr 24, 2009
Any chance, on FuBar/Titan Panel Support, similar to the one for recount, with all the menu options u get from shift click, also a reset option via menu, cause people who i recommend complain (silly peepz /skada reset!)

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Posted May 6, 2009
There is also an Addon called 'Broker2FuBar'. :)

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Posted Apr 23, 2009
Possible to get a quick report function that reports what's in the currently active view? Currently it's only possible to report general mode, not sub modes (at least from what I've seen, feel free to correct me).

Say if I wanted to report the hit/crit breakdown of my Howling Blast during a specific fight. To get to the window it's segment -> damage -> player -> ability, but you can't report anything more detailed than damage for that segment.

Along with a quick report button in the menu (using the same channel/max lines as the normal report I guess, but personally I kinda see the current report function as redundant if a report like Recount is implemented, why would I want to report something else than what I'm looking at and even if I do it's MUCH faster navigating in the main view than the report menu) I'd love a reset option in the menu since I haven't found any other way to reset the addon apart from the command. An option to delete the data when you delete segments and another to not count specifically saved segments towards the total would be awesome (say you keep XT damage from the previous week for comparison but don't want it cluttering up the data from the current raid).

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Posted Apr 23, 2009
Oh and sort deaths data by time and not by magnitude plix? *puppy eyes*

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Posted Apr 27, 2009
I would really like more detailed info available on the skills like max/avg/max crit. It's about the only reason I'm still using recount (not now, since it's got a memory bloat issue atm)

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Project ID

17718
Created

Feb 12, 2009
Last Released File

Feb 19, 2026
Total Downloads

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License

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Skada Damage Meter

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