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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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zarnivoop
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Posted Jul 18, 2009
Yes. You create new windows from the addon's configuration window.

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Posted Jul 16, 2009
Hello there! I got a little problem with skada, i cant find where i can disable showing percentage of damage and heal, i need a view like:
(Name) (Number of healed) (HPS, with out percent)

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Posted Jul 22, 2009
There are now options for enabling/disabling columns in the most relevant modes.

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Posted Jul 17, 2009
Just for your information - you can resize the window. It is done from the configuration. You can also see stats on each spell you have; left-click on yourself in the damage meter. Hold SHIFT at the same time to show who/what you damaged. Left-click once more for more detailed information. Right-click to get back to where you were.

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Posted Jul 13, 2009
i have been running this addon for a while. i dont really like them. first it says im 4th in DPS on my mage, 2 hunters that arent nearly as geared as i am are beating me. then it says im ahead. i cant resize the window. when i change characters i can see the meter from a raid i did with another character. im told its more accurate, but seeing people telling bugs, about things its not recording. i enjoy recount allot more, easier to read, can resize the screen, and even if it is a little off on DPS, you can still go in and see what your stats on each attack you used during a battle. with this skada.. there is none of that. to me, recount seems allot easier to use, with allot more information. that may be why it takes up more memory to use. because it has more then this little thing does. ill try skada again later when they have added allot more to it, so its more usefull.

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Posted Jul 15, 2009
Absorbs mode should include PW:S. Note that if there are multiple absorb effects on a target, the correct one may not be shown, as there is a fair amount of guesswork involved.

Inspiration is not tracked because it does not absorb, it just adds armor. Tracking that would involve very shady guesswork, which I will not do. Renewed Hope is a damage reduction buff to the raid and is not tracked for the same reason that damage from damage increase buffs (like Trueshot Aura) are not added to the players who supply the buff.

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Posted Jul 10, 2009
I recently noticed a problem with the Skada Meter. It doesn't include any Damage prevented. I'm a Discipline Priest, So this is very important in my opinion. I'd like if it could inculde damage prevented from Inspiration and Renewed Hope. The meter also doesn't include Power Word: Shield in under Absorbs. It only registers anything absorbed from Divine Aegis for me.

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Posted Jul 7, 2009
I'm very happy with this addon, especialy coming from a Recount user. However, Skada doesn't distinguish between Heart Strike and a white attack, which kind of sucks for DPS testing purposes. Is there any chance of getting this fixed?

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Posted Jul 3, 2009
Waterfall menu is continuously difficult to battle, constantly disappearing on me. Recount had an "activity" feature which sort of let you check up on who is using what, is there any way you can add a window to check if people are using misdirects etc similar to how the interrupt window works.

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Posted Jul 2, 2009
Would it be possible to innately support more than 10 lines of data? I know you can easily change the figure in one of the files in the addon itself, but built in mod support is always better! Even if its just 1-10, 15, 20, 25 would be great. Thanks!

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Posted Jul 2, 2009
The SkadaAbsorbs module has some major flaws in it. I have fixed these flaws for my copy, and it now works perfectly. If you are interested in the fixes I have made, PM me and we can discuss it in detail.

Quick summary:
Complete absorbs are not the same as partial absorbs.
Damage absorbed from an unknown source (like Shadow Word: Death recoil) is not tracked.
Shields applied before entering combat are not tracked when you enter combat and take damage.

Let me know if you are interested.

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Posted Jul 1, 2009
I like the new menu on the bar in r246 but the menu goes off the screen sometimes.

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Posted Jul 1, 2009
better than recount, uses about 200kb less memory than recount

u can use for threat meter...... like omen and recount combined

BUT BETTER!

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Posted Jun 30, 2009
keep set option is giving me this error.
Interface\AddOns\Skara\Skada.lua:967 attempt to call method 'KeepSet' (a nil value)

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Posted Jun 30, 2009
I am dual-specced DPS/heal. Is there any way I can have the same "window" show DPS or Healing? I can understand if it's tough to make that automatic, but a click-to-switch would be awesome...

...unless I'm totally missing something here...

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Posted Jul 1, 2009
Not sure I follow you there. Just right-click once to get back to the mode list and choose Damage or Healing?

Or do you mean that you want a Skada window to automatically switch mode when you switch spec? Sounds interesting, if a bit lazy on your part. :)

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Posted Jun 28, 2009
I like your damage meter better than recount. It seems more accurate. But I would like to be able to re-size the window by pulling on the edges. And I would like to be able to separate my damage from my pet's damage for pet testing. Other than that a great addon.

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Posted Jun 25, 2009
Great add-on mate, my 1st and favorite

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Posted Jun 22, 2009
o.0

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Posted Jun 22, 2009
Sorry for another post, i forgot about the deaths view: is there any chance to add a second mode that does simply count the deaths and doesn't show the last few deaths in order? Also totems count seem to fill up my deaths-view …

Also it would be great to be able to see statistics for all data, boss data, defeated bosses data, trash data instead of just be able to see everything or only bosses. i do know trash is essentialy worthless but still it is interesting …

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Project ID

17718
Created

Feb 12, 2009
Last Released File

Feb 19, 2026
Total Downloads

39,518,650
License

MIT License

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