CombatDash vs Skada
CombatDash
combatdash.comSkada
github.comSide by side
| Figure | CombatDash | Skada |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Game Damage Meters | 7.7 (#5) | 7.7 (#10) |
| Integrations | CombatDash describes interoperability with CombatAnalysis and PvMP+, including reading their machine-readable chat posts for the raid board. | Skada’s Data Text display is compatible with LDB display addons including Titan Panel, ChocolateBar, and ElvUI. |
| License | CombatDash is described as a free, MIT-licensed, unofficial community plugin. | The addon metadata identifies its license as MIT/X; CurseForge labels it MIT License. |
| Purpose | CombatDash gives LOTRO players a glanceable view of damage, incoming damage, healing and time to defeat during combat. | Skada is a modular World of Warcraft damage meter with different viewing modes, segmented fights, and customizable windows. |
| Support | The maker links to Discord as a community contact channel. | The project suggests supporting development through GitHub Sponsors. |
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In their own words
CombatDash
CombatDash is a free, MIT-licensed community plugin for The Lord of the Rings Online on Windows. It gives creep-class players a glanceable combat dashboard showing incoming damage, received healing, outgoing healing, damage per second, effective damage per second, and time to defeat. The suite also includes five toggleable HUDs and three information windows. Class indicators use icons, LEDs, and bars for class-specific stances, stacks, and countdowns. The Fights window presents historical encounters as graphs and statistics sheets and includes a raid board assembled from chat posts. The Map window marks keep ownership, gates, sightings, port points, and rally points with clickable travel markers. The Heals window shows up to 24 members and reads cooldown broadcasts from the Sender. CombatDash describes interoperability with CombatAnalysis and PvMP+ through machine-readable chat posts. Installation involves downloading a release from LoTROInterface, unzipping it into the LOTRO Plugins folder, and loading it with the in-game Plugin Manager. It supports combat-log import and session history.
Skada
Skada is a free, modular damage meter for World of Warcraft that lets players inspect combat data across saved fight segments. Its Bar, Inline, and Data Text windows can display different levels of detail, and users can open multiple windows and customize them. The Midnight edition supports WoW 12.0 and later and uses Blizzard’s session-based combat systems; a classic version is available for older releases. Listed game flavors include Retail, Mists of Pandaria Classic, and Classic. The Midnight edition also includes UI presets, animated visual elements, and a theme engine for importing and exporting themes. Data Text works with LDB display addons including Titan Panel, ChocolateBar, and ElvUI. Third-party plugins add displays and metrics such as graphs, tank performance, and friendly-fire damage, and the project API lets developers create more plugins. Skada aims to use memory and CPU efficiently. It is listed under the MIT license and is available at no cost for World of Warcraft.