Combat Metrics

Combat Metrics is a free Elder Scrolls Online addon for players who want to examine combat beyond a single damage number. It suits raiders, healers, theorycrafters, and anyone diagnosing a fight through detailed logs, provided they are willing to manage dependencies and stored data.

Its combination of live readings, replay-style investigation, healing and resource analysis makes it a strong choice for serious ESO review work, while the beta status, setup requirements, memory ceiling, and known omissions make it less suitable for a set-and-forget meter.

Overview

Combat Metrics records ESO combat logs and turns them into measures of damage, healing, resources, and fight activity. It can show overall DPS, identify which skills produced damage, and identify who caused incoming damage. Players can also inspect buffs, debuffs, resource consumption and regeneration, then filter the combat log to focus on a particular problem.

That scope matters when a player needs to understand why a rotation, mitigation plan, or healing assignment succeeded or failed. It is more analytical than a compact meter alone, but the addon is still described as being in beta, so users should expect an evolving project rather than a finished, fully settled tool.

Key features

Damage, healing, and resources

The damage view measures DPS and attributes damage to individual skills. The healing view covers both healing cast and healing received, including healing per second. Buff and debuff reporting adds context around those totals, while magicka and stamina use and regeneration per second help expose resource problems that a damage-only display would miss.

One deliberate gap is Minor Savagery, which the addon ignores because the effect is too spammy. That is a specific limitation for players whose analysis depends on that effect, even though the broader combat breakdown remains useful for rotation and support-play review.

Live view and post-fight investigation

Light Mode uses minimal resources and shows current-fight DPS and HPS, making it the sensible choice when a player wants a lower-overhead live readout. For deeper work, replay analysis, session history, and filtered combat logs support reviewing a fight after it ends or isolating specific events.

PvP users must disable “Light Mode in Cyrodil” to view statistics in PvP areas. That setting requirement is easy to overlook and means the low-resource mode is not universally usable for live PvP statistics.

Storage and build export

The separate CombatMetricsFightData module stores combat data apart from addon settings. It must be enabled in ESO's addon manager, so installing the main addon alone is not enough for fight storage. A series of heavy fights can reach Lua's memory limit; limiting the number of stored fights is therefore part of maintaining a workable history.

Combat Metrics can export builds to the ESO-Hub build editor. Older fight exports may omit role, passives, and attribute points, and alternative skill bars are not supported yet. Treat that export as a useful starting point rather than a guaranteed complete record of every build detail.

Pricing

There is no paid tier or trial decision: the addon is free to use. The practical cost is setup time, because LibAddonMenu, LibCustomMenu, LibCombat, and LibDataEncode are required separately; LibDebugLogger is optional. Players who want a single installer with no library management may prefer a simpler tool, even though it would not necessarily provide the same analysis range.

Platforms

Combat Metrics supports The Elder Scrolls Online and is an ESO addon rather than a general desktop application. It provides a live overlay, replay analysis, and session history inside that game environment.

Who it's for

Choose it if you play ESO and want to diagnose skill contribution, healing performance, incoming damage, buffs, debuffs, or resource flow. It is particularly appropriate for players who review encounters after the fact and are comfortable enabling a separate storage module and keeping stored fights under control.

Look elsewhere if you want a minimal overlay with no dependencies, require complete build exports including alternative bars, or need a mature project with no beta qualification. PvP players should also account for the Light Mode setting change before relying on live statistics.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Broad combat coverage: DPS, skill contributions, incoming damage, healing, buffs, debuffs, and resource rates support detailed diagnosis.
• Useful after-fight tools: Replay analysis, session history, and filtered logs help investigate a specific event instead of relying only on a live total.
• Low-resource live option: Light Mode provides current-fight DPS and HPS with minimal resource use.
• Free access: There is no paid tier limiting the core addon.

Cons

• More involved installation: Four required libraries must be downloaded separately, and fight storage needs its own enabled module.
• Storage pressure: Many heavy fights can hit the Lua memory limit, requiring users to restrict stored history.
• Incomplete areas: Minor Savagery is ignored, older exports can omit important build fields, and alternative skill bars are unsupported.
• Beta project: The README's beta status makes it a less reassuring choice for users seeking a settled tool.

Alternatives

For a wider selection of combat meters, browse Game Damage Meters.

• Elite Insights is a free, MIT-licensed option for Linux, macOS, Windows, or self-hosted use.
• EQ Zera is a free web or Windows tool with no purchase, account, sign-in, or locked features.
• eqdps is free on Linux and Windows, with optional EQLDB uploads.
• Skada is a free World of Warcraft addon for macOS and Windows, with Retail, MoP Classic, and Classic versions.
• Advanced Combat Tracker is free Windows desktop software.
• AwowLab Overlay is a free Windows option with no paid tier required for its core job.
• CombatDash is a free Windows tool for Creep classes in The Lord of the Rings Online.
• EQL Meter is a free MIT-licensed macOS and Windows app with no account or cloud backend.

Verdict

Combat Metrics is the right pick for ESO players who want a detailed, free record of damage, healing, resources, and fight history in one addon. Its strongest reason to choose it is the depth of investigation beyond a live DPS number. Look elsewhere if separate libraries, manual fight-storage management, beta status, or incomplete exports outweigh that analytical breadth.