diff --git a/scripts/hv-unified.user.js b/scripts/hv-unified.user.js
index c2128c6..63a85b3 100644
--- a/scripts/hv-unified.user.js
+++ b/scripts/hv-unified.user.js
@@ -894,13 +894,24 @@ function findBestChannelingTarget() {
         return { type: 'spell', name: candidates[0].spell, selfTarget: true };
     }
 
-    // Fallback: cheap damage spell rather than waste the charge on basic attack
-    const cheap = findDmgSpell(['Fiery Blast', 'Freeze', 'Shockblast', 'Gale']);
+    // Fallback: ANY damage spell rather than waste the charge on basic attack
+    // Try elementals first (cheapest), then any spell we know
+    const cheap = findDmgSpell(['Fiery Blast', 'Freeze', 'Shockblast', 'Gale',
+        'Smite', 'Corruption', 'Inferno', 'Blizzard', 'Chained Lightning', 'Downburst',
+        'Banishment', 'Disintegrate']);
     if (cheap) {
         const t = findWeakestMonster();
         if (t >= 0 && STATE.monsters[t] && STATE.monsters[t].hasAttribute('onclick'))
             return { type: 'spell', name: cheap, target: t };
     }
+    // Last resort: any spell we know that costs MP
+    for (const sp of STATE.spellsKnown) {
+        if (sp.mp > 0 && sp.mp < (STATE.mp * 100)) {
+            const t = findWeakestMonster();
+            if (t >= 0 && STATE.monsters[t] && STATE.monsters[t].hasAttribute('onclick'))
+                return { type: 'spell', name: sp.n, target: t };
+        }
+    }
 
     return null;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/latest.user.js b/scripts/latest.user.js
index c2128c6..63a85b3 100644
--- a/scripts/latest.user.js
+++ b/scripts/latest.user.js
@@ -894,13 +894,24 @@ function findBestChannelingTarget() {
         return { type: 'spell', name: candidates[0].spell, selfTarget: true };
     }
 
-    // Fallback: cheap damage spell rather than waste the charge on basic attack
-    const cheap = findDmgSpell(['Fiery Blast', 'Freeze', 'Shockblast', 'Gale']);
+    // Fallback: ANY damage spell rather than waste the charge on basic attack
+    // Try elementals first (cheapest), then any spell we know
+    const cheap = findDmgSpell(['Fiery Blast', 'Freeze', 'Shockblast', 'Gale',
+        'Smite', 'Corruption', 'Inferno', 'Blizzard', 'Chained Lightning', 'Downburst',
+        'Banishment', 'Disintegrate']);
     if (cheap) {
         const t = findWeakestMonster();
         if (t >= 0 && STATE.monsters[t] && STATE.monsters[t].hasAttribute('onclick'))
             return { type: 'spell', name: cheap, target: t };
     }
+    // Last resort: any spell we know that costs MP
+    for (const sp of STATE.spellsKnown) {
+        if (sp.mp > 0 && sp.mp < (STATE.mp * 100)) {
+            const t = findWeakestMonster();
+            if (t >= 0 && STATE.monsters[t] && STATE.monsters[t].hasAttribute('onclick'))
+                return { type: 'spell', name: sp.n, target: t };
+        }
+    }
 
     return null;
 }
diff --git a/src/strategy-engine.js b/src/strategy-engine.js
index 54890b6..cf4653c 100644
--- a/src/strategy-engine.js
+++ b/src/strategy-engine.js
@@ -245,13 +245,24 @@ function findBestChannelingTarget() {
         return { type: 'spell', name: candidates[0].spell, selfTarget: true };
     }
 
-    // Fallback: cheap damage spell rather than waste the charge on basic attack
-    const cheap = findDmgSpell(['Fiery Blast', 'Freeze', 'Shockblast', 'Gale']);
+    // Fallback: ANY damage spell rather than waste the charge on basic attack
+    // Try elementals first (cheapest), then any spell we know
+    const cheap = findDmgSpell(['Fiery Blast', 'Freeze', 'Shockblast', 'Gale',
+        'Smite', 'Corruption', 'Inferno', 'Blizzard', 'Chained Lightning', 'Downburst',
+        'Banishment', 'Disintegrate']);
     if (cheap) {
         const t = findWeakestMonster();
         if (t >= 0 && STATE.monsters[t] && STATE.monsters[t].hasAttribute('onclick'))
             return { type: 'spell', name: cheap, target: t };
     }
+    // Last resort: any spell we know that costs MP
+    for (const sp of STATE.spellsKnown) {
+        if (sp.mp > 0 && sp.mp < (STATE.mp * 100)) {
+            const t = findWeakestMonster();
+            if (t >= 0 && STATE.monsters[t] && STATE.monsters[t].hasAttribute('onclick'))
+                return { type: 'spell', name: sp.n, target: t };
+        }
+    }
 
     return null;
 }