Had to move this part to a new "AvoidTargetP" function - shouldtargetP is not absolute, the AI still targets the player if there is no better target move, but we want it to not use the ability instead.

forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/ability/DamageAiBase.java

@@ -18,6 +18,31 @@ import forge.game.zone.ZoneType;
 import forge.util.MyRandom;
 
 public abstract class DamageAiBase extends SpellAbilityAi {
+    protected boolean avoidTargetP(final Player comp, final SpellAbility sa) {
+        Player enemy = ComputerUtil.getOpponentFor(comp);
+        // Logic for cards that damage owner, like Fireslinger
+        // Do not target a player if they aren't below 75% of our health.
+        // Unless Lifelink will cancel the damage to us
+        Card hostcard = sa.getHostCard();
+        boolean lifelink = hostcard.hasKeyword("Lifelink");
+        for (Card ench : hostcard.getEnchantedBy(false)) {
+            // Treat cards enchanted by older cards with "when enchanted creature deals damage, gain life" as if they had lifelink.
+            if (ench.hasSVar("LikeLifeLink")) {
+                if ("True".equals(ench.getSVar("LikeLifeLink"))) {
+                    lifelink = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if ("SelfDamage".equals(sa.getParam("AILogic"))) {
+            if (comp.getLife() * 0.75 < enemy.getLife()) {
+                if (!lifelink) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     protected boolean shouldTgtP(final Player comp, final SpellAbility sa, final int d, final boolean noPrevention) {
         int restDamage = d;
         final Game game = comp.getGame();
@@ -53,24 +78,8 @@ public abstract class DamageAiBase extends SpellAbilityAi {
             return true;
         }
 
-        // Logic for cards that damage owner, like Fireslinger
+        if (avoidTargetP(comp, sa)) {
-        // Do not target a player if they aren't below 75% of our health.
+            return false;
-        // Unless Lifelink will cancel the damage to us
-        boolean lifelink = hostcard.hasKeyword("Lifelink");
-        for (Card ench : hostcard.getEnchantedBy(false)) {
-            // Treat cards enchanted by older cards with "when enchanted creature deals damage, gain life" as if they had lifelink.
-            if (ench.hasSVar("LikeLifeLink")) {
-                if ("True".equals(ench.getSVar("LikeLifeLink"))) {
-                    lifelink = true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if ("SelfDamage".equals(sa.getParam("AILogic"))) {
-            if (comp.getLife() * 0.75 < enemy.getLife()) {
-                if (!lifelink) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
         }
 
         if (!noPrevention) {

forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/ability/DamageDealAi.java

@@ -573,10 +573,11 @@ public class DamageDealAi extends DamageAiBase {
             // TODO: Improve Damage, we shouldn't just target the player just
             // because we can
             else if (sa.canTarget(enemy)) {
-                if ((phase.is(PhaseType.END_OF_TURN) && phase.getNextTurn().equals(ai))
+                if (((phase.is(PhaseType.END_OF_TURN) && phase.getNextTurn().equals(ai))
                         || (SpellAbilityAi.isSorcerySpeed(sa) && phase.is(PhaseType.MAIN2))
                         || sa.getPayCosts() == null || immediately
-                        || this.shouldTgtP(ai, sa, dmg, noPrevention)) {
+                        || this.shouldTgtP(ai, sa, dmg, noPrevention)) &&
+                        (!avoidTargetP(ai, sa))) {
                 	tcs.add(enemy);
                     if (divided) {
                         tgt.addDividedAllocation(enemy, dmg);