All I want is to be able to use it without a target and it'll be great.

Make it so when you use it without a target you only get the first effect from it
Target someone with it, they will vet the second effect with it, and you don't get the first effect.

PLEASE!

I've had moments where a boss was down to it's last health and a dead party where I couldn't use Nascent Flash because no one was up with me.