Quote Originally Posted by Fat Tire View Post
Only reason people get 190 - 200 SP is Mage Armor, thats it, that is the only reason. If blizz took out mage armor there would be no reason to run near as much SP as we have to now or ever. Furthermore, I think its a extremely stupid stat for a DK to have to gem for or any melee type.
I agree its a strange thing for DKs to have to gem for but in reality it is only frost DKs that gem for it and more specifically multiboxing DKs because we don't use obliterate in our rotations.

Getting rid of Mage Armor wouldn't remove our need to run with spell pen either. Almost every team I come up against has either a paladin or a shaman both of which have a team wide buff that provides 195 frost resist.