[HYPOTHESIS] What if Zed had no MR growth per level?

Zed right now is still a problematic Champion against various mid-lane mana mages. Veigar, Lux, Ziggs, etc., are all hard-countered by Zed, since most of them can't rush a Zhonya's Hourglass without gimping their mana regeneration and constantly burning out. Meanwhile Zed is left infinitely capable of harassing them since he uses Energy, causing him to innately win long-term battles with them.

This leads me to a thought: Suppose Zed had no MR growth per level. Would this even the playing field for his opponents?

What would this do? For one, it would make him much more susceptible to being poked down by long-range mana mages unless he uses his shadow to dodge attacks. AOE magic damage would eviscerate him, unless he uses Death Mark or Living Shadow to evade attacks (something he is supposed to do in the first place). It would also give him a significant price for having such good mobility, the ability to become untargetable, and manaless ranged harass capability.

However, I doubt everyone will want a change like this. That's why I'm just posting it up as a theory.

Discuss.