Tyrant Rave
Banned
Morgana is solid. He has the earliest access to Mediarama which is great, Lucky/Miracle Punch for semi reliable knock downs and competent stats all around. His HP is on the low side, but good armor mitigates that. Also Ann doesn't learn Mediarama so her healing can't match his, and Makoto doesn't learn Mediarama until the 40s (and she still doesn't outclass him).
And finally...
"Even Teddy was more useful?" Teddy was a top 3 character in P4...
I actually thought Teddie was one of the weaker party members in 4 and the weakest in Golden. Felt like a worse version of Yukiko while the others all had their uses (at least in Golden).
The party members feel really diverse in this game though. I thought for sure I'd NEED Morgana based off of his skillset, but Makoto is a very good substitute and Nuke is always nice to have. I like that Yusuke and Ryuji both kind of fill different roles despite being phys oriented too. Ryuji wins more in brute force thanks to Charge while Yusuke is a bit of a tank with Sukukaja and his counter passives. Everyone seems really good.