Maya LT, Blender, or Modo?

Honestly, the best of the 3 is Maya LT and Maya is the tool of Epic. However, I like iClone for character creator and iClone. The whole pipeline package is around $600 one time price, which is great.
Maya HumanIK and Epic rigs are compatible with it, so you can work with it in conjunction with Maya LT
Take a look.