Max, or  or Maya, or Lightwave, Hexagon, Blender or Wings.
are all box modeling ,very easy with a tablet or mouse.
best for main shape of characters.

Z-brush is sculpting, very hard with tablet,imposable with a mouse.
best for details like wrinkles ,veins in a body builder.
zBrush is used to make displacment maps.

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