I recently made a sub-par list ranking the few clients Ive tried. Many people were upset and I think the list was incomplete and half assed, since I made it at work.

Over the course of the next week Ill be trying all clients for a minimum of 4 hours, and giving an honest review with a more thorough ranking system. It will be 10 catagories ranking each from 1-10, closest to 100 will be the winner.

I wont be purchasing clients but I am willing to try cracked versions as long as the person who cracked the client is reputable. I will also only be reviewing clients that support modern versions. Doesnt have to support newest snapshots or releases, just something thats used for modern pvp, as I dont play 1.8 and ranking those clients would be unfair.

This list goes off of some of the most popular free clients, excluding uncommon or sketch ones. I also dont play 1.8, so I will only be including clients that support modern versions.

Meteor Client - 8.5/10

Usecase: Utility/QOL

Pros: Easy and simple to config, probably the best client to get into, easy to create and find addons, high update frequency.

Cons: Impossible to closet on any server with a decent anticheat (blatant client), Detectable as .jar with translation keys, non-injectable.

IMO, this is the best free client, and objectively the best free "utility" client. Best utility modules in the game. Its extremely versatile for its usecase, with its only caviot being a lack of closet capability. You cannot remove the title screen watermark or meteor_client in piechart. Despite this, I was able to closet hitboxes with the right config to bypass Vulcan (<0.3, ~50% size increase).

Doomsday Client - 7.5/10

Usecase: Closet

Pros: Great modules for sword pvp, decent utility modules, lightweight and less intrusive than other clients. Self destructable, but leaves strings. Public configs but theyre bad. Injectable.

Cons: Closed source, low update frequency, some modules like shield breaker are objectively bad. Modern version support but lacks modern modules (anything mace related). Some modules like tbot and ajr are detected with the wrong configs, while they shouldnt be able to be.

Best ghost client. Great performance, with the right configs and gameplay HT3 is achievable. Issue is, public configs are bad, mostly because 90% of the "legit" modules can be detected with the wrong settings. For example: For TBOT, miss chance and server cooldown are detected and cause buggy gameplay, and there is no holding LMB option despite popular demand. It is free, though closed source. Also can be injected although this seems buggy.

LiquidBounce - 7/10

Usecase: Closet/Blatant hybrid

Pros: Lots of options for configs, arguably too many. Amazing visuals, rivaling paid clients. Open sourced with supposed addon compatability but couldnt find this anywhere. Great support, amazing closet and blatant modules.

Cons: Visuals are laggy and often intrusive, main menu especially. Configs are too complicated for new users, with complex terms even I cant understand at times. Utility modules are lacking in comparison to other clients.

This rating might upset some people and I can understand why. I personally dont like the main menu, I think theres an option to toggle it off but this along with other quirks about this client causes major compatability issues with mods, often causing crashes. Not a newbie friendly client for sure, but its still very solid and better than doomsday at closeting if you can configure it right. LiquidProxy is good even if you dont use LiquidBounce, arguably best proxy for minecraft, that goes to tell you how good these developers are. Given time I can see this client being a 9+/10, both for me to break it in and the developers to add more newbie friendly config options.

Aristois Client - 5.5/10

Usecase: Utility/Blatant

Pros: Decent visuals and modules, cool click gui

Cons: Other clients do everything better TBH.

If you like Wurst for some reason, use this instead. Gives off the same vibe but is just better quality. Havent used this enough to give a proper review.

Wurst Client - 3/10

Usecase: Making "cheating" youtube videos.

Pros: Newbie friendly, reputable history, some modules are fun.

Cons: 0 closet support, visuals look awful.

I want to be as fair as possible with this client but I genuinely dont understand why its still being updated, let alone as popular as it is. This is the nerf gun of cheat clients. Its terrible quality-wise, mass produced, but its got unique flare.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Raven B++ - Heard nothing but good things about this client. Would use if I played 1.8.

Impact Client - Havent used but seems to be as good as Meteor.

Aoba Client - Havent used enough to give a rating but seems like solid utility/blatant. Website is cool.