in my opinion i will choose ethereum, zcash, and litecoin
zcash is already half dead and ethereum is a zombie being pumped. the only remaining option is litecoin and not because it is a good coin but only because it belongs to Chinese and they love it.
and you are forgetting about coins with something to offer like monero and iconomi
I do not know whether technology or community which determines the price of a coin. But evident in just one year, the ethereum that is considered a zombie turned into an unstoppable rocket.