In my opinion, the most difficult period for ethereum was the second half of 2018. Then the price of ethereum fell very low as a percentage even in comparison with other coins. Now the situation is already improving, I think that after the successful introduction of improvements to this coin, the popularity of ethereum will begin to grow.
To be able to ride actually ethereum requires a big role from bitcoin because the influence of bitcoin is large enough for the market to rise and ethereum will certainly get a rise