It is always a great decision to noobs to go with top altcoins without taking a risk at the beginning by choosing the wrong coin of the coin without potential can cause you huge damage. That's why investing in top altcoins can at least not gonna damage that much which could cause by investing with a lack of knowledge. Therefore mostly noobs always gonna make their first investments in the top altcoins.
lets say if they choose ethereum month or two ago it would not be a mistake at all