They came as an ETH killer and look at them right now?
Though I like the idea of staying on this market even on a bear market, I just don't like those coins well you can really have it as long as you analyze it properly but if you are a newbie, better to look for a more good project especially on this market. This is a great opportunity to buy many good projects while they are still cheap, the next Bitcoin halving will surely bring a positive impact on this market, many are slowly preparing for this and we should also do that as a small investor.
I have never liked when a coin or a community think of their coin as the nemesis of another coin and that somehow they will replace it, I still remember the days in which almost every new altcoin that was released claimed itself to be the new bitcoin and how they will take the top spot in the market.
And where are all of those coins? Long gone of course, so I do not trust at all in those coins and their chances of taking over and replacing ethereum.