Please take some time to look into this:
Snowden praised Zcash. There are many who consider Zerocoin to be the best privacy tech. Monero has a hostile community and questionable anonymity. It also lacks additional features like User friendliness, Instant transaction and the fees are very high compared to Dash or PIVX. I've also heard good things about Verge.
Not a big fan of Dash, but you are right, there are other coins out there with good anonymity features!
What do you mean by "questionable anonymity"? After all, Monero is the only currency that has PROVEN that it is not traceable when alphabay and hansa got busted.