What openings are good over the board against e4?

I have decided to overhaul my repertoire from the basic Philidor/Old Indian formation in favor of more reliable openings (I was crushed in a recent tournament when I tried to play them). I decided on the King's Indian against d4 and flank openings, as well as the Reti as white.
however, I cannot decide on an opening against e4. the Sicilian is too theory-heavy (and there are far too many sidelines for my tastes), the modern defense is just bad in my opinion, e4 e5 forces you to learn a lot of different structures, and I never liked the classical variation of the Caro Kann from black's perspective (looks too scary!)

The ''big 4'' are e5, c5, c6, e6. Lots more are playable: d6, g6, Nf6. It all depends on what you want. Whatever you play against e4, some days you'll win easily and some days you get beat like a rented mule.

Generally, it's not the opening's fault. When you lose like that- analyze your game then set up the position where you first went wrong on lichess and play vs the computer at your level +1 until you start not losing until late in the game.
bill

@qpalzm123456 said in #1:

the modern defense is just bad in my opinion,

objectively correct, but you are playing humans not engines, check out try pirco defense if you don't want to start with standard modern

@g6firste6second said in #3:

... try pirco defense ...
Is that for players who take pircocet?

@qpalzm123456 said in #1:

I have decided to overhaul my repertoire from the basic Philidor/Old Indian formation in favor of more reliable openings (I was crushed in a recent tournament when I tried to play them). I decided on the King's Indian against d4 and flank openings, as well as the Reti as white.
however, I cannot decide on an opening against e4. the Sicilian is too theory-heavy (and there are far too many sidelines for my tastes), the modern defense is just bad in my opinion, e4 e5 forces you to learn a lot of different structures, and I never liked the classical variation of the Caro Kann from black's perspective (looks too scary!)
Bro don't play classical carokann play tartakower the more u play it the more u will like it.

The Czech is a splendid choice but very close to Philidor and Pirc. The soul is black.