If you really want to throw the opponent off in the Scandinavian this is much better... there are some very surprising kingside attacks here. Dubious at master level but anywhere below that it scores very well. You can also transpose non-scandinavian players into it via 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 which will make it alot more reliable at higher elo -
The problem is that after 4...Be6! white has to lose time to put the Bf1 to a useful square (Bb5+/Ba4/Bb3) and Black will have time to consolidate a useful space advantage.
I know, this is just a risk you accept when you play the line. But if they don't play 4. Be6 (only played 25% of the time at 2200+ on lichess) you have some very strong kingside attacks with 60% winrates, so you can argue that statistically the risk pays off. But this is why I like it transposed from 1. Nc3 rather than from 1. e4 - some Scandinavian players will respond correctly... but I doubt 1. Nc3 d5 players are going to.
Anyway, if they play Be6 it's not lost, you're just going to need to play very sharpy for a while. But you can do that, at least you know what your goal is. Black still has to play sharply for a while to maintain the engine advantage as well. For example... 5. c3 and at master level the most common move is 5... c5, which is wrong and after 6. Bb5 Nc6 7. Nf3 the game is just about equal. But yes if you want to play good engine moves you have to play the mainline Scandinavian.
But I would choose this Nc3 option 100% of the time over pushing 2. e5. Even at master level Nc3 still scores even... at master level pushing e5 black wins about 50% of games and white wins 15%.
If you really want to throw the opponent off in the Scandinavian this is much better... there are some very surprising kingside attacks here. Dubious at master level but anywhere below that it scores very well. You can also transpose non-scandinavian players into it via 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 which will make it alot more reliable at higher elo -
The problem is that after 4...Be6! white has to lose time to put the Bf1 to a useful square (Bb5+/Ba4/Bb3) and Black will have time to consolidate a useful space advantage.