brawlers get shields and flamethrower?

As someone else said, its a GM character, meaning they can equip ANYTHING.

*cough*
ahem.

like i fixed, pirates cant really utilize shields. they get no stat bonus outside of what the shield gives them, and all theyre allowed to do are the moves that dont even require a knuckler to do. granted thats iirc almost all of them, theres still no real reason why anyone would choose to use a shield over a knuckler.
that or Nexon just really hates pirates.