Korean Challengers squad Team IAM Team IAM Inactive GodDead Kim Sung-sin (김성신) Bunny Chae Joon-hyuk (채준혁) Efina Kim Nak-yeon (김낙연) Doenmo Ahn Seung-won (안승원) Pkm Park Kang-min (박강민) has announced its disbandment. The players, some of Korea's biggest Valorant streamers with varying levels of tier one and tier two experience, have all indicated that they are ending their pro careers.

Team IAM joins a growing group of tier two Valorant teams to disband or withdraw from competition this offseason, which includes Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk , Disguised Disguised Inactive JA John Timothy Arone Vera Rodman Yap STYRON Tidus Goh crazyguy Ngô Công Anh wayne Wayne Chang , and Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Inactive Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Tanate Teerasawad cgrs Patiphan Porsi Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen .

Doenmo announced that the team has decided to give up its seeding in the Korean Challengers League that was earned through its Split 3 finish, and that the placement would not be sold to a different organization. He also shared that while the Team IAM project had a two-year timeline, a loss of direction and funding issues led to the decision to disband the team. He also revealed that financial issues made it so that the team's disbandment had been writing on the wall, with the organization operating at a loss even with sponsors and merch sales.

IAM was formed around three members of the F4Q F4Q Inactive Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) Estrella Park Gun (박건) fiveK Yoo Sung-min (유성민) GOLD Geum Chang-wan (금창완) core, an outfit that once held current VCT players Estrella and BeYN , who now play for Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Unranked Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan Estrella Park Gun (박건) and DRX DRX Korea Unranked Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) . Former Pacific champion Zest spent time on IAM's roster after leaving DRX and before joining BLEED BLEED Inactive .

Doenmo, a founding member of Team IAM, made his professional Valorant debut with the team in 2024. Prior to his debut, he was a popular streamer in South Korea

Kim "GodDead" Sung-sin (김성신) once played for F4Q, and throughout a four-year career has amassed a lot of respect within Korean Valorant, playing for ESportsConnected ESportsConnected Inactive TS Yu Tae-seok (유태석) GodDead Kim Sung-sin (김성신) k1Ng Lee Seung-won (이승원) zunba Kim Joon-hyuk (김준혁) Bazzi Park Jun-ki (박준기) and Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Unranked VaNish XirZz , but reached the top level of Valorant with Gen.G Gen.G Korea Unranked Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) in the 2023 season. Kim "Efina" Nak-yeon (김낙연) made his debut with Vision Strikers Vision Strikers Inactive stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) in 2020, and after joining F4Q, stepped away from the pro scene in 2021 following its disbandment. Chae "Bunny" Joon-hyuk (채준혁) was the third former F4Q player on IAM's roster. Like Efina, he moved to content creation in 2021 before making his re-debut in 2024 with IAM.

Kim "972" Tae-il (김태일) debuted with Team NoX Team NoX Inactive Gubam Alex 972 Kim Tae-il (김태일) JW Lee Jung-Woo Bisu in the Korean Challengers circuit in 2021. Like the team's other members, his pro career came to an apparent end that year, with the formation of IAM being his return to the pro scene. 972 left IAM in September following the team's Split 2 elimination, which saw them miss out on Pacific Ascension. He revealed plans to start a Korean Game Changers team, of which the country's tournament had just four participants in 2024.

Park "Pkm" Kang-min (박강민) was IAM's newest player, having joined them after 972's departure and ahead of Split 3 of Challengers Korea, but will now begin the 2025 season without a team. He formerly played for Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Unranked Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Persia Yang Zi-on (양지온) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) margaret Kim Ji-woo (김지우) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) and TEAM INDIGO TEAM INDIGO Inactive IceBear Pkm Park Kang-min (박강민) JaXe YUNSEUNG .

IAM coach INPA joined the organization after a long spell away from pro Valorant, too. He was last with the Japanese Challengers team SCARZ SCARZ Japan Unranked zepher Jyousuke Matsuda Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto LOB Lim Byung-gun (임병건) Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami in 2021, and left the pro stage until joining IAM in 2024.

The five original IAM players are believed to be moving to content creation. Doenmo and 972 are currently signed to Gen.G as content creators, while Bunny is signed to T1.

Team IAM Team IAM Inactive GodDead Kim Sung-sin (김성신) Bunny Chae Joon-hyuk (채준혁) Efina Kim Nak-yeon (김낙연) Doenmo Ahn Seung-won (안승원) Pkm Park Kang-min (박강민) 's final roster is:

  • Kim "GodDead" Sung-sin (김성신)
  • Chae "Bunny" Joon-hyuk (채준혁)
  • Kim "Efina" Nak-yeon (김낙연)
  • Ahn "Doenmo" Seung-won (안승원)
  • Park "Pkm" Kang-min (박강민)
  • Lee "INPA" Sung-tan (이성탄) (Coach)