What are the bare minimum values for base stats for a Pokémon to be considered an attacker, defender, speedster, etc.?

I am curious about what the lowest number seems to be for a Pokémon to be considered an attacker, a defender, a speedster, and so on so forth for each stat.On that note, for a Pokémon to be considered a mixed attacker or mixed defender, how much of a difference should there be between the physical stats and the special stats assuming that the Pokémon has moves to take advantage of their attacking/defending stats?

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You should not think about maximum and minimum stats required for particular roles in competitive Pokemon. Many other factors decide whether a Pokemon is usable in a particular role to where stats give a very narrow perspective.

It is possible to make generalisations such as “wallbreakers should have base 120+”, but those are neither insightful (wow! high stats are good!) nor applicable with any consistency. Some outliers:

From the above you should notice other factors (ex: ability, movepool) that matter greatly in deciding which Pokemon can be considered for particular roles.

Obviously, Nidoking would be better if it had base 150 SpA instead. But even so, base 85 isfit for a purposein this situation and has seen Nidoking hold UU for over a decade.

Another factor is the metagame, i.e. which other Pokemon are popular and what other options are available. Maybe you won’t use Azumarill if there are many Azumarill checks in the format you’re playing, or other wallbreakers that outclass it.

From there, you need to consider the metagame: “What Pokemon will this move let me hit that I can’t using my main attacking stat? Is that worth it?” Hidden Power helps Landorus-T beat Pokemon like Ferrothorn and opposing Landorus-T that are roadblocks otherwise.

The same story applies to defensive Pokemon. If the stat is high enough to be workable, then we have a look at the metagame and decide what the best investment would be. Often, this simply means capitalising on the Pokemon’s strength and maxing the highest stat, but plenty of exceptions exist.

For example, Blissey always maxes its Def (literally because its SpD is so good you don’t need to put EVs on it), and the likes of Corviknight and Skarmory are incentivised to run SpD, just because they fight special attackers often.