William timeline is heavily hinted to be in the past , but at the same time the show carefully avoids directly confirming that . Why would they avoid confirmation this long ? Could it be because the writers are misleading the viewers and the William timeline is not in the past at all but instead takes place in the future , following the present events where Maeve breaks free and MiB is searching for the Maze ? In William timeline , we don ' t know who controls the park . We have not been shown if any of the present human characters are alive or how old they are , or if there are any human characters in charge at all . <| sep |> Thats only partially true , at least in the present meta it will undoubtedly change as time goes on . I do agree that I ' d rather take on a high CP dragonite than a snorlax . But I think Dragonite is still tier 1 , if only because in a high level gym , you likely have to deal with one or more well powered up snorlaxes first . Also even though I frequently have to deal with powerful dragonites of 3000 CP from other players , through bad luck , my best Lapras so far is still below 2000 I ' m walking it as my buddy as fast as my legs can carry me and has ice sharddragon pulse . I still usually beat them if I can dodge their specials , but not always . So although Dragonite has a hard counter , not everyone has it yet , unlike poor Rhydon or Gyarados .