is dead hard ping related?

hi,

so when i play killer (40 ping) and i swing after a survivor with DH... often my weapon clearly touches the survivor and then he goes into DH animation and gets away unharmed. still happens when i wait the DH out for 1-2 sec...

when i play survivor i end up often exhausted on the floor. sometimes i get even downed during the dh animation.

only dh for distance is reliable for me while my survivors can still use it to dodge a hit. its not always possible to wait it out.

am i doing something wrong or is it ping related? since iam living very close to the frankfurt server but my opponents are mostly from eu east with a often noticeable high ping when it comes to palett hits etc.