How do you Fix Mei's Iceblock Delay?

I have been having this problem since Mei has existed and cannot seem to find a solution.

I normally try and iceblock at about 25-35% life.
However 90% of the time, I either die before iceblock seems to go off or I die while Iceblocked.

How can I get rid of this frustrating delay?
Does anyone have any suggestions?

I only have about 45ms of latency, with a Fiber optic wired connection.
(Fiber to the ONT, Cat5 from ONT to the router, cat5 from router to desktop.)

Yes, 45ms is quite a bit. And in other FPS games it is not as noticeable.
But I have no choice since overwatch does not have any USEAST servers.

The strange thing is I have used a timer and from the time I press SHIFT, it takes 1-2 seconds before her iceblock actually goes off.

And no, I don’t believe its my Desktop either.
Below are my specs.

CPU

AMD Threadripper 3970X 3.7 GHz 32-Core Processor

Motherboard

Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA EATX sTRX4 Motherboard

GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB Founders Edition Video Card

RAM
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 128GB (8 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Intel XMP 2.0 Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C14Q2-128GVKA

Hard Drive
(3x) Samsung 860 Evo 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
(1x) Samsung 970 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
(1x) [Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

Operating System
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

Monitor
Dell Gaming S2716DG 27" G-SYNC
Dell E2420HS 23.8"

Case
Cooler Master HAF 932

Cooling
IceGiant Prosiphon Elite CPU-Kühler
(6x) Nidec Servo Gentle Typhoon 68 CFM 120 mm Fan

Other
NZXT Sentry Mesh 30W Fan Controller

Power Supply
EVGA T2 1600 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

I don’t play regularly anymore, but a friend of mine does.
He also has delays when using iceblock.

I think the game has a built in delay with that skill.
I remember watching some older videos about it.

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The trick is to watch your health really closely. Use it at like 45% health. What I do as well is run and jump in the air then activate the ice block right at the apex point of my jump trajectory. It helps with death prevention as Cryo-Freeze activates.

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