Looks like this is now implemented:
$ perl6-m -e 'say [1,2,3].combinations(2).perl'
([1, 2], [1, 3], [2, 3]).list
$ perl6-p -e 'say [1,2,3].combinations(2).perl'
([1, 2], [1, 3], [2, 3]).list
$ perl6-j -e 'say [1,2,3].combinations(2).perl'
([1, 2], [1, 3], [2, 3]).list
There are tests in S32-list
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r: say [1,2,3].combinations
rakudo 0808ac: OUTPUT«No such method 'combinations'